Receptors, flies, and the fountain of youth
A 2007 paper in the Journal Nature Chemical Biology (William Ja et al.), describing the modulation of a particular receptor as a means of extending the lifespan of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster, received a lot of press attention. Much of this came in the form of misguided speculation as to how this strategy could [...]
A paradox that isn’t
This question was posted on a forum, and I’d originally planned to just ignore it. It bothered me later.
Why are there homosexuals? Natural life has no purpose for homosexuals and thus evolution would have wiped them out.
Let’s establish the basic assumption that would allow us to go on and examine the question. That being, there [...]
