Tag: neurons
Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution
Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations?
New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain
Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: “The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives.”
Introducing the Unknome, Biology’s Black Box
Biology is becoming overwhelmed by new vistas of dynamic complexity. Attempts to get a handle on this complexity has ushered in the era of Omics.
Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology
The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self.
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.