...it means "containing carbon".And, as revealed in STAR TREK, we are carbon-based life forms. This is "because" carbon is, with hydrogen and oxygen, one of the most common elements in the universe. Also, carbon has the unique ability to form four stable bonds, and therefore the combinations and molecules it can create are essentially infinite.
"Life" as we define it is the activity of carbon-based chemicals--proteins, nucleotides, lipids, and carbohydrates. But the the total is more than the sum of its parts in our case--none of these compounds are "alive" but when they work together in the precisely modulated way that has evolved over billions of years, we have the "Holy Grail"--homeostasis!
Make sure you are homeostatic today!
"Life" as we define it is the activity of carbon-based chemicals--proteins, nucleotides, lipids, and carbohydrates. But the the total is more than the sum of its parts in our case--none of these compounds are "alive" but when they work together in the precisely modulated way that has evolved over billions of years, we have the "Holy Grail"--homeostasis!
Make sure you are homeostatic today!
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