Tag: phase transition
Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology
Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too?
Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder
The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain.
A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate
Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected?