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And Now Some Good News About the News
Two cheers for the Associated Press and reporter Ivan Moreno!
Human Hearing Outsmarts Physical Limits
A principle in acoustics limits how precisely an algorithm can distinguish the frequency and timing of sounds. The human ear knows no such limit.
Westminster Conference on Science & Faith 2013: “How Did it All Begin?”
On April 5 and 6 in Philadelphia, the theme will be origins: of the cosmos, of increasingly complex life, of life itself.
Even the Cell’s Shredder Looks Designed
The more deeply scientists come to appreciate the complexities of molecular machines, the less inclined they seem to talk about evolution.
Need We Say It? “Directed Evolution” Is a Contradiction in Terms
Behold this curious headline: “First Artificial Enzyme Created by Evolution in a Test Tube.” If it was “created” by evolution, the term “evolution” has surely lost all meaning.