A biochemist at the University of Zurich, Wagner (Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems) explores the overlap among a wide range of biological phenomenon, including “the making of an embryo, the attack of a deadly virus, the building of a termite’s mound, and human conversation,” and the paradoxes contained
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The field of biometrics utilizes computer models of the physical and behavioral characteristics of human beings with a view to reliable personal identification. The human characteristics of interest include visual images, speech, and indeed anything which might help to uniquely identify the individual. The other side of the biometrics
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Who better than James Watson to lead a guided tour of DNA? When he and his English colleague, Francis Crick, discovered the double helix structure of the DNA molecule in 1953, little could they imagine that a mere 50 years later scientists would be putting the finishing touches on
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