Category: Evolution
A Closer Look at Hummingbird Tongue Design
Did evolutionary theory contribute anything to this study? The authors speculate briefly about “co-evolution” of flowers and their pollinators.
The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding
Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics.
Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: An Appeal to Sanity
I’ll close with a story. My wife used to set up psychiatric units across the U.S.
For Labor Day: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man
Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory.
Acquainting Darwin with the Fossil Record
Romjue’s Darwin explores what we’ve learned about the fossil record since Darwin’s time on Earth — and it’s not what he expects.