Tag: Quartz
Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought
Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact.
Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought
Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed.
Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands
If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones.
The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”
Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design.
The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth
The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people.