Tag: University of Michigan
Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now
We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one.
The Convoluted Concept of Evolving Evolvability
Try to wrap your mind around the notion that evolvability evolves by natural selection. On second thought, don’t. It’s not conducive to mental health.
Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?
Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too.
Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics
Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible.
Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang
The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.”