Pankaj Sharma is one of the world's premier speakers on Leadership and Personal Mastery. As a presenter, Sharma has the rare ability to electrify an audience yet deliver uncommonly original and useful insights that lead to individuals doing their best work, teams providing superb results and organizations becoming unbeatable.
Pankaj Sharma is also a Research Scientist.
Friday, May 3, 2024
To Pack Spheres Tightly, Mathematicians Throw Them at Random
Plus: New hypothesis on prokaryotic genomes, A fast way to describe quantum systems, NASA probe solves a solar mystery, New Quanta Science Podcast
The Mystery of the Missing Multicellular Prokaryotes
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Why have bacteria never evolved complex multicellularity? A new hypothesis suggests that it could come down to how prokaryotic genomes respond to a small population size.
During Pregnancy, a Fake 'Infection' Protects the Fetus
By ANNIE MELCHOR Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT
During pregnancy, the placenta turns on immune defenses before they are necessary and then leaves them on without harming itself or the fetus. A similar feat of immune trickery has been observed in neurons.
