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A Biological Perspective on the Meaning of TimeWe have become impatient waiting for a web page to load, but the first member of our species evolved about 150,000 years ago - a geological instant as brief and as transitory as a text message. The shortest generation time of a bacterium is a sprint at under ten minutes, whereas a 200-year old whale, turtle or tree is not unknown. Life is a phenomenon that integrates processes ranging from the near instantaneous reactions of photosynthesis to the more stately pace of evolution. Here I will elucidate these processes with radically different time scales that go to creating and maintaining the diversity of life on earth, the clocks that nature uses to time them, and how modern biology is being used to alter the natural time scales.
Document ID
20160005035
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rothschild, Lynn J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
April 14, 2016
Publication Date
March 20, 2014
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN11984
Meeting Information
Meeting: Spring 2014 Biology Seminar Series
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 20, 2014
Sponsors: College of William and Mary
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Time
Life
Biology

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