Category: Science

  • Bacteria – ‘Forever Young’: The mystery called suspended animation.

    Bacteria – ‘Forever Young’: The mystery called suspended animation.

    Have you ever imagined what would happen if someone is kept in a deep freezer? Why someone? he can be your enemy. In a Hollywood flick, “Forever Young”, starring Mel Gibson which was released in 1992 has an interesting story to tell. The movie is a science-fiction drama about a cryogenic or cryonic freezing experiment…

  • Can the virus think?

    Can the virus think?

    Viruses, amongst all entities, are unique which have the ability to ‘live’. Such a statement is required to be made as viruses are the only entities which are at the threshold of ‘life’ and ‘non – life’. What does this mean, let’s try to know? The virus is an obligate parasite but unlike other parasites,…