Tag: Illustra Media
Encore Performances in the Design of Life
News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian.
Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder
Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry.
Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again
The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life.
New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View
The way an embryo develops shows a method of patterning that makes use of physical processes as if they conform to a predetermined plan.
Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart
Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights.