COSMOGONY OF A CHESS BOARD A naive observer, looking upon a chess board, would marvel at its elegant organization. That observer might even claim that the organization found in this board is irreducibly complex. But that observer would be an ass-h...

The Calculator: Few Household devices have come so far as the calculator. In terms of adaptability, it is second only to humans. This is commonly thought to be due to its symbiotic relationship with forementioned species. As we go back in history we...

Dominoes The humble ebony knights of the puzzling world. The black of the wood intercepted only by the piercing white spots of truth. It is these traits which, according to recent findings, see the domino as a direct relative of the monolith in Ku...

The Catbox. Catboxius coverus The modern enclosed catbox's evolutionary path is fairly straightforward, but interesting nonetheless. Its earliest known ancestor is a simple corrugated box. Flaps still there, seen below. It didn't last long i...

I love my recliner, but that's getting ahead of myself. At the beginning of time, if one wanted to sit in an elevated position, they'd have to find a rock. The rock didn't have a lot going for it, though it certainly was able to support a good bit of...

I decided to go with my Xbox for this, but it occured to me that I had to go through in terms of natural seletion, so I decided to start at the beginning. The first video game console to be released for homes was the Magnavox Odyssey, which soon d...

For this I decided to go with the microwave oven. The microwave has come a long way since it's first disappointing design in 1947. The original ovens were huge and expensive, standing 5 1/2 feet tall, weighing over 750 pounds, and costing about $500...

The cell phone... Long has it been around to aide in our lives! Since the ancient times of the giant cell phone, natural selection has aided in it's shrinking of size to survive the pickings of "the great ones." Also known as... Teenagers. These smal...

My Reverse Polish Notation Calculator (arguably the most famous calculator used in my high school, ever) The Polish is, at first glance, something that disproves the theory of natural selection. However, this is not the case. Though it is not wi...

An MP3 player, or more specifically, portable music devices. Portable music devices, or at least the earliest ones I can remember are the compact tape deck players, also called "walkmen." These were, as far as my perception of reality goes...