by Rick Coste | Jan 8, 2024 | Podcast
Over 43 years ago, Carl Sagan asked, “How did life begin?” this question captivated minds, but its roots stretch back millennia. We’ve untangled some of the mysteries of evolution, yet life’s inception remains an enigma. We’ll explore the...
by Rick Coste | Nov 28, 2023 | Podcast
Vestigial features and atavistic traits are all evidence of our past. They are glimpses into a species distant past. We have nature and evolution by natural selection to thank for it. But nature’s not perfect. It makes mistakes. Evolution Talk is also a book! You...
by Rick Coste | Nov 13, 2023 | Podcast
When it comes to personal IDs, we have many. There’s your driver’s license, passport, online username, among other human-made forms of proving who you are. Then there are those that nature gave you that’s yours and yours alone. Like your DNA. And then there are...
by Rick Coste | Oct 30, 2023 | Podcast
Attics aren’t the only places you’ll find old secrets from the past, begging to be rediscovered or let out. You have them in you as well. I’m not talking about the the type of secrets you keep to yourself and only tell close friends. I’m talking about those like the...
by Rick Coste | Oct 16, 2023 | Podcast
Ants have mastered the art of cooperation. They have highly organized social structures, caste systems, and with everything they do, they do for the colony. They are in a sense, a superorganism with each ant contributing to benefit of colony, like cells in a...
by Rick Coste | Oct 2, 2023 | Podcast
Evolution by natural selection is not perfect, nor does it strive to be. It doesn’t strive to be anything at all. An adaptation that is beneficial under one set of circumstances may be a detriment under another. There are also some wonderful by products...
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