hawk moth – Uncommon Descent

Biomimicry

At Mind Matters News: Machine uses live hawk moth antenna for smell detection

Getting a moth antenna to seek anything but floral scents may be the challenge.

martin_r and here we go again "Dogma-Defying Bacteria" ... "...current concepts are reviewed..." "...uprooting current thinking...." "...latest findings contradict the current... – At Nature: “Dogma-defying bacteria package DNA...
martin_r Relatd, get this: Hexagonal comb building is traditionally known to have evolved twice in the order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, sawflies,... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
martin_r Relatd @4 and this puffer fish went to school too ... 1 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpdlQae5wP8 – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
martin_r Relatd @4 And spiders went to Web Building School to learn complex web construction Not only that, at the same... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
Querius Ford Prefect @48, If it can be measured or observed then it is material. If it can’t, then it is... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Chuckdarwin @187, Querius: [M]ultiple direct experimental results have confirmed quantum behavior for over a hundred years. Chuckdarwin: You are deliberately... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus L&FP, 65b: “Understanding” Quantum Entanglement – with Philip Ball – L&FP, 65b: "Understanding" Quantum Entanglement -...
kairosfocus VL, try, quantum influences, as we know is a very real phenomenon from the particle beam double slit exercise. Thence,... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
kairosfocus Math is a study of a substance, I find, best defined as [the study of] the logic of structure and... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
Papa_Giorgio I included your comment Martin_r in my post of the above: https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/richard-dawkins-is-30-years-behind-the-curve/ – Denis Noble debates Richard Dawkins: Is...
kairosfocus FP, interference and superposition are well known wave phenomena. Such are manifest with particles at molecular level, but -- as... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
kairosfocus PM1, once one reduces to computation on a substrate, one is in a GIGO limited dynamic stochastic frame of blind... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Origenes, when one observes Liquid He II or a superconductor, one is observing lab scale macro phenomena, that trace to... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
ram Querius is so taken in by arguments of reality and philosophy, and (contradictory) notions of bronze age philosophy and theology,... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
Pearlman That it requires tweaking is already a tell it's not the actuality, add to that the massive Dark Energy and... – At Big Think: Big Bang cosmology...
Ford Prefect Querius writes: Is constructive interference between probability waves material or immaterial? If it can be measured or observed then it... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Barry Arrington *sigh* I came back after a few hours hoping (I know, the triumph of hope over experience again) that our... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
AnimatedDust Well, bye. – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Ford Prefect @30 and Viola Lee @31, Is constructive interference between probability waves material or immaterial? -Q – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Origenes @54, Good points. Theories abound, which is why I like to stick with the experimental results along with any... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee I don't want to leave being inaccurately accused of selective quoting. At 38 I wrote, "I have no idea what... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...