Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Chick and egg problem? Resolved (!)
Which came first? Chicken or the egg?

According to the CNN news, after the publication of the rather dry-sounding scientific paper, "Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by an Eggshell Protein," press headlines proclaimed the answer was... the chicken.


Source: CNN

Using Britain's national supercomputer, they were able to simulate the process of biomineralization, or the production of minerals or solid materials inside organisms. They also found that the egg can't be produced without the protein ovocledidin-17 in the chickens' ovaries, so that means that the chicken must have come first. Right?

Obviously, it's not really what we were trying to get out of our simulations, but it's an interesting question isn't it?" Freeman said.

Well, I guess the problem is not yet solved conclusively! So keep telling the riddle next time you can't solve something, no one will yet mind ;)

My source: Binay
 
posted by Gagan at 7/14/2010 05:24:00 PM | Permalink |


2 Comments:


  • At 8:07 PM, Anonymous Shup

    I told you so :-) Remember our conversation about it one of those days! Of course I used a different line of arguments.

     

  • At 11:52 AM, Blogger Gagan

    Yah :D

    But hei, again i will tell, it all depends on, the 'definition' of chicken.

    If we define that a chicken is a bird that is 'born' from an egg that we are in the loop :D, but if the definition of chicken does not include the birth from egg, then..wohoo.. problem solved.

     
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