Month: January 2015
Protein Quality Control Surprise: An Enzyme Can Operate a Stalled Ribosome
"Nature is capable of more than we realize," a biochemist says.
A Plea for Conceptual Hygiene in Neuroscience
We can make no real progress in understanding the mind while we hold to concepts that are nonsense.
Programmed Cell Death Is Vital to Life, but Where’d It Come From?
Cells die for many reasons — they die to give shape to our fingers and toes, they die to produce our nervous system, and more.
A Christmas Gift that Keeps Giving: Lawrence Krauss on Eric Metaxas on Science, on God
That Christmas Day article by Eric Metaxas in the Wall Street Journal continues to stir discussion and denunciation.
David Berlinski’s Daughter, Claire, Reports on Being Present Moments After Today’s Paris Terror Attack
As Claire notes, she was late for an appointment — which, had she been on time, would have put her right at the scene of the attack as it was happening.