Tag: University of Minnesota
Ralph Seelke: Remembering a Treasured Colleague
I first met you at a conference where you presented a paper on your experiment in long-term-evolution, or LTE.
Lateral Line: A “Sixth Sense” for Fish (And Other Cool Tricks)
What’s remarkable is that this organ constitutes an analog-to-digital converter, as pressure waves (analog) are converted to electrical signals.
Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?
Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too.
On the “Sisyphean Evolution of Darwin’s Finches”
Scientific data are followed by the myth: “Finch beak morphology observed on the Galápagos Islands was used by Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution.”
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?