Brandon Miller Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs) In Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) and in his later works, he referred to several "vestiges" in human anatomy that were left over from the course of evolution. Moss Grows Strangely in Space Instead of random growth in zero-gravity, it creates spiral patterns. By Brandon Miller Published 1 February 05 Presto! Instant Petrified Wood Created in Lab What takes nature millions of years, scientists did in a few days. By Brandon Miller Published 27 January 05