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Philosophy

Imperfect Ignorance

Arthur Cody

Belief, memory, and intention are comprehended only in their own terms. Philosopher Arthur Cody argues that our cognitive faculties do not fit into our scientific explanatory systems.

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Linguistics

The Recovery of Case

David Berlinski & Juan Uriagereka

Jean-Roger Vergnaud’s famous 1977 letter assumed that case is obligatory even in English, and part of Universal Grammar. Here Juan Uriagereka and David Berlinski analyze Vergnaud’s case filter.

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Mathematics

Fukugen

Ivan Fesenko

Inter-Universal Teichmüller theory applies mono-anabelian algorithms to algebraic fundamental groups in one universe to obtain descriptions of objects constructed from those groups in another

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Biology

The Excitable Mitochondria

John Hewitt

Without a CAD model of the brain, we will never be able to develop advanced brain implants. Instead of scaling up neural nets, John Hewitt argues, we need to begin with mitochondrial networks.

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Biology

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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Chemistry

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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Genetics

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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Paleontology

The Genus Homo

Ian Tattersall

The history of the hominid family is one of diversification, competition, and, sometimes, extinction. Ian Tattersall explains why we need a compact and phylogeny-based definition of the genus Homo.

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Astronomy

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The Holographic Universe

Jean-Pierre Luminet

How is a black hole in 5-D space like a 4-D particle/radiation field? Jean-Pierre Luminet explains the holographic principle, the Maldacena conjecture, and the resolution of the information paradox.