The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin
Read the book, online, for free:
http://idriesshahfoundation.org/…/the-subtleties-of-the-in…/
What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
I’ve been studying molecular biology for many years. I also have a keen interest in music, having played with Sydney pop band the Hummingbirds. Usually, there is little overlap between these two pursuits, but I recently became aware of people using DNA sequences to create music.
This is called sonification. The people doing this usually treat DNA sequences as random patterns to create nice-sounding music. But what if we used musical notes to find out something useful about DNA sequences, like where mutations occur?
So I put on my coding hat and devised a tool that converts a DNA sequence into an audio stream. The results were recently published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics.
DNA Replication Has Been Filmed For The First Time, And It’s Not What We Expected
“It undermines a great deal of what’s in the textbooks.”
Here’s proof of how far we’ve come in science – in a world-first, researchers have recorded up-close footage of a single DNA molecule replicating itself, and it’s raising questions about how we assumed the process played out.
The real-time footage has revealed that this fundamental part of life incorporates an unexpected amount of ‘randomness’, and it could force a major rethink into how genetic replication occurs without mutations.
TAO – A Sabedoria do Silêncio Interno
Pense no que vai dizer antes de abrir a boca. Seja breve e preciso, já que cada vez que deixa sair uma palavra, deixa sair uma parte do seu Chi (energia). Assim, aprenderá a desenvolver a arte de falar sem perder energia.
Una respuesta de Jesús
Un día en que Jesús caminaba por la zona judía de la ciudad, algunos israelitas lo injuriaron. Pero Jesús respondió orando por ellos. Entonces alguien le dijo: “Oraste por estos hombres; ¿no te sentiste enfurecido contra ellos?” Y él contestó: “Sólo pude gastar de lo que tenía en mi bolsa.”
Attar de Nishapur, El camino del Sufi
Puedes leer el libro, gratis, aquí:
http://idriesshahfoundation.org/…/libros/el-camino-del-sufi/
A baixa autoestima é a origem de todos os nossos distúrbios
A autoestima é a parte do nosso autoconceito que torna a nossa couraça emocional mais ou menos resistente. Amar a nós mesmos de forma incondicional é, sem dúvida, a pedra fundamental do bem-estar psicológico, porque embora o conceito de amor próprio possa parecer simples, é realmente mais importante do que se imagina.
Brains operate in as many as 11 dimensions, new study finds
Our brains are multi-dimensional and way more complex than previously realised.
We can see in three dimensions, and (according to theories of relativity) we exist in a universe that consists of at least four dimensions. But could there be more dimensions out there, beyond our current understanding?
Playing with the fire of inflammation
Inflammation is like a fire in your body you cannot see or feel. “It’s a smoldering process that injures your tissues, joints, and blood vessels, and you often do not notice it until significant damage is done,” says Dr. Andrew Luster, of the Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. The damage might show up as arthritis, heart disease, stroke, and even Alzheimer’s disease.
