The standard model of a virus is that it is non-living, it is a strand of RNA and is inherently destructive. While some parts of these descriptors may be correct in some scenarios, it would not be wise to tarnish all viruses with the same brush. Because our understanding of viruses is pretty recent, weContinue reading “Excerpt: Coming to terms with the virus within”
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Excerpt: The deepest questions of life
Is there a definition of life? Right from childhood, we are brought up to think that it is easy to differentiate living from non-living. Living beings can see, hear, smell, taste and feel. Humans are alive, but a rock or a table isn’t. Easy human-centric answers are simplistic and don’t tally with facts. One definitionContinue reading “Excerpt: The deepest questions of life”
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