Tag: PNAS
Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance
The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process.
Evolution Is Not Like Physics
A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.”
Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?
Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions.
Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First
It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees.
“Primitive”? Lowly Cyanobacteria Boast Superpowers
Prochlorococcus, which lives in the ocean, may be the most abundant species of life on earth. It produces about 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe.