Tag: Washington Post
Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred
Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then.
At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry
Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty.
At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?
Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence.
Is NASA in a Slump?
NASA is outsourcing a good deal now to private industry. The trouble is, it’s hard to attract creative engineers to a job supervising the work of others.
“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes
One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria.”