Year: 2022
Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating
It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming.
The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith
In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable.
“Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask
Even something as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount St. Helens was, in the end, a life-giving event.
Neanderthals Had a Thing for Eagles — And Hyenas
However, Neanderthals are not thought, based on current evidence, to have had much interest in dogs.
A Physician’s Fantastic Voyage through Your Designed Body
Begin by piling up the layers of complexity in the human body — the layer upon layer of complex interdependent systems.