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Kate Adamala on Creating Artificial Life
07 November
Kate Adamala wants to make life from scratch! She is a Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Adamala is a biochemist engineering synthetic cells.Her research aims at understanding chemical principles of biology, using artificial cells to create new tools for bioengineering, drug development, and basic research. The interests of the lab span...
"No, the sky is never the limit". She is only 19, but already making history. If she succeeds, she...
Image:Axiom SpaceHow close or far we are to space tourism, where everybody, not only billionaires, could buy a ticket and go into space? What the commercialization of the space would mean for the humanity? Should we invest so much money in space exploration, when we have so many problems here on Earth? I talked...
Credit: Ferhat Elik Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She has published 19 books, 12 of which are novels. She is a bestselling author in many countries around the world and her work has been translated into 55 languages. "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World" was shortlisted for the Booker...
COVID19 will become a permanent factor in our lives and in the lives of future generations for a long time, says Dr. Orsolya Bajer-Molnár, evolutionary biologist at the Konrad Lorenz Institute in Vienna. The current pandemic is just one of many to come, she warns. We cannot afford to wait until the next pathogen emerges, and then...
A Teacher-Turned Astronaut’s Recipe for Success: Remain Curious And Feel Confident In Your Dreams
11 May
© NASADorothy (Dottie) Metcalf-Lindenburger's story proves that there aren't impossible dreams. If you don't easily give up on your dreams, you could realize even the wildest ones. During her tenure as a high school science teacher in Vancouver, Washington, Dottie found herself on the NASA website, researching a question for a student (“How do astronauts go...