2019
Continuing efforts to erase the beginning of time
Fine-tuning of the universe: Pro and con
William Lane Craig vs. Ronald DeSousa: Difference between humans and orangutans
Machines won’t think like people—how do we deal with the disappointment?
New Ordovician) fossils (470 to 459 million years ago) show survival of “extinct” life forms
Supposed junk DNA serves as microlens for condensing light
Why do humans have greater endurance than monkeys?
If there IS a ninth planet out there…
Yet another thing that made us human: Dancing
Eric Holloway: With infinite data, AI would not outperform a human with finite data
Brendan Dixon: You are the ghost in the machine that powers AI
Anti-extinction? Former pet tropical parrots now wild in the United States
How do they survive the cold? “We think they’re basically pre-adapted to survive in cold climates because they build their own nests and they can vary their diets so dramatically across the year,” says Stephen Pruett-Jones, an ecologist at the University of Chicago, who has been studying birds for decades. “They roost in their nest every single night of the year, so the nest is really more like a home to the monk parakeet. And their diet changes completely during the winter to seed in backyard bird feeders.” JILL LANGLOIS, “Former pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states” at National Geographic Okay, not completely wild. But they have prior adaptations to serious sub-zero temperatures. Paper. (paywall) “The primates Read More ›