The article correctly describes the current flaws in biology research. Today, it is more of observation-based.. Like, you collect tons of data and then infer something (most of the times, unamusing). Rather, our approach should be hypothesis-based..... ...
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Review Paper on Synthetic Biology
Here is the preprint version of my review paper on the field of Synthetic Biology...
Abstract: Synthetic Biology will bring a new paradigm in science as it attempts to approach biology through standard engineering principles such as decoupling of ...
How to tackle Evolution in Synthetic Biology?
Drew Endy has suggested that problems such as our inability to avoid or manage biological complexity, the current tedious and unreliable construction of synthetic biological systems and the apparent spontaneous physical variation of biological system beh...
Custom-Made Microbes, at Your Service, NYTimes article
An article on Synthetic Biology which summarises all the latest researches in the field. It could be a good article for the layman. [URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/science/17synt.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc]Click here[/URL] to access it. ...
The importance of mathematics in Biology
Of late, I've been reading on the internet that Mathematics is going to become one of the major tool to help virtually any science field. It even is being applied to humanities. I wonder how it will help biology.
Basically, maths helps in modell...
Ant School: The First Formal Classroom Found in Nature
Hey,
Just like we teach people how do thigs by demostrations, in the same way ants teach them. I wonder if they have sufficent intelligence/complexity to understand and teach how to find food. But, indeed researchers have found that ants teach eac...
An All-in-One resource for Synthetic Biology
I unearthed this link from my website's log in the section of refferers. It has all the stuff on Synthetic Biology nicely categorised into various categories. Basically, it is a site for students who are preparing for iGEM 2006. Don't miss out to check...
The Future of Human Evolution
What is the future of human evolution? Where are humans headed towards?
According to [URL=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7103668/print/1/displaymode/1098/]this article[/URL], There are few likely scenarios:
1. Humans divide into two different spec...
Ants were the first Biohackers
Ants were the first organisms to hack the biology. It has been discovered that Ants Use Antibiotics to Fight Pests. Great! And we thought humans are the only organisms to fool bacteria into producing antibiotics. Some Ants culture bacteria inside tiny gl...
Biotechs Mine Bacteria for Industrial Use
""The extremophile candidates are numerous. There's Deinoccus radiodurans, dubbed Conan the Bacterium by its legions of fans because it withstands 10,000 times the amount of radiation that would kill a human. Found on radiated food, it has a unique ab...