Project News

February 23
Divergent evolutionary trajectories of bryophytes and tracheophytes from a complex common ancestor of land plants

Tom Williams and Philip Donoghue, part of the “Chance versus Purpose in the Evolution of Biospheres” project, contributed to the recent Open Access Nature Ecology & Evolution article, “Divergent evolutionary trajectories of bryophytes and tracheophytes from a complex common ancestor of land plants.”

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February 22
Going big by going small: Trade-offs in microbiome explanations of cancer

Anya Plutynski, the coordinator of the "Agency and Directionality in Development" group of projects, co-wrote the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science article, “Going big by going small: Trade-offs in microbiome explanations of cancer.”

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February 21
Beyond the divide between indigenous and academic knowledge: Causal and mechanistic explanations in a Brazilian fishing community

Charbel El-Hani and David Ludwig, part of the “An Organizational Account of Ecological Functions” project, contributed to the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science article, “Beyond the divide between indigenous and academic knowledge: Causal and mechanistic explanations in a Brazilian fishing community.”

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February 20
Plasticity in resource choice: a time-limited butterfly prioritizes apparency over quality

Emilie Snell-Rood, PI of the ‘Function’ in biology and bio-inspired design project, contributed to the Animal Behaviour article, “Plasticity in resource choice: a time-limited butterfly prioritizes apparency over quality.”

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February 16
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community

Hugh Desmond, part of the Agency and Explanation in the Evolutionary Sciences project, contributed to the Science and Engineering Ethics article, “The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community.”

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