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The Social Life of Forests

With a couple of exceptions—like Dawkins’ /The Selfish Gene/—Biology has never held the fascination for me that many other subjects do. Nonetheless, I was drawn to The New York Times Magazine article, The Social Life of Forests. The TL;DR is … Continue reading

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Alzheimer’s and Gaming

Years (and years) ago, the usual crazies were running around making dire predictions about Rock and Roll and how it was going to destroy young people. It seems pretty ludicrous now but these people were serious and generally made pests … Continue reading

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Did You Know

There are only 3 animals that don’t reproduce until they die? I didn’t. One of them is humans, of course, but what about the other two? And why are there only three? See the National Geographic article linked above for … Continue reading

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Attack on the Scientific Method

I just read a horrifying article in Nature. The article, Scientific method: Defend the integrity of physics, recounts an effort among some theoretical physicists to redefine the scientific method so that it no longer requires experimental verification or even that … Continue reading

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