But Dr. Martin Rees, a Cambridge University cosmologist, said that the discovery of a deeper principle governing the universe and, perhaps, life, may alter our view of what is fundamental.
Maybe there is some deep rule that governs it.
Vicente Fox Quesada, the opposition candidate who appears to have taken a narrow lead in the presidential race, received a helping hand today from two prominent Mexicans with family roots deep in the governing party.
New research suggests that there may be a deep biomechanical reason governing the gaits we choose in different situations, and understanding it could help scientists design better prosthetic limbs and even build more humanlike robots.
As the authors note, the regulations governing deep-sea bottom trawling are very weak, and there is a great deal of illegal and underreported fishing going on.
As Europe sinks deeper into austerity, governing parties of whatever stripe are routinely rejected by disillusioned voters – only to be replaced by others delivering more welfare cuts, privatisation and inequality.
Last week's announcement of new rules governing deep-sea oil deposits off the Brazilian coast has reignited debate over resource nationalism.
Tom Levitt, the MP for High Peak, rebutted the suggestion of "deep division" before going on to acknowledge the "deep frustration, as any governing party fighting a recession not of our making, 10 points behind in the poll, would suffer.
He emerges as a bundle of contradictions: a man of immense people skills and limited policy interest, a candidate who excels at the sport of politics but is detached in the business of governing, a deep skeptic about the role of the government that he now seeks to lead.
Early polls suggest there is deep dissatisfaction with the governing Congress party's 10 years in power.
