Tag: plants
Engineering and Evolution in the Microbial World
This year’s Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS) is going on right now, exploring design principles at work in living things.
Cellulose Doesn’t Just Happen
The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories.
The Marvel of a Seed
From a cursory examination, a seed may seem like a fairly simple little thing, but more analysis reveals layers of functional complexity.
Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?
Charles Darwin was profoundly interested in plant galls, and Darwin himself proposed the challenge these and other forms may pose to his ideas.
Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism
The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function.