Time standing still…

2018/08/19

Quickly glance at an analog clock. You might find that the second hand seems stuck at first. But if the …

Seeing better. Through not seeing. Descartes and the wisdom of Silenus…

2018/06/12

Visual acuity is normally thought to be dictated by the shape and condition of the eye but these new findings …

2018/06/04

Plants and brains are more alike than you might think. Salk scientists discovered that the mathematical rules governing how plants …

2018/05/19

The transition from an egg to a developing embryo is one of life’s most remarkable transformations. Yet little is known …

2018/03/28

In most mammals, us included, biological sex is determined by a lottery between two letters: X and Y, the sex …