Author: Michael Egnor
Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano
James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science.
Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?
The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans.
Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots
It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm.
Astrophysics and Molecular Genetics with the Parking Brake On
The ancient model of the cosmos, which was the model presupposed by most scientists prior to the mid 20th century, was Steady State.
Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration
Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology.