Category: Evolution
More Serious Problems with Representation in the Brain: Remembering the Battle of Hastings
A conceptual morass besets neuroscience.
Biological Information, a Mile and a Half Beneath the Ocean Floor
Scientists sent a drill to the lowest depths under the sea ever reached, and found a surprise: living organisms.
Newly Discovered Convergent Genetic Evolution Between Bird and Human Vocalization Poses a Severe Challenge to Common Ancestry
Everyone is familiar with the striking ability of certain birds (such as parrots) to vocalize speech, much as humans do.
Thinking Differently About Biology
Sentences that convey different ideas may have similar structures, but when we write a sentence we start with the idea, not the sentence structure.
New Study Reveals DNA Organization in the Nucleus; Plus Highly Recommended Video
We knew the nucleus had to be organized into compartments with particular chromosomes taking up particular regions.