Life Sciences

Exploring the Concept of Intelligence

solutions, so that energy and risks are not increased by trying out all the possible approaches to a problem. ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jun 30 2009 - 10:22am

Ganlea Megacanina- Move Over Ida, Asia Lays Claim To A Human Common Ancestor

specialized seed predators. Indeed, all of the Burmese amphipithecids appear to have been specialized seed ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2009 - 6:51pm

Altruism Is The Best Defense

ect) than they are to a total (genetic) stranger.  But, here, the two don’t need to be related at all ...

Article - Nicholas Horton - Jul 1 2009 - 12:11pm

Complexity, Systems, Emergence, Networks: Keeping It Real

how all biologists, computational and wet-lab, think about about transcription or signal ...

Article - Michael White - Sep 3 2009 - 1:07pm

Darwin And The Origin Of Life

has also put into context all Darwin's opinions on the origins of life, available online and in ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2009 - 11:57am

Why Doesn’t Size Matter…for The Brain?

a dull-witted cow could just stick a tiny rat brain into its head and get all the behavioral complexity it ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Nov 16 2009 - 4:38pm

Missing DNA Section Contributes To Obesity, New Study Says

of the deletions occurring by chance. All the parents with the deletion were also obese. The next ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2010 - 2:49pm

Darwinian Rock-Paper-Scissors Leads To New Lizard Species

fighting one another. Now imagine that some morphs are lost, leaving a population of all rock morphs. Their ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2010 - 1:46pm

Eightfold Path To Cephalopod Domination

been speaking for all the marine sciences students, who would have been squinting at 10-inch squids if ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Mar 24 2010 - 9:50pm

Neurons Stick Together To Get Their Message Heard

have all 6,000 synapses firing at the same time, but it would be a waste of resources." The ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:06pm