Category: Evolution
The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?
Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them.
Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology
The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self.
A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning
The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide.
Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley
This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today.
Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian
Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair.