Have you ever wondered why our bodies are in a particular shape, or why they have any shape at all, rather than resembling a bag of jelly?

I just the man met who, working in a research lab in Finland, discovered the “extracellular matrix,” a collection of proteins and carbohydrates to which all healthy cells must bind in order to stay alive, which provides the body’s structure.

This has relevance to cancer research, because those cells do not have to adhere to the matrix, which is why they move around inside the body, and ultimately metastasize, landing somewhere and divide rapidly.

I asked him if he is religious, i.e., if thought God created the extracellular matrix.   He immediately replied no.

Cell Biology

Here’s a short but extremely well-made video in which Steven Miller discusses the physical appearance of “violent, antifa demonstrators.”

Antifa Demonstrators

The other day, someone asked me, “If you had to answer this question in only one word, what gives your life meaning?”  I replied, “Helping.”

Now, unlike Richard Branson, I’m not a billionaire, so my capacity in this arena is limited.  Yet we all, most of us anyway, do what we can.

As Gandhi said, “Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”

Humanitarianism