Tag: Caltech
Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function
In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes.
On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer
Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos.
Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo
“On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system.”
Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer
Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else.
Deconstructing Belief in Evolution
A young biochemist suggested to me that hurricanes constitute an observable example of a natural artifact exhibiting complexity.