Podcasts about Coevolution

The 1989 Abduction story of Alec Newald is crazy. What is even more out of this world are the experiences he remembers and what these aliens told him. What should we be doing with his information and does any of it hold up? Blue was trying to bring up monotonic gold and Willy didn't see that part. It is amazing what properties this substance has and they said they used it as food and to power everything they used.  Willy didn't read his book "CoEvolution" but when he does - we will have Blue on again for part 2 of this madness. We stream live video every sunday at 4 pm pacific only at www.SchrabHomeVideo.com visit RealLifeSciFi.show  Support us and get more content at Patreon.com/reallifescifi we exist because of you. hit us up at WadeandWilly@gmail.com Thank you for listening.  Thank you for having friends with different beliefs than you.

Today, you'll learn about why giving babies foods with peanuts could crack the peanut allergy problem, a wild discovery of cancer treatment 4,000 years ago, and the sneaky way cuckoos evolve to look like other birds so they can live in their nests. Peanut Allergy “Giving young children peanut products cuts allergy risk, study finds.” by Ian Sample. 2024. “Peanut Allergies.” Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 2024. “Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention.” by George Du Toit, et al. 2024. Ancient Cancer Treatment “‘Extraordinary' 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull may show signs of attempts to treat cancer.” EurekAlert! 2024. “Case report: Boundaries of oncological and traumatological medical care in ancient Egypt: new palaeopathological insights from two human skulls.” by Tatiana Tondini, et al. 2024. Cuckoo Evolution “Cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts - and form new species in the process.” University of Cambridge. 2024. “Cuckoo guide: why they call ‘cuckoo', how they trick other birds, and where they go in winter.” by Megan Shersby. 2022. “Coevolution with hosts underpins speciation in brood-parasitic cuckoos.” by N.E. Langmore, et al. 2024. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University describes the many ways that plants defend themselves against locally indigenous insects, and how the insects defuse and even become dependent on the plants' defense mechanisms

What are "WEIRD" cultures? What percentage of the world's population is WEIRD? Why do WEIRD cultures tend to use analytic thinking (as opposed to the wholistic thinking used in non-WEIRD cultures)? Does school make you more intelligent or merely more knowledgeable? Do individualistic cultures tend to innovate more than collectivistic cultures? How does moral reasoning differ between WEIRD and non-WEIRD cultures? Is the world becoming more WEIRD? How diverse are non-WEIRD cultures?Joseph Henrich is currently the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Before moving to Harvard, he was a professor of both Economics and Psychology at the University of British Columbia for nearly a decade, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution. His research deploys evolutionary theory to understand how human psychology gives rise to cultural evolution and how this has shaped our species' genetic evolution. Using insights generated from this approach, Professor Henrich has explored a variety of topics, including economic decision-making, social norms, fairness, religion, marriage, prestige, cooperation, and innovation. He's conducted long-term anthropological fieldwork in Peru, Chile, and in the South Pacific, as well as having spearheaded several large comparative projects. In 2016, he published The Secret of Our Success (Princeton) and in 2020, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous (FSG). Learn more about his work here, or follow him on Twitter / X at @JoHenrich.StaffSpencer Greenberg — Host / DirectorJosh Castle — ProducerRyan Kessler — Audio EngineerUri Bram — FactotumMusicBroke for FreeJosh WoodwardLee RosevereQuiet Music for Tiny Robotswowamusiczapsplat.comAffiliatesClearer ThinkingGuidedTrackMind EasePositlyUpLift[Read more]

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Minorities in cities worldwide confront disparities, advocating for rights within a dynamic interplay of urban planning and constitutional legal frameworks. How does the coevolution between planning and legal frameworks shape the status of minorities?  This lecture will dissect the coevolution of British constitutional rights and the status of minorities in the urban planning of London, post-WWII. It will explore how planning practices embed minority rights, shedding light on the transformation of political and legal frameworks into urban planning, and assessing their impact on state-minority relations. Orwa Switat is a visiting scholar at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is a scholar, practitioner, and activist in the realm of state-minority relations in urban planning. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His research has critically examined the intersections of urban planning and state-minority relations. Complementing his advanced degrees, he possesses BAs in both Philosophy and Political Science from Haifa University.  In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Orwa has dedicated his work to promoting the rights of Palestinian communities in Israel in the context of planning, advising planners and civil society on spatial justice and inclusion. From 2019 to 2023, Orwa served on Haifa's municipal committee for historical preservation, influencing policies to honor and reflect the Arab Palestinian Heritage of the city. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Mark Roseland was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

A core foundation of business, online communities, and social networks is the concept of Dunbar's Number: the suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. But recently there have been critiques in the scientific community as to the validity of the theory behind the number, as well as the number itself. In this episode, Andy and Mon-Chaio delve into the research around Dunbar's Number, both Dunbar's original papers as well as the recently published critiques. They explore the possibility that Dunbar's Number does not exist and, if true, what it means for all the business theory for technical organizations built on top of this concept. References: Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates Coevolution of neocortex size, group size and language in humans Innovation Democracy: W.L. Gore's Original Management Model Dunbar's number: group size and brain physiology in humans reexamined Discrete Hierarchical Organization of Social Group Sizes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tactics-tech-leadership/message

How will robots evolve to assist individuals with health and wellbeing in the future? Mari Velonaki, Professor of Social Robotics, University of New South Wales in Sydney, shares a future vision with Health2049 co-host Bisi Williams where technology coevolves to enhance humanity. One of the world's preeminent thinkers in robotics, Mari's work emphasizes creativity and playfulness in design, advocating for a shift from mere utility to personalized, transparent and ethically-driven solutions. Drawing on the concept of “coevolution,” her approach highlights the organic and synergetic possibility of society and technology evolving together. Mari VelonakiWebsite: https://hri.edu.au/Twitter X: https://twitter.com/crl_unswLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marivelonakiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-robotics-lab/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfhri/about/Connect with Health2049:Website: https://www.health2049.comFind the complete Show Notes and Transcripts Here -> https://bit.ly/mari-velonakiTimestamps:Mari Velonaki's background in robotics. [03:46]A human centric vision for the future. [05:23]How can technology evolve? [08:11]The coevolution of assisted robots. [11:58]Should robots be human-like? [15:29]Coexistence to co-inhabitation to coevolution. [18:50]New technologies that enhance us. [23:10]Generative assisted robots improve quality of life. [25:38]Robots tailored to meet unique needs. [30:03]How can we address ethical considerations? [32:34]Assisted robotics without art? [34:52]Episode Web Page: https://www.health2049.com/episodes

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W. Russell Neuman is Professor of Media Technology at New York University. A founding faculty of the MIT Media Laboratory, he served as Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His recent books include The Digital Difference: Media Technology and the Theory of Communication EffectsIn his new book EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter (MIT Press; September 26, 2023), Neuman offers a surprisingly positive vision in which computational intelligence compensates for the well-recognized limits of human judgment, improves decision making, and increases our agency. Drawing on his vast experience, Neuman makes a convincing case about how human intelligence will coevolve with digital technology to revolutionize how we think and behave.In today's episode, we explore the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. While many view AI with suspicion, Neuman offers a hopeful perspective. He believes that just as the wheel enhanced mobility, the rise of AI in everyday devices will revolutionize our decision-making. Neuman suggests that by embracing AI's evolutionary intelligence, we can better adapt to challenges and ensure our long-term survival. Join us as we delve into this optimistic view on AI's role in our future.

