Month: January 2015
Jellyfish Sense Their Environment for Controlled Migration
The humble jellyfish doesn’t just drift with the waves. It knows where it is and where its neighbors are.
Aristotle on the Immateriality of Intellect and Will
This argument of the peripatetic pagan became a cornerstone of the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic understanding of the mental powers of the soul.
Lucky Us: Turning the Copernican Principle on Its Head
Far from perpetuating the caricature of science versus faith, these results fit well with a theistic view of the universe.
No Spin: Endogenous Retroviral Sequences Are Important for Brain Function, and Aren’t Junk
Ann Gauger recently wrote an excellent piece about interpreting scientific writings minus all the unnecessary evolutionary gloss.
Recalling the Wannsee Conference
"They must be dealt with appropriately, since, representing the fruit of natural selection, they are to be regarded as the core of a new Jewish revival."