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THE MULTIVERSE. “The concept is known as a "parallel universe," and is a facet of the astronomical theory of the multiverse. There actually is quite a bit of evidence out there for a multiverse.” https://www.space.com/32728-parallel-universes.html View in LinkedIn

SINGLE INITIATION. "In higher plants, it has been hypothesized that the megaspore mother cell represses the formation of additional megaspore mother cells and thus restricts germline formation to only one cell per ovule." http://dev.biologists.org/content/develop/142/2/229.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

EXTRA DIMENSIONS. “In physics, three dimensions of space and one of time is the accepted norm. However, there are theories that attempt to unify the four fundamental forces by introducing extra dimensions. Most notably, superstring theory requires 10 spacetime dimensions, and originates from a more fundamental 11-dimensional theory tentatively called M-theory which subsumes five previously distinct superstring theories.” https://lnkd.in/eu58Z_W View in LinkedIn

OVULE COMMITMENT. "During sexual reproduction, only one somatic cell per ovule is usually committed to the reproductive fate. However, it is not fully understood what determines the commitment of this somatic cell to initiate germline development and what prevents the formation of additional germline cells in the same ovule." http://dev.biologists.org/content/develop/142/2/229.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM BIOLOGY has recently (finally) attracted biologists to look at the inner inner world. “Can the spooky world of quantum physics explain bird navigation, photosynthesis and even our delicate sense of smell? Clues are mounting that the rules governing the subatomic realm may play an unexpectedly pivotal role in the visible world.” https://lnkd.in/epUUueB View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGISTS love to see a world in a grain of sand, and in recent years have even ventured into the quantum world, a logical extension of the magnifying glass. Equally, they are happy to describe those microscopic entities in analogy with astrological universes. But, overall, that is where it stops. https://lnkd.in/eEV837k View in LinkedIn

LIFE IN THE SLITHER. There must be biological consequences of living in a scale sandwich, but we have never asked that question, it seems. View in LinkedIn

THE SLITHER IN THE MIDDLE. Life is trapped between the infinitesimally tiny and the astronomically gargantuan in a a tiny slither of scale 10(-6) to 10(2). The smallest thing in existence, the Planck Particle, is 1.5 x 10(-34) meters. Living things range from 1 x10(-7) meters (a virus) to 1 x 10(2) meters (a blue whale); the estimated entire, but expanding, universe is a staggering 1 x 10(27) meters. (Nikon’s lovely interactive graphic). http://www.nikon.com/about/sp/universcale/scale.htm View in LinkedIn

A SNIPPETY TRIFLE. “The subject of this book is the structure of space-time on length-scales from 10(-13) cm, the radius of an elementary particle, up to 10(28) cm, the radius of the universe.” (The singular Stephen Hawking). Biologists could no sooner embrace this kind of immense thinking than fly to the moon. We are earth-bound creatures. https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking View in LinkedIn

STEPHEN HAWKING. “The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes.” https://lnkd.in/e_qnKhM View in LinkedIn