Tag: information flow
Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology
Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”?
Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try
The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently.
Ants Build Landmarks for Navigation
The difficulty of finding your way back home from a long distance is partly solved in a tiny ant’s brain.
Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?
We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined.