Understanding "paradigms" and "paradigm shifts" has exploded into greater importance -- with new problems and the need for new solutions occurring more rapidly than ever before.

This is interesting as it's presented, but it's also interesting, in part, because chess has several connections to understanding paradigms.

In a groundbreaking reevaluation of a fundamental concept in evolutionary developmental biology, researchers are challenging the longstanding Inhibitory Cascade Model (ICM) that has shaped scientific understanding of serial trait development for over a decade.