We live today in a global web of interdependence, connected technologically, economically, politically, and socially. As a result of these expanding and deepening interdependencies, it has become impossible fully to control--or foretell--the effects of our actions. The world is rife with unintended consequences. The first law of human ecology--which declares that we can never do merely one thing--is a truth we ignore at our peril. In Indra's Net and the Midas Touch, Leslie Paul Thiele explores the impact of interdependence and unintended consequences on our pursuit of sustainability. Unfortunately, good intentions provide no antidote to the law of unintended consequences, and proffered cures often prove worse than the disease. Biofuels developed for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions, for example, have had the unintended effect of cutting off food supplies to the needy and destroying rain forests. We must fundamentally transform our patterns of thinking and behavior. Thiele offers the intellectual and moral foundations for this transformation, drawing from ecology, ethics, technology, economics, politics, psychology, physics, and metaphysics. Awareness of our interconnectedness, he writes, stimulates creativity and community; it is a profound responsibility and a blessing beyond measure. Leslie Paul Thiele is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Sustainability Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution, The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Neuroscience, and Narrative, and other books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

We live today in a global web of interdependence, connected technologically, economically, politically, and socially. As a result of these expanding and deepening interdependencies, it has become impossible fully to control--or foretell--the effects of our actions. The world is rife with unintended consequences. The first law of human ecology--which declares that we can never do merely one thing--is a truth we ignore at our peril. In Indra's Net and the Midas Touch, Leslie Paul Thiele explores the impact of interdependence and unintended consequences on our pursuit of sustainability. Unfortunately, good intentions provide no antidote to the law of unintended consequences, and proffered cures often prove worse than the disease. Biofuels developed for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions, for example, have had the unintended effect of cutting off food supplies to the needy and destroying rain forests. We must fundamentally transform our patterns of thinking and behavior. Thiele offers the intellectual and moral foundations for this transformation, drawing from ecology, ethics, technology, economics, politics, psychology, physics, and metaphysics. Awareness of our interconnectedness, he writes, stimulates creativity and community; it is a profound responsibility and a blessing beyond measure. Leslie Paul Thiele is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Sustainability Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution, The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Neuroscience, and Narrative, and other books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

We live today in a global web of interdependence, connected technologically, economically, politically, and socially. As a result of these expanding and deepening interdependencies, it has become impossible fully to control--or foretell--the effects of our actions. The world is rife with unintended consequences. The first law of human ecology--which declares that we can never do merely one thing--is a truth we ignore at our peril. In Indra's Net and the Midas Touch, Leslie Paul Thiele explores the impact of interdependence and unintended consequences on our pursuit of sustainability. Unfortunately, good intentions provide no antidote to the law of unintended consequences, and proffered cures often prove worse than the disease. Biofuels developed for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions, for example, have had the unintended effect of cutting off food supplies to the needy and destroying rain forests. We must fundamentally transform our patterns of thinking and behavior. Thiele offers the intellectual and moral foundations for this transformation, drawing from ecology, ethics, technology, economics, politics, psychology, physics, and metaphysics. Awareness of our interconnectedness, he writes, stimulates creativity and community; it is a profound responsibility and a blessing beyond measure. Leslie Paul Thiele is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Sustainability Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution, The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Neuroscience, and Narrative, and other books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

We live today in a global web of interdependence, connected technologically, economically, politically, and socially. As a result of these expanding and deepening interdependencies, it has become impossible fully to control--or foretell--the effects of our actions. The world is rife with unintended consequences. The first law of human ecology--which declares that we can never do merely one thing--is a truth we ignore at our peril. In Indra's Net and the Midas Touch, Leslie Paul Thiele explores the impact of interdependence and unintended consequences on our pursuit of sustainability. Unfortunately, good intentions provide no antidote to the law of unintended consequences, and proffered cures often prove worse than the disease. Biofuels developed for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions, for example, have had the unintended effect of cutting off food supplies to the needy and destroying rain forests. We must fundamentally transform our patterns of thinking and behavior. Thiele offers the intellectual and moral foundations for this transformation, drawing from ecology, ethics, technology, economics, politics, psychology, physics, and metaphysics. Awareness of our interconnectedness, he writes, stimulates creativity and community; it is a profound responsibility and a blessing beyond measure. Leslie Paul Thiele is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Sustainability Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution, The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Neuroscience, and Narrative, and other books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

The world just experienced a devastating pandemic, yet in the context of historical pandemics, COVID-19 was a relatively minor event in the history of disease. What do we know about the history of pandemics, including before written records, and what can we learn from this history? With us to answer these and other questions about the origins of epidemics and pandemics is Leslie Reperant. Leslie graduated with a doctorate of veterinary medicine at the National Veterinary School of Lyon, France in 2004 and obtained a PhD at Princeton University in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2010. Leslie's doctoral and post-doctoral studies focused on the interplay between the pathogenesis and evolution of influenza viruses, and on factors driving pathogen emergence and spread. Leslie is the author of Fatal Jump: Tracking the Origins of Pandemics, published in 2023 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

This week our guest is distinguished professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, Edward A. Lee, who has written extensively about the relationship between humans and technology in books such as Plato and the Nerd and The Coevolution. In this episode, Edward lays out his argument against the status quo of "digital creationism," which states that humans are the gods shaping technology, and proposes an alternative narrative where humans and technology are symbiotic entities navigating a very Darwinian relationship. This takes on a tour of the many different facets of this relationship, including the pros and cons, the philosophical implications, the regulatory ramifications, and much more. Find out more about Edward's work at his Berkeley website, or follow him at twitter.com/LeeEdwardA ** Learn more about Singularity: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠su.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Steven Parton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by: Amine el Filali

Maria Gerea is the founder and owner of Coevolution.  As an experienced executive coach and team development facilitator, she supports leaders and teams to connect the dots between collaboration and innovation to elevate their impact and results. In this conversation, we explored what it is like working with social impact leaders and visionaries.   As a Romanian-born founder, Maria also shared early challenges in establishing herself in the United States.  We also talked about our new program for mission-driven leaders and what we are discovering about our own working relationship including how to view conflict as an opportunity.   Leadership for Real Impact Course CRR GlobalMarshall McLuhan Quote  InstagramLinked Inninasimondscoaching.com

Mr. Lijun Zhu, CEO of CoEvolution Technology Inc., spoke at a Venturous Session on 28 September 2022 about the trending adoption of smart, flexible logistic solutions worldwide. Before he began his presentation, Mr. Zhu highlighted that it is important that we acknowledge supply chain and logistics as a complex problem. Hardly any business would share an identical logistic model. Hence, adaptability is crucial when companies source for Smart Logistic solutions.Lijun also covered the functions of CoEvolution's products that control logistic robots, manage warehouse inventory storage and simulate highly accurate operational processes. When asked what trends he sees in the AI automation supply chain industry, Lijun said that warehouse owners are actively looking for Smart Logistic solutions that are affordable, adaptable, and have quick planning and installation processes. Similarly, Lijun has made it a point to fulfil all of these requirements in CoEvolution's AI solutions.

Welcome back to Season 2!!!  This episode is a fascinating exploration of the shared heritage of Vedic Astrology and Astronomy.  Join me as I interview Steven Jones about all things Astronomy - like can someone explain Precession to me!! Right?!  We cover the Ecliptic, the Celestial Sphere, Right Ascension and touch on geometry, retrograde motion, quantum physics and human history from the Babylonians & Ancient Egyptians to the Voyager Probes and beyond.  I hope you enjoy exploring the links and common ground we share with Astronomy.  If this episode leaves you with questions that you'd like more discussion of - let me know so we can invite Steven back again soon.  Plus, "watch this space" for news about a "Stay-at-home" Vedic Astrology Retreat.  And remember that you can always join me for AstroliJam or on The Vedic Astrology Apprenticeship Program on teachable.com

What I learned from reading Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush.Support Founders' sponsors: Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. andCapital: Raise, hold, and spend capital all in one place. and Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by founders, investors, and executives. It's incredible what they're building. Try it for free by visiting Tegus.[7:15] Pieces of the Action offers his hard-won lessons on how to operate and manage effectively within complex organizations and drive ambitious, unprecedented programs to fruition.[8:54] Stripe Press Books:The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell WaldropThe Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 by Jordan Mechner.[9:24] Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century by G. Pascal Zachary[10:40] Any exploration of the institutions that shape how we do research, generate discoveries, create inventions, and turn ideas into innovations inevitably leads back to Vannevar Bush.[11:26] No American has had greater influence in the growth of science and technology than Vannevar Bush.[12:23] That's why I'm going to encourage you to order this book —because when you pick it up and you read it —you're reading the words of an 80 year old genius. One of the most formidable and accomplished people that has ever lived— laying out what he learned over his six decade long career.[14:38] A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman (Founders #95)[15:12] Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing by Thierry Bardini[15:48] I don't know what Silicon Valley will do when it runs out of Doug Engelbart's ideas. —  The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson. (Founders #157)[18:54] Bush points out that tipping points often rest with far-seeing, energetic individuals. We can be those individuals.[20:36] I went into this book with little more than a name and came out with the closest thing to a mentor someone you've never met can be.[20:58] We are not the first to face problems, and as we face them we can hold our heads high. In such spirit was this book written.[24:38] The essence of civilization is the transmission of the findings of each generation to the next.[29:00] This is not a call for optimism, it is a call for determination.[31:12] It is pleasant to turn to situations where conservatism or lethargy were overcome by farseeing, energetic individuals.[31:34] People are really a power law and that the best ones can change everything. —Sam Hinkie[33:46] There should never be, throughout an organization, any doubt as to where authority for making decisions resides, or any doubt that they will be promptly made.[34:32] You can drive great people by making the speed of decision making really slow. Why would great people stay in an organization where they can't get things done? They look around after a while, and they're, like, "Look, I love the mission, but I can't get my job done because our speed of decision making is too slow." — Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos by Jeff Bezos and Walter Isaacson.(Founders #155)[38:36] Rigid lines of authority do not produce the best innovations.[38:42] Research projects flowered in pockets all around the company, many of them without Steve's blessing or even awareness.They'd come to Steve's attention only if one of his key managers decided that the project or technology showed real potential.In that case, Steve would check it out, and the information he'd glean would go into the learning machine that was his brain. Sometimes that's where it would sit, and nothing would happen. Sometimes, on the other hand, he'd concoct a way to combine it with something else he'd seen, or perhaps to twist it in a way to benefit an entirely different project altogether.This was one of his great talents, the ability to synthesize separate developments and technologies into something previously unimaginable. —Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli (Founders #265)[40:56] He was so industrious that he became a positive annoyance to others who felt less inclined to work.  —Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. (Founders #135)[42:22] Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and The Secret Palace of Science That Changed The Course of World War II by Jennet Conant. (Founders #143)[45:35] If a man is a good judge of men, he can go far on that skill alone.[46:00] All the past episodes mentioned by Vannevar Bush in this book:General Leslie Groves: The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. (Founders #215)J. Robert Oppenheimer: The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. (Founders #215)Alfred Lee Loomis: Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and The Secret Palace of Science That Changed The Course of World War II by Jennet Conant. (Founders #143)J.P. Morgan: The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow. (Founders #139)The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism by Susan Berfield. (Founders #142)Orville Wright: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. (Founders #239)Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies by Lawrence Goldstone. (Founders #241)Edwin Land: Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg. (Founders #263)Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos. (Founders #264)Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West by Mark Foster. (Founders #66)Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering by Thomas Boyd (Founders #125)Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bellby Charlotte Gray. (Founders #138)[48:21] Difficulties are often encountered in bringing an invention into production and use.[48:47] An invention has some of the characteristics of a poem.It is said that a poet may derive real joy out of making a poem, even if it is never published, even if he does not recite it to his friends, even if it is not a very good poem.No doubt, one has to be a poet to understand this.In the same way, an inventor can derive real satisfaction out of making an invention, even if he never expects to make a nickel out of it, even if he knows it is a bit foolish, provided he feels it involves ingenuity and insight.An inventor invents because he cannot help it, and also because he gets quiet fun out of doing so.Sometimes he even makes money at it, but not by himself. One has to be an inventor to understand this.One evening in Dayton, I dined alone with Orville Wright.During a long evening, we discussed inventions we had made that had never amounted to anything. He took me up to the attic and showed me models of various weird gadgets.I had plenty of similar efforts to tell him about, and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.Neither of us would have thus spilled things except to a fellow practitioner, one who had enjoyed the elation of creation and who knew that such elation is, to a true devotee, independent of practical results.So it is also, I understand, with poets.[51:28] Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[52:21] When picking an industry to enter, my favorite rule of thumb is this: Pick an industry where the founders of the industry—the founders of the important companies in the industry—are still alive and actively involved. — The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook by Marc Andreessen. (Founders #50)[57:18] If a company operates only under patents it owns, and infringes on no others, its monopoly should not be disturbed, and the courts so hold. An excellent example is Polaroid Corporation. Founded by Edwin Land, one of the most ingenious men I ever knew (and also one of the wisest), it has grown and prospered because of his inventions and those of his team.[1:00:46] I came to the realization that they knew more about the subject than I did. In some ways, this was not strange. They were concentrating on it and I was getting involved in other things.[1:01:31] P.T. Barnum: An American Life by Robert Wilson. (Founders #137)[1:05:53] We make progress, lots of progress, in nearly every intellectual field, only to find that the more we probe, the faster our field of ignorance expands.[1:11:41] All the books from Stripe Press—Get 60 days free of Readwise. It is the best app I pay for. I couldn't make Founders without it.—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. 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Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies with Galaxy Mergers by Chi-Hong Lin et al. on Thursday 22 September Understanding the formation of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) present in the centers of galaxies is a key topic in modern astrophysics. Observations have detected the SMBHs with mass $M$ of $10^{9}, rm M_odot$ in the high redshifts galaxies with z$sim7$. However, how SMBHs grew to such huge masses within the first billion years after the big bang remains elusive. One possible explanation is that SMBHs grew in a short period through the frequent mergers of galaxies, which provides sustainable gas to maintain the rapid growth. In this study, we present the hydrodynamics simulations of the SMBHs' growth with their host galaxies using the GIZMO code. In contrast to previous simulations, we developed a molecular cloud model by separating molecular-gas particles from the atomic-gas particles and then evolving them independently. During major mergers, we showed that the effect of the mass segregation of the atomic and molecular gas particles can enhance the dynamical friction of molecular particles. Consequently, molecular gas is substantially accreted onto the galactic centers that grows SMBHs from $10^{6}, rm M_odot$ to $10^{9}, rm M_odot$ within 300 Myr, explaining the rapid growth of SMBHs, and this accretion also triggers a violent starburst at the galactic center. Furthermore, We examined the impact of minor mergers on the bulge of a Milky-Way-like galaxy and found that the size and mass of the bulge can increase from 0.92 kpc to 1.9 kpc and from $4.7times 10^{10}, rm M_odot$ to $7times 10^{10}, rm M_odot$. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10535v1

Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies with Galaxy Mergers by Chi-Hong Lin et al. on Thursday 22 September Understanding the formation of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) present in the centers of galaxies is a key topic in modern astrophysics. Observations have detected the SMBHs with mass $M$ of $10^{9}, rm M_odot$ in the high redshifts galaxies with z$sim7$. However, how SMBHs grew to such huge masses within the first billion years after the big bang remains elusive. One possible explanation is that SMBHs grew in a short period through the frequent mergers of galaxies, which provides sustainable gas to maintain the rapid growth. In this study, we present the hydrodynamics simulations of the SMBHs' growth with their host galaxies using the GIZMO code. In contrast to previous simulations, we developed a molecular cloud model by separating molecular-gas particles from the atomic-gas particles and then evolving them independently. During major mergers, we showed that the effect of the mass segregation of the atomic and molecular gas particles can enhance the dynamical friction of molecular particles. Consequently, molecular gas is substantially accreted onto the galactic centers that grows SMBHs from $10^{6}, rm M_odot$ to $10^{9}, rm M_odot$ within 300 Myr, explaining the rapid growth of SMBHs, and this accretion also triggers a violent starburst at the galactic center. Furthermore, We examined the impact of minor mergers on the bulge of a Milky-Way-like galaxy and found that the size and mass of the bulge can increase from 0.92 kpc to 1.9 kpc and from $4.7times 10^{10}, rm M_odot$ to $7times 10^{10}, rm M_odot$. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10535v1

Meinen heutigen Gast habe ich ebenfalls schon länger auf meiner Wunschliste und es hat mich gefreut, dass er auch sofort zugesagt hat! Erich Prem ist nicht nur Vertreter des "digitalen Humanismus" (DH) — das Thema der heutigen Episode — sondern ein breit gebildeter, interdisziplinärer Denker, wie in dieser Episode deutlich werden wird. Er ist in seiner Erstausbildung Computerwissenschafter, der sich mit künstlicher Intelligenz beschäftigt. Er hat am ÖFAI in Wien am sogenannten Symbol Grounding Problem gearbeitet und am MIT in den USA an verhaltensbasierter Robotik. Er leitet seit über zwei Jahrzehnte ein strategisches Technologieberatungsunternehmen, Eutema, in Wien, das neben der EU Kommission auch Ministerien und Universitäten berät.  Er beschäftigt sich als Philosoph — seiner Zweitausbildung — mit komplizierten Fragen an der Schnittstelle von Ethik, Digitalisierung und Technologiepolitik.  Neben vielen anderen Publikationen ist er Mitherausgeber des jüngst erschienen Buches »Perspectives of digital humanism«. Er unterrichtet Digitalen Humanismus an der TU-Wien und Datenethik an der Universität Wien. In dieser Episode beginnen wir mit der Frage, wie unsere tägliche interaktion mit digitalen Geräten tatsächlich aussieht und wie wir uns das eigentlich wünschen würden. Wie verändert sich die Arbeitswelt? Wie gehen junge Menschen mit digitalen sozialen Räumen um? Welche Rolle spielen digitale Technologien im geopolitischen und ökonomischen Sinne auch für Europa? Denken wir an Überwachung, langfristige Absicherung wesentlicher Technolgien. Dann setzen wir uns mit dem relativ neuen Begriff des »digitalen Humanismus« etwas konkrete auseinander: Was ist Humanismus? Was ist die Rolle des Menschen, vom Menschenbild des alten Griechenlands über klassische Bildungsideale zur heutigen Zeit. Spielt Humanismus heute überhaupt noch eine Rolle und sollte er eine Rolle spielen? Was ist nun der DH und warum braucht es diesen neuen Begriff? Die Kritik von Adorno und Horkheimer am Humanismus wird im DH aufgenommen und Freiheit, Menschenrechte — liberale, westliche Werte verankert, bei einigen Vertretern ist auch eine starke Kapitalismuskritik zu finden, sowie Hinweis zum Überwachungskapitalismus. Allerdings betont Erich, dass das Individuum nicht alleine im Zentrum stehen darf, sondern sich immer in Reflexion mit der Gesellschaft befindet. Denn digitale Technologien sind auch Machtinstrument und bedürfen politischer und gesellschaftspolitischer Debatte um die Frage zu beantworten: wer formt »das Digitale« eigentlich, wem nutzt es? Dann diskutieren wir die unterschiedliche Wahrnehmung digitaler Technologien zwischen Kulturen und Nationen, etwa am Beispiel des Techniums von Kevin Kelly, europäischer Philosophie und der Globalisierung, sowie der Frage, woher eigentlich das Design von Technik stammt: top down, bottom up oder gar ungesteuert? Eine Besonderheit des DH, auch als Abgrenzung anderer wissenschaftlicher Strömungen wie etwa der Technikfolgenabschätzung ist, dass DH von Informatikern geprägt ist, mit dem Anspruch, die Folgen der eigenen Technologie besser zu bestimmen. Dies geschieht nicht Technologie-feindlich, sondern in der Erkenntnis, dass wir uns in Frühzeit der Digitalisierung befinden, die in vielen Bereichen schlicht noch nicht gut genug ist, beziehungsweise falsche Wege eingeschlagen hat. Der DH nimmt also an, dass es kein Schicksal ist sondern nach gesellschaftlichen Vorstellungen Technik gestaltbar ist. Ich stelle dann die Frage, ob wir nicht teilweise auf Medien-Hypes hereinfallen und die Bedrohungen möglicherweise gar nicht so groß sind. Als Stichworte könnte man nennen: Social Score in China, Google Flue Trends oder Covid AI, und unterscheiden sich die rechtlichen Prinzipien in der analogen Welt wirklich so stark von der digialten, wie manchmal behauptet wird? Auch wenn es hier und da Übertreibungen gibt, so erkennen wir doch zahlreiche Folgen der Digitalisierung, die sich mit dem Bild, den digitale Humanisten haben, nicht zur Deckung bringen lässt. Darf eine Person etwa auf ihre beobachtbaren Effekte reduziert werden — vor allem von der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft mit vielleicht anderen Kontexten? Wie sieht es mit dem Filtern und der Moderation von Inhalten auf Plattformen aus? Oder, was ist schlimmer: gute oder schlechte »künstliche Intelligenz«? Einen Kritikpunkt des DH spreche ich noch an, nämlich die Frage des Anthtropozentrismus? Fokussiert sich der DH zu stark auf den Menschen? Was ist mit Nachhaltigkeit und anderen systemischen Fragen? Zuletzt grenzen wir noch den Digitalen Humanismus vom ähnlich klingenden Begriff der Digital Humanities ab und, was wesentlicher ist, stellen die Frage, was unter Digitaler Souveränität zu verstehen ist: ist Souveränität das gleiche wie Autarkie? Was haben wir in Europa in dieser Hinsicht in den letzten Jahren übersehen, wie sollten wir politisch reagieren? Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 4 und Episode 5: »Was will Technologie«, wo ich genauer auf die Ideen von Kevin Kelly eingehe, die wir im Gespräch erwähnen Episode 28 mit Prof. Jochen Hörisch zur Idee und aktueller Situation der Universität Episode 24 mit Peter Purgathofer: Hangover: Was wir vom Internet erwartet und was wir bekommen haben  Episode 30 mit Tim Prilove über Techno-Optimismus Erich Prem Homepage von Erich eutema ÖFAI Technikphilosophie der Uni-Wien fachliche Referenzen Manifest zum digitalen Humanismus Hannes Werthner, Erich Prem, Edward A. Lee, Carlo Ghezzi, Perspectives on Digital Humanism, Springer (2022) Erich Prem, A brave new world of mediated online discourse, Communications of the ACM (Feb. 2022) Shoshanna Zuboff, Das Zeitalter des Überwachungskapitalismus, campus (2018) Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants, Penguin (2011) Edware Lee, The Coevolution, MIT Press (2020) Social Score China: Spectator Podcast, Chinese Whispers: Mythbusting the social credit system (2022) Why Google Flu is a Failure, Forbes (2014) What we can learn from the epic failure of Google Flu Trends, Wired (2015) Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped. | MIT Technology Review (2021) Jonathan Haidt, Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid, The Atlantic (2022) Coleman Hughes on The Death Of Conversation with Jonathan Haidt (2022) Cathy O'Neill, Weapons of Math Destruction, Crown (2016) David Edgerton, The Shock of the Old (2019)

