Particle physics… A brief etymology of particle physics 20 Jun 2017 How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names? By Daniel Garisto, Symmetry Magazine 05/30/17 Over the years, physicists have given names to the smallest constituents of our universe. This…
Calorie restriction… The Science of Fasting 6 Jun 2017 Running on Empty Regularly taking breaks from eating—for hours or days—can trigger changes both expected, such as in metabolic dynamics and inflammation, and surprising, as in immune system function and…
Genetics… Why race is not a scientific category 4 Jun 2017 Ingenious: Dalton Conley The Princeton sociologist explains why race is not a scientific category KEVIN BERGERJUNE, Naitulus When Dalton Conley, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, talks about race,…
Ageing… Yes, Life in the Fast Lane Kills You 1 Jun 20171 Jun 2017 New insights into mitochondria reveal how life expends energy By Philip Ball, Illustration by Alexander Glandien, Naitulus Nick Lane is an evolutionary biochemist at University College London who thinks about…
Ageing… Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women 1 Jun 20171 Jun 2017 It’s the testosterone, don’t you know Richard G. Bribiescas, Naitulus Years ago when I was conducting my doctoral research on the evolutionary history of men among a remote indigenous community…
Evolution… Can Darwinian Evolution Explain Lamarckism? 24 May 201724 May 2017 Answering three questions can help reveal how the “inheritance of acquired characteristic” fits into modern evolutionary theory Pradeep Mutalik, Quanta Magazine If you took a high school biology class, you’re…
Evolution The energy expansions of evolution 23 May 2017 Olivia P. Judson, Nature Ecology & Evolution The history of the life–Earth system can be divided into five ‘energetic’ epochs, each featuring the evolution of life forms that can exploit a…
Killing cells by heat How Heat Kills Cells 10 May 2017 The proteins that unravel as the temperature starts to rise turn out to be among the most vital Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine Above a certain temperature, a cell will collapse…
Information Theory… The Quantum Thermodynamics Revolution 5 May 20175 May 2017 As physicists extend the 19th-century laws of thermodynamics to the quantum realm, they’re rewriting the relationships among energy, entropy and information Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine n his 1824 book, Reflections…
Thought experiments INSIDE THE MIND: THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS 29 Apr 2017 In today’s post we’ll be presenting a go-to in every theoretical physicist’s toolkit, the thought experiment. I’ll present its pros and cons while giving a few examples of noteworthy thought…
