Category: Evolution
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.
Michael Lynch Is at It Again, Trying to Evolve Molecular Machines by Blind Mechanisms
Recognizing that natural selection is often treated as a magic wand, Lynch has looked to other unguided mechanisms — genetic drift, population genetics — for the seeds of innovation.
Matching Darwin’s "Tree of Life," the "Tree of Intelligence" Comes Crashing Down
Recent research has shown that grey parrots and ravens can solve some puzzles as well as apes.
About the Implosion of The New Republic — and Your Opportunity to Support Ideas over Cynicism
If you haven’t followed this story, you should. It’s the rare development in the news that you can feel almost entirely good about.