Category: Medicine
Where and What Is Consciousness?
If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain.
Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?
Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe).
The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration
The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth.
Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH
NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy.
Devolution Watch: Malaria Gnaws Off a Leg
The most frequently used diagnostic test kit checks for the presence in the patient’s blood of either of two similar malarial proteins, called pfhrp2 or pfhrp3.