The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

biology, Cell (journal), cellular activity, cryoelectron tomography, cytoplasmic lattices, embryo, embryonic arrest, embryonic development, epigenetic reprogramming, Evolution, filaments, heuristic, Intelligent Design, intermediate filaments, mammalian development, mammalian yolk, mammals, microscopy, oocytes, PADI6, proteins, ribosomal arrays, subcortical maternal complex
"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." Source
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New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

astronomy, Copernican principle, cosmological walls, cosmology, earth, filaments, galaxies, habitability, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Michael Keas, Miguel Aragón, Milky Way, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nicolaus Copernicus, Physics, Earth & Space, Satellites Around Galactic Analogs, sheets, solar system, star formation, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable?, universe, voids, walls
“You might have to travel a half a billion light years from the Milky Way, past many, many galaxies, to find another cosmological wall with a galaxy like ours.” Source
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