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Smells, Spanners, and Switches
Luca Turin
What if we have the olfactory system all wrong? Luca Turin shows how thinking of the nose as a vibrational spectroscope clarifies much we still do not understand about how olfaction works.
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Animadversions of a Synthetic Chemist
James Tour
Chemists study molecules. Synthetic chemists make them. What Nature does is anyone’s guess. James Tour constructs nanovehicles and considers the difficulties. What can we say of abiogenesis?
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Genes Without Prominence
Keith Baverstock
Evolution and the origin of life through the lens of thermodynamics: using dynamical systems theory, Keith Baverstock argues natural selection is based on metabolic efficiency, not genetic variation.
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Across the Universe
Steven Wheeler
The detection of gravitational waves by LIGO made global news. Steven Wheeler looks at the technological achievement and its contentious history, and considers the future of gravitational astronomy.
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Mindfulness
George Scialabba
Consider the mind-body problem and the question of consciousness. Will a naturalistic account serve? Thomas Nagel says no. George Scialabba reviews the short but ambitious Mind and Cosmos.
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More Better Meta
Nona Robinson
Empty sets, conspiracies, and indeterminacy. Nona Robinson reviews Numero Zero, the last novel by the late Umberto Eco, connoisseur of secrets.
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The Neutral Theory of Evolution
Chase Nelson
Focusing on the neutral theory of evolution and its most significant consequences, Chase Nelson details the scientific achievements of his mentor, Austin Hughes, brilliant evolutionary biologist.
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Desire, Violence, and Religion
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Scapegoats then and now. Looking at mythology, ritual, and law, Jean-Pierre Dupuy reviews the late René Girard’s theory of sacrifice and mimetic desire, and applies it to economics.
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Mackerels by Moonlight
The Editors
Ambulance chasing, why generosity feels difficult, home ground advantage, brain stimulation, mistakes in studies of replication failures, Baumeister’s theory of willpower, elevator music, and more.
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