Gene Avatars
`Why life?'' Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the `how'' question to scientists. Nowadays, Darwin''s successors no longer have any qualms about addressing the `why'' as well as the `how''. Over a century ago, Darwin modestly admitted having ''thrown some light on the origin of species - this mystery of mysteries''. Two major advances in the follo...
`Why life?'' Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the `how'' question to scientists. Nowadays, Darwin''s successors no longer have any qualms about addressing the `why'' as well as the `how''. Over a century ago, Darwin modestly admitted having ''thrown some light on the origin of species - this mystery of mysteries''. Two major advances in the follo...
