Tag: piano
Epigenetics: Performing the Genome
Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano.
Inferring the Best Explanation via Artificial Intelligence
The analogy with chess is apt — computers play chess but in ways different from us by being able to brute force their way through millions more positions.
“Poor Design”? Actually, the Human Body Is Amazing; Here’s Why
If someone suggests that a coherent, interdependent system of systems arose by chance, they’ll need to back that up with a detailed engineering analysis.
Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work
In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on.
Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano
James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science.