Welcome to a special episode edition of this ongoing series focusing on tree planting and agroforestry. So far I've had a lot of interviews talking about tree and perennial systems and we've mostly looked at things from a macro perspective. Today we'll take a closer look at one of the most incredible families of plants that are present in the majority of temperate ecologies around the world, the family Quercus, more commonly known as oaks.  Here to give us a window into the undervalued world of oak trees as well as a glimpse into how humans have formed relationships and uses for this incredible plant that have shaped our own cultures and evolutionary trajectory is Byron Joel an internationally recognised author, media presenter and leader in the field of Ecological-Agriculture. For over 15 years he has worked, consulted, designed and taught across four continents. In 2011 he was resident Manager of Horticulture at the PERMACULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA and in 2012 transitioned to the same position at the sister institute in New Zealand. He has over 1000 hours teaching and presenting on regenerative agriculture in Australia, the USA, Africa and New Zealand. Byron acts as managing consultant for Oak Tree Designs, assisting in the greater eco-agricultural movement as systems designer and consultant, focussing on the Mediterranean regions of his home nation, Australia, where he advocates for a greater recognition, honoring and implementation of Indigenous Australian land stewarding practices. This is a special episode, much the same as last week, because it comes from one of my favorite episodes from one of my favorite podcasts, The Plant Report with my dear friend Jill Cloutier. The Plant Report is an educational podcast about plants, herbal medicine, ethnobotany and the human-plant relationship highlighting the fact that every plant has a story.  Jill has such a wealth of knowledge and love for plants herself that when she gets together with others to talk about the wonderful world of vegetative life you can count on podcast magic. Since I can hardly hope to improve on Jill's exceptional interviewing style from her two shows, The Plant Report and Sustainable World Radio, I reached out to ask if she would allow me to rebroadcast her session with Byron and she generously agreed.  Jill and I, along with our friend and colleague Scott Mann from The Permaculture Podcast have teamed up to form the Regenerative Media Alliance, a union of independent media producers working to broadcast regenerative solutions across the world. If you're interested in learning from seasoned pros in independent regenerative media production, be sure to stick around until the end where I'll share more information about this alliance and give you the early signup information for the RMA's professional development conference.  Join the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community Links: https://oaktreedesigns.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/oak_tree_designs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=AWIx9kc7Hw4&feature=emb_imp_woyt https://www.williambryantlogan.com/oak https://oaktreedesigns.com.au/dehesa-australis/ https://theplantreport.libsyn.com/

Hosts Phil Hawkins and Azaii Calderon Muniz dive into the concept of evolution and how it relates to the MCAT. In this episode, you will learn, what you should know about evolution for the MCAT, how you may be tested on the MCAT, and the key concepts that you should know. Key terms for this topic include Convergent Evolution, Analylugus Evolution, Homologous Evolution, and Coevolution. Plus learn how avocados are completely dependent on humans to survive, how feathers decrease survivability, but increase reproduction, and how a species of flying squirrel reflects florescent pink. 0:00 Intro 1:37 Darwinian Fitness 3:12 Fisherian Selection 7:01 Sexual Dimorphism 10:08 External Pressures of Reproduction 15:40 Speciation 19:22 Convergent Evolution 24:27 Analogous Evolution 26:00 Homologous Evolution 28:30 Coevolutuion 38:19 Evolution and the MCAT About Jack Westin: The team at Jack Westin is dedicated to a single goal: Giving students the highest quality learning resources. Jack Westin understand that students can't crush the MCAT without the perfect blend of critical thinking and fundamental science knowledge. To this end, Jack Westin is dedicated to providing students with cutting edge comprehensive tools, courses, and practice materials. The Jack Westin MCAT science and CARS courses, taught by the world's best and most engaging MCAT instructors, are designed to do more than just teach students the MCAT—it supercharges studying and encourages lifelong learning. Want to learn more? Shoot us a text at 415-805-6292 Free Resources: https://jackwestin.com Live Education Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions Courses: https://jackwestin.com/courses Tutoring: https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com

In this episode we explore the energy, and feel of love, looking at how we can amplify this quality by deepening our understanding. We explore what Love is, and how we can call this emotion into our being by partnering with Essential Oils. Journal Questions: How would you woo yourself? What is your love language? What is the love language of your beloveds? If you don't yet have a dōTERRA Account and wish to have your own excellent Essential Oils you can reach me here amelia@ameliayoga.co.uk for more information or visit my website here https://www.ameliaadrian.com/ You'll also find me on Instagram as @thearomayogini Sources: Nature Boy by Nat King Cole https://open.spotify.com/track/2WMyu5IYgxEuCd6xgFgJrl?si=aa628369f2c94b5b Neurosculpting by Lisa Wimberger https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275050273_Oxytocin-Gaze_Positive_Loop_and_the_Coevolution_of_Human-Dog_Bonds ~ Oxytocin & Clary Sage https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721455/ Study to investigate the effectiveness of aromatherapy on blood pressure, heart rate variability, aortic pulse wave velocity and the aortic augmentation index of essential hypertensive patients. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21157172/ Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown The Healing Oil Collective ~ Tiffany Carole https://master-healer.teachable.com/p/professional-healing-oil-collective-3?affcode=110280_loszxz-5

Nish Dubashia joins Brendan to discuss the topic of evolutionary spirituality, using the Spiral Dynamics framework to consider how religious conceptions evolve through the different value memes. Beginning with a synopsis of the basic structure of the religious narrative, Nish then shows how this story takes different forms as it finds expression through the different developmental stages. The progression charted, some important ideas are then considered: What is the relationship of self and spirit along this evolution? Does the spiral of development lead to some kind of non-dual awareness? If so, how do we understand this? What role might evolutionary spirituality play in our broader culture? 0:00 Introduction 0:54 The Structure of the Story of Religion The Story at Different Levels: 8:11 The Story at PURPLE (Animist) 9:43 The Story at RED (Faustian) 12:04 The Story at BLUE (Post-Faustian) 15:10 The Story at ORANGE (Modern) 17:44 The Story at GREEN (Postmodern) 22:50 The Story at YELLOW (Metamodern) 26:21 The Story at TURQOISE (forthcoming?) 28:47 Religion and Development: A Universal Experience 31:20 The Evolution of Religious Narrative AS a Religious Narrative? 35:10 The Coevolution of Self and Spirit 38:02 Spirit as a Subject? Reification, Projection, and Myth 44:00 The End of the Story: Non-Duality? 50:08 Emptiness/Form: On the Evolution of Consciousness towards Ultimate Consciousness 1:03:00 Development and the Study of Religion 1:06:08 Evolutionary Spirituality and the Meaning Crisis 1:14:15 'Dancing with Angels': Nish's Book on Developing beyond Unhealthy Blue 1:21:39 More on Nish's Work/Upcoming Events Nish's Presentation: The Evolution of Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3X20WGbMAw Nish's Website https://integraldream.com/

(Jul 8, 2021) Researchers have found that variations in the wingspan of cliff swallows has a measurable impact on their survival in a human-dominated environment.

(Jul 8, 2021) Researchers have found that variations in the wingspan of cliff swallows has a measurable impact on their survival in a human-dominated environment.

Why are monarchs and milkweed important, and what is it like to write a popular science book? Dr. Anurag Agrawal, a Professor of environmental studies at Cornell University and author of Monarchs and Milkweed, discusses insect-plant interactions, comparative biology, and tips for students in the biological sciences. Follow Anurag on Twitter @anuragasclepias! Learn more about the students producing this podcast and their science communication efforts by following us on Twitter @SciCommUCR and visiting our website.

