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Tag Archives: physics
There’s more to gene expression than biochemistry
At a guess, ninety-nine percent of biologists’ attention to DNA and gene expression is based on biochemistry. That’s good, since the biochemistry is obviously important and difficult enough to analyze. However, there is something else – it’s called physics. Cells, cell components, and DNA all exist in the physical world and therefore are also affected [...]
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Cats, buttered toast, and anti-gravity
Question: Assume that if you drop a buttered piece of toast, it will fall to the floor butter-side down. (I’d say this was a certainty, but that would overlap with Murphy’s Law. Of course, you could also add jam on top of the buttered toast.) Also assume that if you dropped a cat from a [...]
Only real and positive
George, a physics professor, waving a sheet of paper, runs into the office of Ken, a math professor. “Ken. I’ve got it. I’ve finally got an equation that explains my data! Can you check it out for me?” Accustomed to George’s enthusiastic outbursts, Ken nodded. George handed him the paper. Ken scanned it for a [...]
Ununseptium 117: The beginning or the end