Physics in a biological world by Kim Sneppen
We are used to hear life described by biologists. but physicists have access to tools which can give a different and to some extend deeper understanding of life. Science Journalist Jens Degett is visiting the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, talking with Professor in physics Kim Sneppen.
Life has existed and evolved on earth for almost 4 billion years. Living organisms copy themselves from other life and central for all known life forms is the genetic code.
Lichens may form very complex pattern in nature where different colonies may compete with, help, defend, attack or exploit other colonies. It is an example of self-organizing organisms which present a diverse pattern with sharp boundaries to other colonies.
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