Month: February 2016
Steiner Wars: An Exchange with Dave Thomas
To visualize a Steiner tree, think about a collection of cities to be connected by a road network.
The Body as a Battlefield: Proteins of the Innate Immune System
These proteins bring other immune cells to the field of battle, make neutrophils and macrophages more effective, and fight invading microbes.
Two Views of Biology: Structuralism vs. Functionalism
A structuralist view suggests the biological realm is undergirded by “crystal-like” primal patterns, specified in the laws of nature.
Flat-Earth Myth, Anyone? Recalling Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Long Pedigree
Which reminds me, who will be this year’s COTY (Censor of the Year)? Give us your nominations by February 5.
A Fourth Layer of Epicycles on the Standard Cosmology
As you may recall, the Big Bang expelled all the matter in the universe with a certain amount of violence or explosive velocity.