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Science Corner: The Real Aliens Were the Friends We Made Along the Way

February 24, 2021 by Andy Walsh No Comments

I promised we’d take the occasional break from evolutionary biology and simulated quandaries to check in on other science headlines, and that time has come. I’m going to try a slightly different format, more of a news roundup than a ramble on a single story. The biggest story of course is the landing of the […]

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: life on Mars, neuroscience, science, science corner

Science Corner: Bird-Brained Schematic

September 30, 2020 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Popular idioms aside, birds can actually be quite intelligent, with some species demonstrating the ability to use tools and to develop complex social dynamics. This despite some substantial differences in the anatomy of bird brains compared to those of mammals, particularly humans.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: cognition, cognitive science, machine learning, neuroscience, science, science corner

Science Book Review: Unthinkable – An Extraordinary Journey through the World’s Strangest Brains

February 5, 2020 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Cover art for Unthinkable by Helen Thomson

[In Unthinkable, Helen] Thomson profiles nine people from all over the world whose subjective experiences of that world push the limits of our ability to communicate about them.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: Helen Thomson, neuroscience, science, science book club, science corner, Unthinkable

Science Corner: The Prizes are in Bloom

March 27, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

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[Karen Uhlenbeck’s] work laid the foundation for a whole new branch of mathematics, geometric analysis, and she also provided mathematical physicists critical tools for working with the Yang-Mills equations which are central to the Standard Model of particle physics.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: Abel prize, gender, gender equality, gender roles, math, mathematics, neuroscience, science, science corner

Science Corner: Fruit Flies Like a Banana… And We’re Closer to Knowing Why

July 25, 2018 by Andy Walsh No Comments

With the American Scientific Affiliation meeting coming up this week, I’ve got connecting on the brain. And now after catching up with the science news, I’m also thinking about the connections in the fruit fly brain.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: ASA Annual Meeting 2018, brain, fruit fly, neuroscience, science, science corner

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