Terrestrial Zoology The Silent Underground Network December 15, 2014 Under your feet in the woods is a vast communication network where information technology keeps the ecosystem functioning. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Pathogens Don't Exist December 10, 2014 It takes a partnership to have a disease, say two microbiologists who argue for ditching the word "pathogen." CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Obamacare Architect Is a Eugenicist December 9, 2014 Jonathan Gruber has published papers justifying abortion for improving the lives of the living. Did he suggest that for the elderly in the Affordable Care Act? CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Monday Morning Design Cheer December 8, 2014 Start your week with nuggets of good news about all the things inventors are learning from animals, plants, and the human body. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Mosquitoes Developed a Taste for Human Blood Recently December 1, 2014 An experiment with disease-carrying mosquitoes in Africa showed a surprising result: they switched to human blood just thousands of years ago. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Schizophrenia: Diagnosis or Delusion? November 30, 2014 Much as psychiatrists would like to help the afflicted, it doesn't help to affix an empty label to an imprecise condition. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Good Gratitude: To Science or God? November 27, 2014 There are health benefits to thanksgiving, but motivation is the key. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Let's Get [Thankful for the] Mental November 26, 2014 Wonders of the human brain and sensory systems continue to pour forth from scientific research, providing more reasons to give thanks. CONTINUE READING
Human Body Let's Get [Thankful for the] Physical November 25, 2014 Wonders of the human body continue to pour forth from scientific research, providing more reasons to give thanks. CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Adult Stem Cells Beat Clones November 24, 2014 In a contest to see which are better, induced pluripotent stem cells proved just as good as clones. More stem cell news follows. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Biological Systems Provide Infinite Design Inspiration November 11, 2014 It's not likely engineers and biologists will run out of inspiration from biology anytime soon. The source is infinite. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Scientism Invades Politics, Morality, Religion November 9, 2014 What some consider science is really scientism, a worldview that thinks everything in human experience is reducible to scientific laws. CONTINUE READING
Human Body Sex Cells: The Evolution (or Design) of Genitalia November 6, 2014 There's been a lot of news about sex organs in recent days. Which does a better job of explaining the facts of life: design or evolution? CONTINUE READING
Health Having a Purpose in Life Can Be Healthy November 3, 2014 Who spends more time in the hospital? People with nothing to live for. CONTINUE READING
Marine Biology Viruses May Do the Ocean Good November 2, 2014 A new study shows that viruses can help keep down algal blooms. CONTINUE READING