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between a bug and an insect? Are spiders even an insect? Wait are lobsters and crabs related to bugs? Why do we even care about these insects and parasites? Well, we all know that bees are important for our food because they pollinate many of our plants that produce food for us, but insects have lead to many other discoveries. Did you know that many human genes that have been shaped by Darwinian evolution are genes that are involved with dealing with viruses and large parasites? Crazy right? Well today, we dive into Dr. Whiteman's work that follows Darwin and Wallace discoveries which is focused on evolution of new traits that are shaped though interactions between organisms.   This is Radio Bio!

Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In The Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (MIT Press, 2020), Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design. Richard Dawkins famously said that a chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. Is a human a computer's way of making another computer? To understand this question requires a deep dive into how evolution works, how humans are different from computers, and how the way technology develops resembles the emergence of a new life form on our planet. Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments. What we humans do with our minds is more than computation, and what digital systems do--be teleported at the speed of light, backed up, and restored--may never be possible for humans. To believe that we are simply computations, he argues, is a "dataist" faith and scientifically indefensible. Digital beings depend on humans--and humans depend on digital beings. More likely than a planetary wipe-out of humanity is an ongoing, symbiotic coevolution of culture and technology. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In The Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (MIT Press, 2020), Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design. Richard Dawkins famously said that a chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. Is a human a computer's way of making another computer? To understand this question requires a deep dive into how evolution works, how humans are different from computers, and how the way technology develops resembles the emergence of a new life form on our planet. Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments. What we humans do with our minds is more than computation, and what digital systems do--be teleported at the speed of light, backed up, and restored--may never be possible for humans. To believe that we are simply computations, he argues, is a "dataist" faith and scientifically indefensible. Digital beings depend on humans--and humans depend on digital beings. More likely than a planetary wipe-out of humanity is an ongoing, symbiotic coevolution of culture and technology. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In The Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (MIT Press, 2020), Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design. Richard Dawkins famously said that a chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. Is a human a computer's way of making another computer? To understand this question requires a deep dive into how evolution works, how humans are different from computers, and how the way technology develops resembles the emergence of a new life form on our planet. Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments. What we humans do with our minds is more than computation, and what digital systems do--be teleported at the speed of light, backed up, and restored--may never be possible for humans. To believe that we are simply computations, he argues, is a "dataist" faith and scientifically indefensible. Digital beings depend on humans--and humans depend on digital beings. More likely than a planetary wipe-out of humanity is an ongoing, symbiotic coevolution of culture and technology. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In The Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (MIT Press, 2020), Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design. Richard Dawkins famously said that a chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. Is a human a computer's way of making another computer? To understand this question requires a deep dive into how evolution works, how humans are different from computers, and how the way technology develops resembles the emergence of a new life form on our planet. Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments. What we humans do with our minds is more than computation, and what digital systems do--be teleported at the speed of light, backed up, and restored--may never be possible for humans. To believe that we are simply computations, he argues, is a "dataist" faith and scientifically indefensible. Digital beings depend on humans--and humans depend on digital beings. More likely than a planetary wipe-out of humanity is an ongoing, symbiotic coevolution of culture and technology. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Imagine a disease-free world. If it were easy enough to establish and maintain, most people on earth would choose it. Some species of ants and termites seem to have figured out a way to do just this. Tune in to discover: How certain ant and termite species might produce and use antimicrobial substances in their fungal gardens in the same way that humans use pesticides for disease-free crops How termites and ants prevent the invasion and spread of disease within colonies How termite nests differ or remain the same depending on environmental conditions Michael Poulsen is a professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Copenhagen whose work is about understanding beneficial symbioses between various species. In particular, he focuses on fungus-farming ants in Central and South America, and fungus-farming termites in Africa and Asia. His goal is to understand how these fungi and ants or termites co-evolve and optimize the services they provide for one another, as well as how these complex communities are formed, how they remain stable, and how they defend against disease. The termites that Poulsen is studying are especially effective at warding off disease. Complex bacterial communities have been found in the fungal gardens farmed by these termites, and in the gut of the termites themselves. Could these bacterial communities provide insight into the formation of a disease-free world? Poulsen wants to find out. He discusses what he's learned, what he's currently studying, and where this research could eventually go. Learn more at https://www.socialsymbioticevolution.com/. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C

This episode we’re talking about Biology Non-Fiction! We discuss epidemiology, genetics, microbes, kissing, sex, and more! Plus: using physical bookmarks when reading ebooks! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live by Nicholas A. Christakis Acquired Traits by Raissa Berg World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us by Sheril Kirshenbaum Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin What Happens When You Quit Showering?  Don't Just Sit There: Transitioning to a Standing and Dynamic Workstation for Whole-Body Health by Katy Bowman Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence by Eric Goodman  The Cure for Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness by Timothy Caulfield Other Media We Mentioned After Man: A Zoology of the Future by Dougal Dixon Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future by Dougal Dixon The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution by Dougal Dixon 30-Second Biology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Theories Of Life, Each Explained In Half A Minute Know It All Biology: The 50 Most Elemental Concepts in Biology, Each Explained in Under a Minute Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body by James Hamblin Links, Articles, and Things Possum Every Hour Cégep (Wikipedia) Why Is Poop Brown? RJ’s Instagram post Plague doctor (Wikipedia) Naukograd (science city) (Wikipedia) Lamarckism (Wikipedia) Lysenkoism (Wikipedia) Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35 Cybernetics (Wikipedia) Biology Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide by Alondra Oubré The Spectrum of Sex: The Science of Male, Female and Intersex by Hida Viloria and Maria Nieto Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution by Anurag Agrawal The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, 16th we’ll be talking about Bad Book Reading Habits! Join us again on Tuesday, April 6th we’ll be talking about the genre of Psychological Horror! (With a special guest co-host!)

To see images that correspond to this episode please see the complete video on our website at https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/teleseminars-1/2021/hummingbirds-with-rocio-alarconHummingbirds have long captured the hearts and imaginations of people worldwide. Many Indigenous communities have celebrated Hummingbirds as messengers and teachers, particularly helping us celebrate the joy of life. Dr. Rocío Alarcón, an ethnobotanist with ancestral roots in the lineages of the curanderas of the Ecuadorian Andes, writes, “In my healing work with clients I have observed that the iridescent colors of the feathers of hummingbirds have the ability to change the brain’s electrical frequency and modify a person’s mental state. When sunlight touches their plumage, they send rays of light. When the rays touch the person, these iridescent special colors produce changes in his or her brain like a phenomenon of bioluminescent that generates changes in the emotional states of the person.” During this Teleseminar, Rocío will share with us the magic and healing power of Hummingbirds. She will discuss their unique connection with Plants and how they can help uplift our everyday lives, bringing us into the present moment with happiness and joy, offering healing for our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies, and ultimately, shifting our consciousness. About RocíoRocío Alarcón is a healer for our times. She has worked tirelessly for decades to preserve indigenous cultures and land both in the Amazon and in the Andean community where she grew up, under the tutelage of master healers. She has lovingly brought many modern seekers, as well as skeptics, into the fold of the healing traditions of her ancestors, teaching especially about our relationship with the “divine forces” in the natural world. Rocío’s grandmothers held intimate connections with the forces of nature, particularly the plants and the hummingbirds, whom they could call upon for the healing of their communities. Recently, Rocío has been bringing forth this particular ancestral heritage. Rocío brings to her inherited knowledge a scientific understanding of the co-evolution of plants and animals and ecosystems, as well as understandings of healing based on modern neuroscience. She weaves this all together in her teachings on the healing power of the plants and the hummingbirds. For those who may not be able to witness first hand the rich diversity of hummingbirds native to Ecuador, she has created an Oracle Deck of cards containing exquisite portraits of 37 species by artist Luisa Acosta, each with a description of its physical and spirit-healing qualities. The cards themselves are meant to be messengers of beauty, light, and healing. She will gift us with a taste of this magic in this teleseminar. To learn more about Rocio’s work visit the Iamoe Center’s Facebook page.Support the show (https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/donations)

