Author: Andrew McDiarmid
The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?
Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.
How Earth is Designed for Human Technology
Is all this a coincidence? We think that’s a stretch. One or two fortunate parameters might be called a fluke.
Slouching Toward Totalitarianism — How to Fight Science Censorship
Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas
Science Needs a Scout Mindset; Here’s Why
One advantage of the scout mindset is that it makes adjusting the confidence we have in our opinions more of a low-stakes enterprise.
Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research
Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field.