Tag: biology
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The soul of the universe...
New stem cells can be created if you make the environment around normal cells, more… stressful (e.g. acidic). (1, 2) (although this discovery was later doubted - see here and here) Everything can become life. Life is in everything. What we consider dead, has the potential to become alive. What is alive, entails death. People in the…
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Feeling different! Feeling human!
Two interesting news... First: Where do humans fall in the food chain? You can probably already guess it's somewhere between cows and polar bears, but a new study now puts a number to it: Somewhere between 2.0 and 2.6, depending on where you live. That's on a scale of 1 to about 5, in which…
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Evolution, species, oversimplification & the death of Occam...
Evolution does not necessarily form species. ("species" based on the 'similar genes' definition) (1) This applies to Meiofauna and probably to other large-populated organisms like bacteria. Latest theories have found that not even human cells within the same brain have the same genome. (2) And the same applies for the gens into our body. (3)…
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Skulls, towers, sand...
A newly discovered skull. (1, 2) Made biologists think that differences in "species" may actually be in our minds. Castles on the sand. Flushed away by tide... What remains for us to decide is how serious we are going to be about them. Does a child cry when the sea destroys its towers?
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NE... hmmm... "new" life!! Yeaahhhh! (boring)
Scientists thrilled to discover life in under-ice lakes! (1) Wow. I guess after discovering life in toxic environments or after realizing that some organisms can even survive space, the next big "discovery" was to find life in Antarctica. Again. "Wow".... (booooring)
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