Complex systems pervade nature and form the core of many technological applications. An exciting feature these is that they exhibit a wide range temporal behaviors, ranging from collective motion, synchronization, pattern formation, chaos, among others. This has not only caught attention scientists, but also interest wider audience. Consequently, our goal in this work to provide simple descript...

As a child, Audra Geras inspected and scrutinized the plants and insects in her garden. The intricate complexities of nature captivated her from a very young age. She zoomed in on anything that was normally hidden. The most insigni cant, in nitesimal organisms burrowing around in the mud and on the plants became her subject matter. As a little tyke, she began to draw and paint them. By the time...

Technology is a social practice that embodies the capacity of societies to transform themselves by creating and manipulating not only physical objects, but also symbols and cultural forms. It is an illusion that scientific and socioeconomic drivers are the sole elements determining the destiny of a technology. Although they are important, what is really crucial is the way in which a human commu...

BACKGROUND hCG is a wonder. Firstly, because hCG is such an extreme molecule. hCG is the most acidic glycoprotein containing the highest proportion of sugars. Secondly, hCG exists in 5 common forms. Finally, it has so many functions ranging from control of human pregnancy to human cancer. This review examines these molecules in detail. CONTENT These 5 molecules, hCG, sulfated hCG, hyperglycos...

Understanding the brain requires a kind of thinking outside the main tradition of natural science: the biology has to be linked to something intangible, a private experience. Physiologists have recently recorded from neurons that promise to help make the link in the case of colour experience.

Most of us are familiar with the tension between some developers' desire for loose, flexible processes and project and business demands for rigorous, disciplined software development. In my experience, successful companies are those that assemble collaborative teams of dedicated software professionals who exploit the strengths of both positions. These people recognize that nuggets of rigor and ...