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Room-temperature entanglement seems to be a by-product of the process of harvesting light.
2009-05-28
entanglement quantum physics photosynthesis biologyBiologists have created a living computer from E. coli bacteria that can solve complex mathematical problems. Computers are evolving – literally. While the tech world argues netbooks vs notebooks, synthetic biologists are leaving traditional computers behind altogether. A team of US scientists have engineered bacteria that could solve complex mathematical problems faster than anything made from silicon.
2009-07-24
biology DNA bacteria computer programming geneticsChimpanzees have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours.
2007-12-03
chimpanzee animal biology brain evolution game intelligenceThe Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas, United States May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how evolution and the origin of life would be taught in the state's public high school science classes. The hearings were arranged by the conservative Christian Board of Education with the intent of introducing intelligent...
We like to distinguish synthetic life from artificial life. With synthetic life, we're re-designing the cell chromosomes; we're not creating a whole new artificial life system.
2008-01-24
artificial life biology evolution geneticsThe [supertree] is a new way of showing all the mammal species on the planet, starting with a common ancestor.
Life on Earth may have driven the evolution of the planet itself. The idea is that ancient microbes provided the chemical energy to create the Earth's continents - a nod to the Gaia hypothesis, in which life helps create the conditions it needs to survive. The theory would solve the puzzle of why the Earth's continental crust appeared when it did, and explain the presence of granite, a substance not found anywhere else in our...
2006-03-24
geology prehistory biology continent