Runts Of The Liter

Runts of the LiterDarwin was only half right. Certainly, living things evolve, but so do machines.Consider the automobile. Eighty years ago, it was only a buggy with a gasoline engine instead of horses. Today, it is the most sophisticated machine ever put into mass production. Now, if only Darwin were still around to tell us why, as people are growing larger, cars are getting smaller.Clearly, they are. Compact and subcompact cars, the standard throughout most of the world, have become a major fo...