Messenger RNA (mRNA) plays a literally central role in the functioning of life as we know it, shuttling information back […]
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The connectome is the wiring diagram of a brain, a big matrix that tells us what neurons talk to what
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“Lamarkism” is a term often attached to a seemingly discredited idea in evolutionary biology: that one organism could acquire characteristics
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Intelligence is a many splendored thing, especially when it comes to comparisons between species. Chimpanzees are better than humans at
346 | Erica Cartmill on How Human and Animal Minds Think and Play Read More
Evolution with natural selection involves an intricate mix of the random and the driven. Mutations are essentially random, while selection
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The universe as revealed by physics is objective: it’s out there, existing and behaving in ways that are completely independent
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Like any machine, bodies occasionally break down, and it’s natural to go in search of a replacement part. Ancient societies
328 | Mary Roach on Replacing Parts of Our Bodies Read More
There are living creatures dwelling deep below the surface of the Earth, as deep as we are able to drill.
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Medical science is advancing at an astonishing rate. Today we talk with leading expert Eric Topol about two aspects of
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The germ theory of disease is a crowning achievement of science, up there with modern physics, continental drift, and evolution
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