Tag: oxygen
How Does the Crocodile Hold Its Breath So Long?
The actress Kate Winslet can hold her breath for seven and a quarter minutes. A crocodile, though, can hold his breath for hours.
In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions
Kate Winslet, and other actors, for the sake of “the newest frontier in blockbuster moviemaking” are learning to hold their breath for several minutes.
A New Look at Natural Selection
If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations.
Breakthroughs Unveil Evidence of Foresight in Nature
From an engineering standpoint, it was essential that a way be found to protect the cell, life’s most basic unit.
Michael Behe on Why Lenski’s Experiments Show Devolution, Not Evolution
Biochemist Michael Behe reviews the well-known Long Term Evolution Experiment at Michigan State.