Tag: National Institutes of Health
Understanding “Reductionism” and Intelligent Design
The word “reductionism” is thrown around a lot, but it can mean several different things.
Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”
In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school.
For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer
Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended.
A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications
To see why, we must remember that muscles first appear in the Cambrian explosion.
Big Science Is the Toxic Spoiled Brat of Academic Life
The scheme has a name, a blandly harmless-sounding one. It’s called “indirect costs.”