Philosophy
Bacteria, and the fact that we have to use antibiotics against them every now and then to combat powerful diseases, may conjure up nasty and scary feelings for many people, but let's not be too quick to come up with sweeping generalizations, since you yourself are more bacteria than human :)
The following video, from The Open University, illustrates some of the awesome ways bacteria have exerted an incredible influence in the world for as long as we have historical records.
You like your beer, for instance? Next time have a toast for our fellow unicellular organisms because without them, your beer would just be some nasty, bitter juice that tastes like piss :)
Oh, did I mention they also write some awesome romantic poetry? :)
And for more, check out how viruses invade your body. It's scary, but a testament to the blind ingenuity of evolution.
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Today is Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. While there have been gruesome and scary tales going back to the ancients, Macabre or Gothic literature emerged as a genre unto itself with Poe and H.P. Lovecraft's writing in the 19th century. These were works...
- 6. Eliminative Materialism
What is eliminative materialism? Please elaborate. Some scientists try to get a better understanding of consciousness with the process of eliminative materialism. If they can not understand a phenomenon with the use of mathematics, they use academic...
- How Viruses Invade Our Bodies
We may hate viruses for all the nasty things they can do to our bodies--I certainly do. For all their virulence, however, viruses are brilliant pieces of machinery if we think about them from a molecular and genetic point of view. First of all, viruses...
- Bacteria Art
"Einstein, Radiation and E. coli: Photos Printed in Bacteria Meld Art and Science" by Jakob Schiller September 26th 2012 Wired Photographer and microbiologist Zachary Copfer takes issue with people who say the sciences deflate artistic imagination....
- Drug-resistant Bacteria...pathway To Man's Demise?
The Lachuguilla cave system, where scientists discovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria, is part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Above, an explorer admires the the Selenite Chandelier display in Carlsbad Caverns."Drug-Resistant Bacteria...
Philosophy
Seven Wonders of the Microbe World
Bacteria, and the fact that we have to use antibiotics against them every now and then to combat powerful diseases, may conjure up nasty and scary feelings for many people, but let's not be too quick to come up with sweeping generalizations, since you yourself are more bacteria than human :)The following video, from The Open University, illustrates some of the awesome ways bacteria have exerted an incredible influence in the world for as long as we have historical records.
You like your beer, for instance? Next time have a toast for our fellow unicellular organisms because without them, your beer would just be some nasty, bitter juice that tastes like piss :)
Oh, did I mention they also write some awesome romantic poetry? :)
And for more, check out how viruses invade your body. It's scary, but a testament to the blind ingenuity of evolution.
- Why Do We Enjoy Being Scared?
Today is Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. While there have been gruesome and scary tales going back to the ancients, Macabre or Gothic literature emerged as a genre unto itself with Poe and H.P. Lovecraft's writing in the 19th century. These were works...
- 6. Eliminative Materialism
What is eliminative materialism? Please elaborate. Some scientists try to get a better understanding of consciousness with the process of eliminative materialism. If they can not understand a phenomenon with the use of mathematics, they use academic...
- How Viruses Invade Our Bodies
We may hate viruses for all the nasty things they can do to our bodies--I certainly do. For all their virulence, however, viruses are brilliant pieces of machinery if we think about them from a molecular and genetic point of view. First of all, viruses...
- Bacteria Art
"Einstein, Radiation and E. coli: Photos Printed in Bacteria Meld Art and Science" by Jakob Schiller September 26th 2012 Wired Photographer and microbiologist Zachary Copfer takes issue with people who say the sciences deflate artistic imagination....
- Drug-resistant Bacteria...pathway To Man's Demise?
The Lachuguilla cave system, where scientists discovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria, is part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Above, an explorer admires the the Selenite Chandelier display in Carlsbad Caverns."Drug-Resistant Bacteria...