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Scientists Unveil New Inventory of Universe’s Dark Contents
...of evolution, are more complex and harder to glean information from than the cosmic microwave background, but according to experts, they will ultimately offer a richer picture of the universe’s...
Solution: ‘The DNA Computer Program’
...understand. Processes like evolutionary algorithms and artificial life have taught us that programs designed by evolution are extremely complicated and sometimes seem to defy logic, but they work. The decompilation...
Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses
...for evolution to play with. Evolution, Shepherd says, is the ultimate MacGyver, referring to the 1980s TV hero who could defuse a bomb with bubble gum and a paper clip....
Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes
...evolution indefinitely far into the future. The dictum holds true whether you’re using Newton’s laws to predict the future position of a billiard ball, Maxwell’s equations to describe an electromagnetic...
The Math That Tells Cells What They Are
...would be getting optimized. Moreover, while evolutionary theory suggests that evolving systems can improve over time, nothing guarantees that they should be driven to an optimal level. Yet when researchers...
Did the Chicken Come First or Is It Turtles All the Way Down?
...others are more whimsical and subjective, but hopefully all will be illuminating. In biology, the problem of infinite regress has been solved by Darwin’s theory of evolution, a feat so...
Cori Bargmann on the Genetics of Transparent Worms, Supertasters and Cancer
...is there such a thing as — over evolutionary times — just getting genes going — what’s the word — like, going defunct, because they’re not getting used anymore? Bargmann:...
Solution: ‘Is It Turtles All the Way Down?’
...in which 7 million years of evolutionary history are compressed into less than three minutes. At what point in the video would it no longer surprise you to see the...
Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.
...And a truly persuasive origin story must also explain why the nucleus exists at all — what evolutionary pressures pushed those ancient cells to wall up their genomes. For most...