Unsolved Problems in Biology

__NOTOC__ Chapters /Introduction/ /What is Life?/ Are there life forms in the universe that are not based on carbon? Is there a clear boundary between carbon-based life and Artificial life? /How Did It Start?/ What are the different hypotheses of origin of life? Did life begin on this planet, was there inanimate intervention (such as a meteor hitting the earth) or intelligent, extraterrestrial design? What are the mechanisms of biorhythms and chronobiology? Why is magnetite in living creatures? /Sexual Reproduction/: Why have so many biological systems developed sexual reproduction? /Tree of Life/: Do all animals link together to a primary source? /Protein folding/: Given a DNA sequence, what shape will the protein fold into? Given a particular desired shape, what DNA sequence will produce it? /Consciousness/. What is it? Can we create artificial life that has human-like consciousness? /Sleep/: Why is it necessary for mammals to sleep? Or dream, come to that? /Viruses/. What are the signs of current or past infection to discover where Ebola hides between human outbreaks? Where is memory/information stored in brain? How are other animals different than humans in regard to brain function? U Biology 0%