epub |eng | 2006-05-01 | Author:Alan Grafen & Mark Ridley [Grafen, Alan & Ridley, Mark]

ANTIPHONAL VOICES Richard Dawkins and the problem of progress Michael Ruse Directionalist common sense surely wins on the very long time scale: once there was only blue-green slime and now ...

epub |eng | 2014-05-16 | Author:Vladimir I. Vernadsky, M.A.S. McMenamin, L. Margulis & M. Ceruti [ Vladimir I. Vernadsky, M.A.S. McMenamin, L. Margulis and M. Ceruti ]

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epub |eng | 2014-01-31 | Author:Avise, John C.

The Conceptual Revolution Scientists had long suspected that particular organelles (notably mitochondria and chloroplasts) contain their own tiny snippets of genetic material, separate from the cell’s primary genome housed within ...

mobi |eng | 2005-10-12 | Author:Lane, Nick [Lane, Nick]

Proton leak But there is a diabolical catch. We have seen that the muscles contribute little to the resting metabolic rate: the danger of oxygen toxicity means that blood is ...

epub |eng | 2014-05-05 | Author:Sam Kean

PART IV BELIEFS AND DELUSIONS CHAPTER EIGHT The Sacred Disease In this section we shift from the physical brain to the mental brain. Common sense tells us there’s a sharp ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-22 | Author:Padgett, Jason & Seaberg, Maureen Ann [Padgett, Jason]

I tried to escape to these familiar visions when I was uncomfortable. Even if something was very beautiful, I found it could overwhelm me. This was never more clear than ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2007-03-17 | Author:Kandel, Eric R. [Kandel, Eric R.]

WITH THE TOOLS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND THE SUPPORT of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in hand, we could now address questions about genes and memory. Since 1961 my experimental ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-24 | Author:Richard Preston

Panic in the Gray Zone JANUARY 12, 2000 Hensley was working alone in her blue suit in hot suite AA4, near the center of the Institute. It was about three ...

epub |eng | 2011-06-21 | Author:Carl Sagan [Sagan, Carl]

A nest of Protoceratops eggs from the Cretaceous of the Mongolian People’s Republic. Courtesy of The American Museum of Natural History The immobilization hypothesis seems particularly apt in light of ...

epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2010-02-25 | Author:Charles Darwin

Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection as Applied to Instincts: Neuter and Sterile Insects It has been objected to the foregoing view of the origin of instincts that “the ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-25 | Author:Chris Jarmey [Jarmey, Chris]

Strengthening exercises Lateral dumb-bell raises (middle fibres) Upright (vertical) rowing (mainly middle fibres) Bench press (anterior fibres) Shoulder press (mainly middle fibres) Vertical flyes (‘pec’ deck / seated butterfly) (anterior ...

mobi |eng | 2014-02-26 | Author:Jack Lewis & Adrian Webster

Push and pull When it comes to emotional bias, our more difficult choices are often finely balanced. We are drawn by a very subtle emotional pull towards similar options that ...

epub |eng | 2012-05-07 | Author:Gregory Chaitin [Chaitin, Gregory]

There is a beautiful essay on the web about this by the quantum computer complexity theorist Scott Aaronson, “Who Can Name the Biggest Number?,” which I highly recommend and which ...

mobi, epub |ru | 2010-08-28 | Author:Barbara Strauch

Knowing that most new and unconventional ideas do not always find the warmest of receptions, I asked Dr. Katzman if he recalled the response of other scientists at the time. ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-09 | Author:Palumbi, Stephen R., Palumbi, Anthony R. [R. Palumbi, Stephen and R. Palumbi, Anthony]

Corals, warmth, and death Picture a secluded stretch of Samoan coast. Classic palm trees break up the sandy beach’s blinding white, and behind them loom craggy volcanic hills. Warm, placid ...