Tag: Cornell University
Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?
Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…?
Self-Replication? Not Even Close
Cornell University researchers allegedly “created a machine that can build copies of itself.”
Oh-So-Close to Self-Replication
All that is left is to add a factory to the Cornell device so it can produce for itself the molecubes that humans keep building and feeding them.
Insects and Design: Ant and Honeybee Engineers
If you’ve ever watched ants busily tunneling in an ant farm, you may have noticed that the intricate finished product rarely collapses. Why is that?
Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse
A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied.