Category: Life Sciences
Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism
Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders.
Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings?
Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view.
Life Without Purpose — The Fundamental Flaw
The fundamental flaw in the conventional approach to understanding life is that we think we can fully understand the whole by looking at the individual parts.
For Our Daily Bread, Thank Planetary Fine-Tuning
The existence of progenitor food crops (edible plants) on Earth was a necessary starting point for the availability of our food.
Intelligent Design in Unlovable Creatures
Between cells and humans, there are millions of “ugly duckling” species that are beautiful in their own way.