Category: Science
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.
Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution
Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19.
As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist
The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer’s remarkable screed.
Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution
Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations?
Correcting a Cartoon Version of Alfred Russel Wallace
Was Darwin a Nazi? Of course not. But did his ideas form a causal nexus via Galton to ideas that would be integrated into Nazi policy? Yes.