Tag: Science Advances
How to Restore Science’s Lost Luster
More and more, the scientific establishment looks like a special interest group with biases of their own.
Security Gates in the Cell
A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work.
Fruitful Science: The Marvel of a Seed
If engineers could make something like a seed, it would be absolutely phenomenal. Then, imagine getting the object to last for thousands of years and still work.
Carnival of the Animals Delights Scientists
The graceful, pulsating moon jellyfish move in “a very efficient way,” say biologists at the University of Bonn.
A Snail as Fast as a Bullet, and Other Darwin-Defying Marvels
You could fill up a web publication’s daily coverage just with new wonders from the world of life. Would that be expected given Darwinian assumptions?