Writing

A logical question may arise for a person of our time looking deep into the centuries: why did civilizations develop exactly this way, and not otherwise?

A sequel to the wonderful book The Selfish Gene, which tells of the distant influence genes have on our world: it is far from exhausted by the properties of organisms themselves.

A rare specimen of damn strong science fiction, without the slightest bows toward adventure literature.

At school, geometric theorems absolutely would not yield to me. It was simply beyond my strength to memorize, step by step, a complicated sequence of actions.

The remarkable science of ethology, which studies animal behavior, can lead a curious person to very interesting conclusions if one studies the common human belief in God from its point of view.

Almost everyone has heard of genetics in one way or another. But by treating chains of acids only as an encrypted set of traits of our organisms, we miss a great deal of what is happening, if not everything.

In just two quotes: one from Bertrand Russell about Bishop Colenso and the Zulus, and one from Saint Augustine about the vice of curiosity.

Heading to the kitchen this morning, I took my laptop with me so I would have something to read or watch while waiting for water to boil for tea and crispbread to toast.

Native Australians kept captive dingos as companions, watchdogs, and even as living blankets, giving rise to the expression "five-dog night" to mean a very cold night.

Это сложно представить: где-то на скучных задворках одной из галактик кружилось наше Солнце, а рядом с ним маленький зелёно-голубой мирок, который мы называем Землёй.