What is coevolution? How has coevolution between insects and plants shaped human history and culture? In this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Rob Raguso, a professor at Cornell University, who studies insect-plant interactions. Rob discusses his work on diffuse coevolution between night blooming flowers and their long-tongued hawk moth pollinators, and how his and others’ ideas leading to geographic mosaic theory has helped us understand the evolution of novel traits. Rob says that plant-pollinator coevolution has had a huge and varied impact on human life and culture, well beyond its obvious effects on our agriculture. Coevolution between plants and their pollinators shaped our trade, our religious practices, and even the contents of our liquor cabinets. Photo: Robert Raguso --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigbiology/message

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

Each species of our primate cousins is unique as it represents the outcome of independent evolution. Yet, humans appear to be a remarkable outlier as we have numerous characteristics so far un-described in any other primate. Why should this be? This symposium will address several important distinctly human "biologically enculturated" characteristics, both in relation to each other and in contrast to our evolutionary cousins, and will also help to organize how and in what sequence distinctly human physical, mental, social, and cultural features evolved. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 36187]

In this episode Ben shares a paper first given for the Colorado College SRICF detailing the syncretism of various traditions in Alexandria around the turn of the last millennium, exploring common themes between Hermetic and Greek writings with certain Christian Apocrypha, such as were found at Nag Hammadi in 1945. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rockymountainmason)

In this episode, Joe interviews environmental and cultural activist, founder of advocacy group Cosmic Sister, and purveyor of psychedelic feminism, Zoe Helene.  In this very open and free-form conversation, Zoe discusses her past corporate life in a male-dominated high tech world leading to a major change in her life and the creation of Cosmic Sister, the concepts of othering people and ableism, the importance of Michael Pollan's concept of coevolution/coextinction, how psychedelics potentiate identity-fluidity (most seen in gender-fluidity), how people usually talk about ayahuasca retreats damaging communities but rarely talk about the ways they benefit Indigenous people, the way Americans have a very fleeting, media-controlled attention span on social issues, how living in a patriarchy affects everyone, and how most men don't think about the ways it affects them. They spend a lot of time talking about ancestry and colonization: the Mycenean and Minoan civilizations and their use of plant medicines, the tribalism of Greek people, Greek civilizations using plant medicines much more than most people think (not just the rights of Eleusis), the effects of colonization and the roots of cultural appropriation, and 2 tombs recently dug up with Signet rings depicting medicine women likely in an artistic depiction of ergot.  Notable Quotes “Colonization goes back and then goes back again, and it goes back again- it’s very complicated. It’s not just decolonizing the United States of America- it’s decolonizing from all the colonizers. Colonizing forces have been on this planet since the beginning of time, in little ways, in medium ways, and in big ways, and it’s still going on.” “When people want to talk about Venus, I get on their cases about it. Don’t call her Venus. Call her Aphrodite. Don’t call her Venus, because Venus is a terrible version- it’s the patriarchal version by another culture. It’s appropriation. It’s no different from other appropriation that people talk about all the time” “The idea of ayahuasca centers and ayahuasca tourists quote/unquote ‘going down and taking advantage’- I know there was some of that because there are always going to be bad people and there are also really crass, stupid tourists. There are. But, most people go there as a pilgrimage, and if anything, are guilty of kind of romanticizing the Indigenous people, in this way that they’re very ignorant- a lot of ignorance, where it’s like, ‘Oh, they all want to run around in grass skirts.’ No, they want a cell phone.” “I hope people hold onto this change. ...It’s not a trend. Anti-racism should not be looked at as another damn trend. It needs to be something we keep working on. We can’t quit. Environment is the same- all the big things. This is, I think, a flaw in our culture that we have this idea- it’s a trait of our specifically American culture, where we are really fickle with news items. ...Remember when the Amazon was burning? It’s still burning, but everybody was devastated by that, as if that was the first time we’d ever seen the destruction of the great Amazon. ...I think, to American culture, and I’ve seen this- is that somewhere in the back of their head, they think it’s done. It’s fixed. ‘That got solved.’ It didn’t. And that’s the same with sexism, it’s the same with racism- all of these big social and environmental issues should not be considered trends.” Links Cosmicsister.com Cosmic Sister Instagram Smithsonianmag.com: Gold Rings Found in Warrior’s Tomb Connect Two Ancient Greek Cultures Imdb.com: The Nightingale Her past appearance on Psychedelics Today About Zoe Helene Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.29.315374v1?rss=1 Authors: Petrov, P. B., Sustar, V., Awoniyi, L. O., Tolvanen, M., Mattila, P. Abstract: Protein-protein interactions govern the cellular decision-making and various functions. Thus, identifying new interactions between proteins can significantly facilitate our understanding on the mechanistic principles of protein functions. Coevolution between proteins is a sign of functional communication and as such provides a powerful approach to search for novel molecular partners. However, evolutionary analyses of large arrays of proteins, in silico, is a highly time-consuming effort, which has prevented the usage of this method beyond protein pairs or narrow protein families, for example. Here, we developed autoCoEv, a user-friendly computational pipeline for the search of coevolution between hundreds and even thousands of proteins. Driving over 10 individual programs, with CAPS2 as a key software for coevolution detection, autoCoEv achieves seamless automation and parallelization of the workflow. In addition, we provide a patch to CAPS2 source code to improve its statistical output, allowing for multiple comparisons correction. We apply the method to inspect coevolution among 297 individual proteins identified to be in close proximity to the B cell receptor (BCR) before and after receptor activation. We successfully detected coevolutionary relations between the proteins, predicting novel partners and clusters of interacting molecules. We conclude that AutoCoEv can be used to predict protein interaction from large datasets of hundreds, and with aid of super-computing recourses even thousands of proteins in a time and cost efficient manner. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.23.310300v1?rss=1 Authors: Colavin, A., Atolia, E., Bitbol, A.-F., Huang, K. C. Abstract: Despite the structural and functional information contained in the statistical coupling between pairs of residues in a protein, coevolution associated with function is often obscured by artifactual signals such as genetic drift, which shapes a protein's phylogenetic history and gives rise to concurrent variation between protein sequences that is not driven by selection for function. Here, we introduce a method for explicitly defining a phylogenetic dimension of coevolution signal, and demonstrate that coevolution can occur on multiple phylogenetic timescales within a single protein. Our method, Nested Coevolution (NC), can be applied as an extension to any coevolution metric. We use NC to demonstrate that poorly conserved residues can nonetheless have important roles in protein function. Moreover, NC improved structural-contact prediction over gold-standard coevolution-based methods, particularly in subsampled alignments with fewer sequences. NC also lowered the noise in detecting functional sectors of collectively coevolving residues. Sectors of coevolving residues identified after NC correction were more spatially compact and phylogenetically distinct from the rest of the protein, and strongly enriched for mutations that disrupt protein activity. Our conceptualization of the phylogenetic separation of coevolution represents an advance from previous pragmatic attempts to reduce phylogenetic artifacts in measurements of coevolution. Application of NC broadens the application of protein coevolution measurements, particularly to eukaryotic proteins with fewer naturally available sequences, and further elucidates relationships among protein evolution and genetic diseases. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.12.247577v1?rss=1 Authors: Rodriguez Horta, E., Weigt, M. Abstract: Coevolution-based contact prediction, either directly by coevolutionary couplings resulting from global statistical sequence models or using structural supervision and deep learning, has found widespread application in protein-structure prediction from sequence. However, one of the basic assumptions in global statistical modeling is that sequences form an at least approximately independent sample of an unknown probability distribution, which is to be learned from data. In the case of protein families, this assumption is obviously violated by phylogenetic relations between protein sequences. It has turned out to be notoriously difficult to take phylogenetic correlations into account in coevolutionary model learning. Here, we propose a complementary approach: we develop two strategies to randomize or resample sequence data, such that conservation patterns and phylogenetic relations are preserved, while intrinsic (i.e. structure- or function-based) coevolutionary couplings are removed. An analysis of these data shows that the strongest coevolutionary couplings, i.e. those used by Direct Coupling Analysis to predict contacts, are only weakly influenced by phylogeny. However, phylogeny-induced spurious couplings are of similar size to the bulk of coevolutionary couplings, and dissecting functional from phylogeny-induced couplings might lead to more accurate contact predictions in the range of intermediate-size couplings. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

