Category: Science
Each Cell in Your Body Is a Walled City Besieged by Enemies
The residents of the city are slowly running out of food and water and are in desperate need of new supplies to stay alive.
More on the Stretched-Rubber Theory of Body Plans
In dispelling the enigma of the Cambrian explosion, this research does not seem to hold out much promise.
Grim Harvest: In Vermont, a Push for Organ Conscription
Presumed consent apparently works well in Spain and some other more communitarian-oriented countries, but it would be a disaster here.
Now Head Transplants? Onward and Upward with Transhumanism
A cover story for New Scientist reports, “First human head transplant could happen in two years.”
What the Assisted Suicide Debate Has to Do with Evolution
It’s not possible to remind yourself too often how evolutionary thinking ramifies through the culture.