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How Is Science Even Possible?
...like, the reasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in biology. Because, in fact, the real code is a product of evolution. And there’s nothing special about the number 20. So, this is...
Tracing the Hidden Hand of Magnetism in the Galaxy
...magnetism on the evolution of stars and galaxies, and Clark is one of the scientists spearheading this effort. As the leader of the Cosmic Magnetism and Interstellar Physics group at...
The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life
...his idea over the years but was otherwise uninvolved with the work. The field is overflowing with papers about triggers for the evolution of animal multicellularity that draw on geochemical...
The Viral Paleontologist Who Unearths Pathogens’ Deep Histories
...Calvignac-Spencer’s experience working modern viruses convinced him of the need to reconstruct their evolutionary histories. He now leads the department of pathogen evolution at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health....
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA
Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution. For a molecule of RNA, the...
The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology
...evolution has fine-tuned this electric sense. Electrostatics may turn out to be an evolutionary force in small creatures’ survival that helps them find food, migrate and infest other living things....
The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View
...co-organized the meeting, said the community is scrambling to absorb both JWST’s data and its implications. Observers see things that are not explained in current theories about the evolution of...
How Can Math Help Beat Cancer?
...mentioned in the introduction evolution of cancer. And maybe some of our listeners are thinking evolution of primates, evolution of bacteria. It’s a little unfamiliar to speak about cancer as...