Tag: Nature (journal)
Are Galápagos Finches “Evolution in Action”?
In a series of posts starting today, I offer some notes on the question of whether macroevolution is happening on the Galápagos Islands.
Animals Set World Records
Some of the most unexpected animals, many of them tiny, are capable of world-record feats.
Sorry, Origin-of-Life Researchers, But Bubbles Are Not Cells
Oparin is back. Some origin-of-life researchers are using his coacervate theory without giving him credit or realizing they are retreading dead-end ideas.
Stifle Your Nausea: Ready for a Dish-Grown Brain?
“We have already genetically engineered babies, the march toward three- (or more) parent human embryos, and radical proposals for creating novel family forms.”
Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago
It is all about the costs of getting on the wrong side of the power structure. To say that this “chills” debate about scientific issues is an understatement.