Elegant Bureaucracy: Biochem 101
I often imagine the body as a factory: a collection of state-of-the-art machinery and skilled workers, optimized to produce thingies (let’s say jackets) at record »
Cancer: when orderly processes go awry
Let’s say you are a customs and immigration officer at an international airport. You have two important tasks to perform. First, you need to ensure »
Combinatorics: Permutations
Even though counting is the first mathematical concept almost every kid learns, somehow a significant portion of cutting edge math research relates to questions that basically »
Rational Imitation
A great way to learn about the world is by taking the lead from others. If you are in another country for the first time and »
Making (and breaking) the status quo
Humans love to maintain the status quo. In fact, one of the basic requirements for life is the ability maintain internal conditions (this is called homeostasis »