Tag: microorganisms
#2 Story of 2022: If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?
How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?
The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith
In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable.
Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers
The few pathogens among bacteria give a bad rap to the majority that do wonderful things — for us and for our environment.
If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?
How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?
By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability
Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet.