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Molecular Biology
“When molecules misbehave, it can lead to great insight.”
Life is possible because of asymmetries, such as an imbalance between matter and antimatter and the "handedness" (chirality) of molecules.
The book "The Genesis Machine" outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.
An evolutionary biologist explains why you probably won't grow a tail.
And when you demand ‘perfectly identical,’ just how high of a bar are you setting? “Lives are snowflakes — unique in detail, forming patterns we have seen before, but as like one another […]