The Synthetic Biology 2.0 conference is being help at UC Berkely. The researchers there are expected to take radical decisions for the field. They have already taken the decision to [URL=http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9211&print=true][I]"se...
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Meet the Biohackers..
New Scientist has released a story on Biohacking via Synthetic Biology. It is about the pioneers in the field (read Knight, Endy, etc). This story surely demonstrates that biohacking has finally come to the limelight (which it proudly deserves). The titl...
Ants – The wonderful and most diverse creatures
Livscience.com has just posted an article titled [URL=http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060508_mm_ants_rule.html]"Why Ants Rule the World"[/URL]. It is surprising and interesting to read.
The facts such as [I]"The combined heft of ants in...
IISc here I come..
Hi All,
This is to inform all my well wishers that I will be going to IISc on 5th of June for two months for research. I have been chosen as a research fellow for this summer and am quite happy.
Regards, Paras Chopra ...
Get-A-Life: How true is comparison of Artificial Life with the real one?
It is an excellent article which discusses that evolution is inherent in the universe (as demonstrated by "hyperreal" universes). It discusses Tierra, Biomorphs, Genetic Programming, SimEarth, Game of Life, etc. Read it if you care about evolution. ...
Philosophy Questions
A guy named Alejandro Barreto has emailed me asking me few of the [i]grander[/i] philosophical questions. They were quite interesting and challenging. I found it very enjoyable to express my views to someone who values it. Below, I am reproducing my repl...
Evolution is speedier at equator
Yes, you read that right. Researchers have observed that the rate of evolution is almost twice at equators than at poles. This proves the point put forward by Klaus Rohde in 1992 that climate affects the evolution. Warmers temperature causes speedier met...
Is evolution reproducible?
Yes and no. It is reproducible in the sense that it can make orgainsms adapt in more and less the same way to a particular environment but the genetic composition will be remarkable different in each case.
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Should Life neccessarily be tangible?
We have a perfect example of life on earth. This life, made up of DNA, has a physical existance due to molecules and structures which compose it. But, is physical existance a pre-requiste of life? Can life exist as information only with no phyiscal basis...
Organisms get fooled in the Urban Jungle
As the urban areas expand, the natural habitat of many organisms such as birds, squirels, etc. shriks. These organsism are facing evolutionary pressure in new (urban) environment. Cities have many things which are not found naturally, and hence organisms...