Forms of Money | Historic | Current
Historicalevidencesshow that money has evolved indigenous in response tothe economicneeds of the people. The money is generally cl…
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Opinion: Life’s X Factor
There's a black hole at the heart of biology. Why is it that complex eukaryotic cells share so many fundamental traits, from the n…
Allama Muhammad Iqbal | Poet | Scholar | Philosopher
Allama Iqbalwas one of the greatest Muslim philosophers, was born in Sialkot in 1873. Apart from being a great poet, he was a grea…
Investigating the Four-legged Snake Fossil
Brazilian officials are trying to determine whether the transformational fossil find was exported illegally from the country. Last…
Opinion: Making Progress by Slowing Down
Academic research could be strengthened by thinking more and doing less. There was a stretch of time when I would spend a week or …
Aural History
The form and function of the ears of modern land vertebrates cannot be understood without knowing how they evolved. Unlike eyes, …
Speaking of Science
Today, Earth is a little less lonely. NASA scientistJon Jenkins, talking about Kepler-452b, the newly described extrasolar planet …
Another Ancient Giant Virus Discovered
From the same Siberian permafrost where three others were previously discovered, scientists find a fourth type of giant virus. Mol…
Opinion: Pay-to-Play Publishing
Online scientific journals are sacrificing the quality of research articles to make a buck. The Internet has enabled the dissemin…
Hear and Now
ANDRZEJ KRAUZEThis issue devoted to hearing research completes our five-year tour of the classical Aristotelian senses: taste, tou…
