Category: Life Sciences
To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”
Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself.
Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning
Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals.
Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles
A major study looks for evolution, but finds huge disparities, stasis, gaps, periodic explosions, and miracles of emergence held together with imagination.
Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism
Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders.
Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings?
Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view.