Month: January 2013
Science and Credulity
Plus keen comments from a Harvard geneticist on “faith” in science, and the “natural” and the “supernatural.”
More Evolutionary Storytelling: The Enigma of Grandmothers
There seems to be no utility, in evolutionary terms, in women living decades past childbearing age.
Scottie Pinwheel
We know that a highly repetitive pattern displays order but not information.
Beware Evolutionary Storytelling: The Case of Barefoot Running
The fact that you can tell a charming story about the distant past is no basis to assume you actually know what happened in that long-ago time.
Demonstrating, Once Again, the Fantastic Information-Storage Capacity of DNA
Gigabytes have become commonplace, and now we’re warming up to terabytes. Ready for petabytes?