Tag: cats
Rats! Another Code Found in Whiskers
Neurons in a rat’s whiskers “represent multiple stimulus features in a tiled and continuous manner, thus encoding large regions of a complex sensory space.”
Across Species, Animal Adoptions Pose an Evolutionary Conundrum
Animals don’t have reason or moral accountability but there is abundant evidence that mammals and birds have feelings. And feelings often follow their own rules.
Thanksgiving in the Light of Darwin’s Vision
I first heard of what’s being called a Great Reset just a couple of weeks ago. It sounded like a conspiracy theory, but it’s far from that.
Interview: John Lennox Answers Questions about Artificial Intelligence in 2084
Lennox, the beloved Oxford mathematician, asks, “What will the year 2084 hold for you — for your friends, for your family, and for our society?”
Why Building Animals Is Hard
This lecture represents material I have presented for the past few years, under the heading of “evo-devo,” or “evolution and development.”
