Month: December 2014
Do Computers Store Memories?
“Much of the implicit public acceptance of materialistic metaphysics is due to our unexamined acceptance of dodgy metaphors as reality.”
For Earth-like Planets, You Need the Right Galactic Environment
It could be that for an Earth-like planet to form, the metallicity of its solar and galactic neighborhood needs to be close to that of our early solar system.
Biologist Ann Gauger Asks, "How Did the Link Between DNA, RNA, and Protein Come About?"
Paul Allen has just invested $100 million in a new center devoted to trying to illuminate how cells work. What, you thought scientists had that all figured out?
No, Determinism in Nature Has Not Been Demonstrated Scientifically
Jerry Coyne is a professor of evolution at the University of Chicago. He has written extensively about his denial that we have libertarian free will.
Courts Should Punish Animal "Person" Litigators
The courts have the power to sanction frivolous lawsuits through financial sanctions.