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Scientists replicate key evolutionary step in life on earth

Green cells are undergoing cell death, a cellular division-of-labor—fostering new life.

“More than 500 million years ago, single-celled organisms on Earth’s surface began forming multi-cellular clusters that ultimately…

Google Science Fair 2012: Everyone has a question. What’s yours? (by GoogleScienceFair)

Power in Numbers

Eric Lander, in this interview tells a lot of simple truths about science and the scientific world.

Synthetic aesthetics: a new discourse between science and design.

Amazing presentation by designer and artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg exploring the role of design in a Biotech Revolution.

(Source: poptech.org)

"Who are the most ruthless capitalists in the Western world? Whose monopolistic practices makes WalMart look like a corner shop and Rupert Murdoch look like a socialist? You won’t guess the answer in a month of Sundays. While there are plenty of candidates, my vote goes not to the banks, the oil companies or the health insurers, but – wait for it – to academic publishers."

— George Monbiot – The Lairds of Learning

Uncle Charles wants YOU to… (via LOL god)

El nacimiento del ordenador, desde la bomba hasta la creación de una nueva forma de vida.

… luego de la bomba, que estaba trabajando en algo más importante que las bombas: estaba pensando en computadoras.

John von Neumann

(via George Dyson at the birth of the computer | Video on TED.com)