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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience.

A lesser-known rotary engine within cells is responsible for a substantial portion of gases and nutrients that sustain the biosphere.

For unnumbered hours we basked in the shared light of the pursuit of truth through good science and sound philosophy.

Blood viscosity is the technical reason why Jack froze in less than 23 minutes, but icefish can survive for 15 years in water of a freezing temperature.

The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world.

Richard Buggs is a professor and Senior Research Leader at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, one of the UK’s largest plant science research institutes.

I had the privilege of speaking on intelligence metrics. Here are my slides. I hope soon to develop this talk into a proper peer-reviewed paper.

What goes into getting a flower to develop on a stem is mind-boggling, reports a Darwin-free paper.

Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging.

The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories.