The prestigious Science magazine has named Evolution as breakthrough of the year. They have produced a great collection of articles, video, podcasts, etc. on Evolution. Don’t miss this excellent resource on evolution.

Check out this link.

Expect an article on meta-evolution soon. I was going to write a blog on entry on meta-evolution but soon it evolved into a full-blown article. I will refine the article soon and post it. Meanwhile, you may search the internet on the wonderful concept of metaevolution. But, note that my definition of metaevolution is quite different that what you would find on the internet.

“With funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, bioengineer Ron Weiss is creating living sensors: bacteria engineered to detect and measure the concentration of various target chemicals”…..

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Artificial Chemistry is simulation of chemical reactions on a computer. I have found an applet on the internet simulating a rudimentary set of organic reactions..

Check out here the Organic Builder applet: http://www.sq3.org.uk/Evolution/Squirm3/OrganicBuilder/

Make sure you attempt all the 19 challenges.. I’m on 15th and the thing is addicting..

This page lists (possibly) all the biotechnology/bioengineering societies that you may join.

Well, u have heard Encyclopedia.. Here comes the Uncyclopedia. A spoof of wikipedia, community-written excellent humor. Check the Best of Uncyclopedia by clicking here.

“Scientists have mapped part of the genome of the woolly mammoth, a huge mammal that’s been extinct for about 10,000 years.”…

How would it be to recreate extinct species.. Mammoths died due to humans now the killers want to bring them back…

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The Hypothetical Book Names

I am, here, trying to pen down at least 25 random names of hypothetical books. These books don’t exist but, certainly can exist. I am doing this to analyze the capacity of a human brain to think randomly. Let’s see the limit randomness of Homo sapiens:

1. An ugly duckling
2. The dance of an atom
3. Drifting sand
4. Google V/S MSN
5. The monster internet eats them all
6. The Author’s block
7. Where Sita lived
8. 101 Interesting exercises for chicks
9. The Patterns
10. How not to? What?
11. Life on Titan
12. I was thinking Mars; but Moon is more interesting
13. The chill at the canteen
14. Does Life exist?
15. The Blog story
16. The Ultimate Guide to choosing titles for Books
17. The hunt for the random
18. See here!
19. The teens are just crazy
20. Sania Mania
21. Why am I writing?
22. Thinking Randomly
23. The Physics of Religion
24. Inspiration is all around us!
25. This isn’t posted on my blog

Finally, itÃ’s over. I must admit that it is extremely difficult to think randomly. I reckon that is why there is so much scarcity of creativity. For me, randomness is creativity. So, is quantum mechanics creativity? Maybe, who knows!!

P.S.: Do you detect any patterns in the book names? There are certainly many patterns ready to be discovered if you have patience and eye of an eagle. And one more thing, some of the books might not be hypothetical but existing. I just haven’t come across any.

A model of E.coli was simulated on a computer and interesting results were found…. The paper and related news is available at here.

You have heard the term technopreneurs. Now we have our very own term known as ‘Bioentrepreneur’. Starting a company and commercializing biology has always interested me. I, one day, will possibly become a Bioentrepreneur. The excitement of facing life head-on and creating money out of (almost) nothing has really lured me into becoming a research-scientist-cum-entrepreneur.

People tell me that starting a company in Biotechnology is damn difficult. Because unlike, technopreneurs, only garage and passion is not sufficient. You require loads of funding to buy equipment, hire researchers, etc. But, I don’t think this is correct. There is always a way of getting things done easily. BTW, I am in the process of starting a company called ‘BioNerds‘. More details on this soon.

As far as online resources are concerned, take a look at Nature’s Bioentreprenur at: http://www.nature.com/bioent/index.html

Good luck with your ideas.