linkedin post 2017-01-21 05:16:52

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WEB EVOLUTION. "The orb is certainly not the final apex of web design. Our analyses also demonstrate subsequent rampant transformation of the orb into other architectures, suggesting that the origin of stereotypical orb webs provides a critical gateway for the evolution of novel web types and the diversification associated with them." http://www.pnas.org/content/106/13/5229.full View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-01-22 08:17:07

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LET THEORY GUIDE OBSERVATIONS. “How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view if it is to be of any service!” Let theory guide your observations.” Indeed, Darwin had no use for the empiricist claim that a scientist should not have a preconception or hypothesis that would guide his work. Otherwise, as he wrote, one “might as well go into a gravel pit and count the pebbles and describe the colors." https://lnkd.in/d4g4UsJ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-01-22 08:14:21

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WEB ECONOMICS. "The web geometry of different spider species is always similar in spite of the myriad of possible solutions, this means that the evolution has led to a single optimal solution: an overall planar structure able to provide food at the minimum cost for the spider." https://lnkd.in/dzdDcHk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-01-22 08:12:04

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FUNCTION AT ALL SCALES. "A spider orb web is a complicated system based on interaction of different aspects: from the macroscopic geometry and the mechanical material’s properties to the microscopic chemical production process with internal protein structure of the silk." https://lnkd.in/dzdDcHk View in LinkedIn
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