Biology & Evolution

How life works and how it got here. The origin of life, evolution's accidents, early humans and animals, and what makes life different from a rock.

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Stars Build Order. So Do Hurricanes. Why Aren't They Alive?

Leave a rock on your desk for a year and it never changes. Cut your finger and something in you starts repairing it within minutes. In 1944 Schrödinger said life feeds on something strange, and the real difference isn't what most people guess.

Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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If the Asteroid Had Missed, Who Would Be Reading This?

A city-sized rock cleared the stage for us 66 million years ago. Replay history without it and the candidates get strange: a hunter older than trees, a bird that may already be wondering about us, and a shape evolution keeps reinventing.

Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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Stars Build Order. So Do Hurricanes. Why Aren't They Alive?

If the Asteroid Had Missed, Who Would Be Reading This?

Essays

Stars Build Order. So Do Hurricanes. Why Aren't They Alive?

If the Asteroid Had Missed, Who Would Be Reading This?