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Theories are feats of scientific imagination that illuminate and unify our understanding of reality. Far from being mere generalizations of empirical data done after the fact, theories orient us toward the unseen, toward what lies “beyond o...

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On the Role of Theory in Biology

“There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature, if it be theory to infer more than we see.”

— William Whewell, 1840

“I have an old belief that a good observer really means a good theorist.”

— Charles Darwin, 1860

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How to Terraform Mars — Erika DeBenedictis of Pioneer Labs

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"SpudCell will replicate continuously by 2030" | Kate Adamala

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