Tag: Science Advances
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.
Chinks in the Chicxulub Story
If an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs as believed by the scientific consensus, its effects on evolution seem strained and inconsistent.
“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria
How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect.
What’s Driving Darwin’s Driverless Car?
What drives natural selection? Evolutionary forces. What are evolutionary forces? They’re what drive natural selection.
Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt
We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between.