Tag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
What Is It Like to Be a Spider?
A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds.
Whales Give More “Design of Life” Evidence, Defying Explanations Based on Natural Selection
Biologist Richard Sternberg explains how the whale-evolution sequence is more “artistic license” than demonstrable fact.
How Science Fueled the White Supremacist Mass Murderer in Buffalo, NY
Over the weekend, a teenage male shooter perpetrated a horrific mass murder in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium
“MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes.”
Evolution Is Not Like Physics
A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.”