Tag: rats
Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain
An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions.
Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him
Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time.
Rats Are People, Too!
A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.”
Carnival of the Animals Delights Scientists
The graceful, pulsating moon jellyfish move in “a very efficient way,” say biologists at the University of Bonn.
Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks
Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept.