Category: Science
Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty
In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient.
Steve Laufmann: Is Biology Engineering?
Laufmann describes how his work as a systems engineer relates to the red hot field of systems biology.
MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?
While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs.
Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates
Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time.
Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics
Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin.