Tag: architecture
The Chin Enigma
A scientific theory that on principle refuses to see the obvious is an achievement of which only humans are capable.
Understatement: According to Current Zoo Director, Caging Man “Shouldn’t Have Happened”
Hammering home the lesson about “our own evolutionary history” was exactly the purpose behind displaying and humiliating an African man with monkeys.
Previously Unknown “Scutoid” Shape, Critical to Biology, Calls Architecture and Design to Mind
These sources should be more careful with their word choice. Someone could get the wrong idea.
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates
Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA.