Life Sciences

I'm Not Feeling Very Free Willy- on Consciousness as a Construct

no agency at all. A subject has hold of a board, which rests above a computer mouse, and he can move ...

Blog Post - Keith Adams - Sep 8 2011 - 10:54am

What Is Heritability?

words, it will affect them all equally].  From this we can conclude that whatever differences exist ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Sep 8 2012 - 10:38am

The Mystery Of Cucumber Coiling

Sharon Gerbode "Nature has solved all kinds of energetic and mechanical problems, doing it very ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2012 - 10:36pm

The lie of our own brain

Brain is all times working, even during sleep, and we can make awareness of what is happening inside our ...

Blog Post - Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga - Nov 26 2012 - 2:07am

Your Brain's Many Maps: Self-Location In Multiple Mind Modules

ability to make a mental map of the environment arose very early in evolution. He explains that all ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2012 - 5:01am

The Role Of Müller Cell Depletion In Retinal Degeneration?

RPE, and even Müller cells, in the diseased retina. In light of all these possibilities, one must be ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - Jan 29 2013 - 12:36pm

The Development Of Social Monogamy In Mammals

all.  In these cases, he is simply a marauding male that will mate at every opportunity.  Without ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Aug 1 2013 - 1:06am

The Science Of What The Dog Knows

than dogs’ for all the obvious reasons. If you ever get the chance to stare at a grizzly’s nose close ...

Article - Cat Warren - Oct 15 2013 - 9:43am

Megacheirans: Extinct Giant Clawed Creature Had A Scorpion Nervous System

a dozen pairs of body appendages enabling the animal to swim or crawl or both. All featured a pair of ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2013 - 2:38pm

Where Did The The Pandemic Flu Virus Of 1918 Come From?

antibodies cover all the lollipop heads, the virus can't even infect you." The part of the protein ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2014 - 12:30pm