Tag: brain
Scientists Are Undermining Our Trust in Science
Falsification of scientific research has been a chronic problem for the sector in recent years.
Woodpeckers: The Advantage of a Small Brain
Woodpeckers absorb 1200 to 1400 g shock driving their beaks into wood — but a shock absorbing skull doesn’t explain the absence of damage.
How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”
Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes.
This Cambrian Explosion “Explanation” Qualifies as Propaganda
It’s interesting to see what Derek E. G. Briggs is willing to admit about the Cambrian explosion.
If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?
We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds).