Blogs by the students of Bio-movies at Habib University

 December 15, 2022 By: Eraj Zehra Space travel seems to be a dream to ordinary people but for astronauts, it is one of the most emerging aspects in 21 st century. NASA is trying their best to turn this dream into a reality and they did it several multiple times. Elon Musk also indicated the advancement in space exploration by stating: “I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration”. However, a coin has two sides just like this space travel sounds really fascinating but there are several challenges associated with it. Most common one is the difficulty to walk after landing on Earth.                                                                                            Picture 1: Space Travel But what exactly are the risks? ...

                                                    Life Beyond Earth by Aina Shakeel Humans have always wished to venture beyond Earth to expand human society and obtain additional resources for survival. In the case of Mars, humans have already progressed to the second stage of colonization. However, there are far too many issues, and establishing a permanent colony outside of Earth is difficult! To achieve the pleasant future we desire, we must first put forth a lot of effort! Earth vs Mars : When we consider settling on Mars, it all appears simple because the days are slightly longer, and there is water beneath the surface. It seems the most habitable place in the solar system after Earth; however, what about oxygen? What about the highly toxic soil? The freezing temperatures? If you've seen the film 'The Martian,' you've seen Mark Watney strug...

Mankind has managed to achieve countless scientific wonders and is determined to continue doing so with new discoveries being made in every era. One of the most profound technological achievements is the creation of A.I and Robots. One question has always hung like a sword over our heads, can artificial lifeforms be sentient? In order to ponder upon this, we should first know the basics. There is always an image or a concept we have when we think about robots, our brain does not exactly know what they are but rather a perception of what they should be, hence people tend to imagine them as humanoid (appearance resembling a human) machines however, that is not necessarily the case. Robots are defined as machines that are operated without human effort. ( https://www.britannica.com/technology/robot-technology ) A Robot According to this definition, a toaster can be a robot. Doesn’t seem very appealing does it… a better way of defining robots is, machines that have the ability to think ...

  Are designer babies the future?  December 12, 2022 By: Haniya Arif Khan Creating a baby through genetic modifications     Parents deciding what traits to choose for baby. Source:  article/PIIS0140-6736%2808%2961538-X/fulltext     Source:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/ WHAT EXACTLY DO WE MEAN BY THE TERM "DESIGNER BABIES"  We all know how fast paced the world we live in has become and how technology plays a vital role in this. What’s even more fascinating is how with the help of technology scientists are able to alter genes in humans. This brings us to the heated topic of designer babies. Designer babies refers to the practice of choosing traits of a child before they are even born using genetic engineering. This may include choosing some particular traits of the baby like their eye colour, eye sight, height or any other physical and intellectual characteristics. This topic is of much debate as it does have quite a lot of et...