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When was the last time something caught you totally by surprise? That pull inside, shaking up something you thought you knew- like turning a corner to find your old primary school demolished, or breaking open a stone to find a crystal inside. It can be unsettling, but it can also be a source of wonder- the shattering of the idea you had about the world opening up new possibilities of being.
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These stories of unfamiliar wonder will be the focus of TSB’s blogs for the first part of this year. Join us to find out how viruses can be a friend in addition to a foe, the counterintuitive roots of anxiety, and the mysterious events that led to the birth of all multicellular life.
While the Polish man battled for his life, something intriguing was happening in a lab 800 km away at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Jean Rommelaere and his team were engrossed in a particular experiment.
Illustration by Ushanandini Mohanraj Nearly 3.5 billion years ago, our planet had extreme temperatures and was predominantly covered with water. The hostile environment was devoid of oxygen and high in… Read More »Strange looking viruses and their super hosts – The archaea
emmi olkkonen has a MSc in genetics and molecular biosciences from the University of Helsinki, currently committed to the exciting task of analyzing Saimaa ringed seal genome data at the… Read More »Why and how do we get anxious?
Even though this appears to be a typical scene from a zombie movie, this, in reality, represents a scene from real life two years ago,