This ancient curiosity gave rise to a powerful tool: artificial selection. Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection.

Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. In selective breeding, a breeder chooses two parents ...

The DarwinTunes experiment provides a cute illustration of how natural selection works in an entirely artificial ecosystem. But can we learn anything more profound? I believe we can. Similar ...