The greatest mystery of life is how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully functioning,
sometimes conscious multicellular organism. Embryogenesis Explained offers a new theory …

We present a survey of the first 21 years of web-based artificial life (WebAL) research and
applications, broadly construed to include the many different ways in which artificial life and …

Many models have been used to simplify and operationalize the subtle but complex
mechanisms of biological evolution. Toy models are gross simplifications that nevertheless …

Planet Earth was formed around five billion years ago; evolutionary proliferations reach over
four billion years. Studies of evolution are made up of different fields of study with alternative …

The study of embryos with the tools and mindset of physics, started by Wilhelm His in the
1880s, has resumed after a hiatus of a century. The Embryo Physics Course convenes …

Summary Sir Fred Hoyle made fundamental contributions to nucleosynthesis in stars and
may have pioneered the notion that organic matter pervades our Universe. However, his …

Abstract Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles (FW-MAVs) are very small air vehicles that fly in a
manner similar to that employed by small winged animals like hummingbirds or bumble …

ABSTRACT A few months after the criminalization of LSD in California in May 1966, a
groundbreaking pilot study carried out by Willis Harman and colleagues was published …