The Life and Times of a Cellular Signal

In science, it is a well known fact that in extending theories to real-world is as much a question of known “how much” of something is happening, apart from what exactly is happening. Its this crucial aspect that has physicists worrying about adding never ending degrees of precision to any numbers they report (typical . . . → Read More: The Life and Times of a Cellular Signal

Reigning in Evolution

Life is diverse. There is no doubting that. In fact, the diversity has led many to believe that the possibilities offered by the seed of complex interactions, several thousand genes and their myriad products are so large, that we shouldn’t really be surprised at just about anything we see in the biosphere.

Adding a . . . → Read More: Reigning in Evolution

A New Perceptive Model for Science

I write this as a addendum to a series of questions on the power of science and an explanation posted by  Sean Caroll at the Cosmic Variance blog. The detailed post on the misunderstandings , elaborates on why scientists can be so sure of their conclusions (when they can form them) and . . . → Read More: A New Perceptive Model for Science

Why Scientists won’t use Twitter…

Twitter doesn’t need an introduction. The microblogging service is widely popular, and most Twitter users swear by its wonderful utility. It is a “Social Commons”, as one enthusiastic web junkie put it. But a few months into using Twitter, I realised that there are very few scientists – and I mean natural scientists, on . . . → Read More: Why Scientists won’t use Twitter…