The second edition of The Carnivore Code is now live in print, ebook, and audiobook formats!  www.Thecarnivorecodebook.com to order!    Heart & Soil is also now a reality! This is my passion company founded to help a few million more people reclaim their ancestral birthright to radical health through nose to tail nutrition. We are making grass fed, grass finished desiccated organ capsules from regenerative farms in New Zealand. Check us out at: www.heartandsoilsupplements.com  In this AMA episode I answer questions from Ben Greenfield about my book, The Carnivore Code. It’s a deep dive into much of the science of an animal-based way eating. Prepare to learn a ton! Time Stamps:   8:03 Carnivore diet background, framework   18:25 Is there a magic ratio of fat to protein we should aim for? What is rabbit starvation?   25:53 A Review of Issues of Dietary Protein Intake in Humans https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4f00/4c6ff9159de2753b060df2ea1aab936db9ec.pdf   33:01. Is the decline in height and health fully attributable to plant agriculture or could it be due to industrialization?   38:43 Why do present day hunter-gatherers have no access to wild game?   42:54 How do we know that our high stomach acidity was driven by the consumption of animals?    45:09 The Evolution of Stomach Acidity and Its Relevance to the Human Microbiome https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134116   50:51 How do herbivores detoxify plant toxins?   56:34 Coevolution of poisonous plants and large herbivores on rangelands  https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/view/6858/6468   1:02:09 What are the studies of isothiocyanates in humans?   1:04:39  Concentrations of thiocyanate and goitrin in human plasma, their precursor concentrations in brassica vegetables, and associated potential risk for hypothyroidism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892312/   1:07:03  Why molecular hormesis is bad news   1:14:42  Effect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060837/    1:18:03 Green tea extract only affects markers of oxidative status postprandially: Lasting antioxidant effect of flavonoid-free diet   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11310865_Green_tea_extract_only_affects_markers_of_oxidative_status_postprandially_Lasting_antioxidant_effect_of_flavonoid-free_diet   1:20:08 Uric acid and glutathione levels during short-term whole body cold exposure https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8063192/   1:21:14 Hormetic heat stress and HSF-1 induce autophagy to improve survival and proteostasis in C. elegans https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14337   1:22:58  Is there an acceptable dose of isoflavones?    1:23:53  Goitrogenic and Estrogenic Activity of Soy Isoflavones https://www.jstor.org/stable/3455387?seq=1   1:25:32 Isoflavones: estrogenic activity, biological effect and bioavailability  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233538635_Isoflavones_Estrogenic_activity_biological_effect_and_bioavailability   1:26:48 Low Dietary Soy Isoflavonoids Increase Hippocampal Spine Synapse Density in Ovariectomized Rats https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330193/   1:29:56 Is resveratrol really something we should avoid?   1:31:09  David Sinclair’s work on Resveratrol https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=sinclair%2C+david+resveratrol   1:32:02 Resveratrol reduces the levels of circulating androgen precursors but has no effect on, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, PSA levels or prostate volume. A 4‐month randomised trial in middle‐aged men https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25939591/#:~:text=Conclusion%3A%20In%20this%20population%20of,PSA%2C%20testosterone%2C%20free%20testosterone%2C   1:33:03 Placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial: high-dose resveratrol treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26784973/   1:33:53 Prooxidant activity of research all in the presence of copper ions: mutagenicity in plasmid DNA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378427405001190?via%3Dihub   1:35:17 Resveratrol levels and all cause mortality in older community-dwelling adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346286/   1:36:16  resveratrol improves vascular function and mitochondrial number but not in glucose metabolism in older adults  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861959/   1:37:29  What are event-related potentials and how are they measured?   1:37:29 Food processing and emotion regulation in vegetarians and omnivores: an event-related potential investigation  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666319300595?via%3Dihub   1:40:54 What really drives insulin resistance?   1:48:37  Dietary stearic acid leads to a reduction of visceral adipose tissue in athymic nude mice  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164353/   1:51:02 dietary stearic acid regulates mitochondria in vivo in humans  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081440/   1:53:52  What would you change in your diet if you had cancer?    1:56:03 Halted Progression of Soft Palate Cancer in a Patient Treated with the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet Alone: A 20-months Follow-up http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/4/8/8/   1:57:29 Complete Cessation of Recurrent Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) by the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet: A Case Report https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322291809_Complete_Cessation_of_Recurrent_Cervical_Intraepithelial_Neoplasia_CIN_by_the_Paleolithic_Ketogenic_Diet_A_Case_Report   1:58:47  Are there any studies looking at telomere length in plant vs animal food diets?    2:00:10 Processed meat, but not unprocessed red meat, is inversely associated with leukocyte telomere length in the Strongheart family study  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037876/   2:00:41 Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5361673/   2:00:54  Effects of diet on telomere length: systematic review and meta-analysishttps://www.karger.com/?DOI=10.1159/000486586   2:02:00  Dietary intervention modifies DNA methylation age assessed by epigenetic clock  https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201800092   2:04:21  Increased lean red meat intake does not elevate markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in humans https://academic.oup.com/jn/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jn/137.2.363    2:07:40 Would eating fruit without the seeds be a healthy choice?    2:08:07  Why does CarnivoreMD prefer unrendered fat?   2:00:37  Is dietary saturated fat something to be concerned about?  Heart & Soil: www.heartandsoilsupplements.com    Nutrisense (Continuous Glucose Monitor- CGM): www.Nutrisense.io, use the code CarnivoreMD for 20$ off.    BluBlox: www.blublox.com use the code CarnivoreMD for 15% off your order   White Oak Pastures: Use the code CARNIVOREMD at www.whiteoakpastures.com for 10% off your first order! 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My guest for Ep122 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, was the Founder & CEO of Everledger, Leanne Kemp. Leanne is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits over 20+ years in tech. Her company, Everledger, uses Blockchain technology to track high-value assets such as diamonds, art and wine with the aim of increasing transparency and trust with technology. To date Everledger has raised $40M in funding from leading global funds including Fidelity, Future Fund and Tencent. In 2018, her entrepreneurial success saw her appointed as the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur in Australia, to develop the state's startup ecosystem, attract investment and support job creation. In this interview we covered a range of topics including Why you should think about Coevolving rather than disrupting industriesSeparating technology trends vs lasting changeUnderstanding the right timing for your solution in the marketHow founders should think about and prepare for exits& much more Full interview below! Show notes: RFIDEverledgerSatoshi Nakamoto white paperCryptocurrencyBlockchainWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C)Tim Berners-LeeUnkempt podcastAnthony Finkelstein Next interview: Join our next live podcast interview with Tim Doyle, the Founder of EucalyptusDate: 4th August 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Ep123Tim Feedback/connect/say hello: Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels: Don't have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. https://youtu.be/NWhHKmRVPCE The post Ep122 – Leanne Kemp (Founder & CEO – Everledger) on exits, trust and coevolution appeared first on Startup Playbook.

Computer scientist Edward A. Lee shares his thoughts on the symbiotic coevolution of humans and machines, why the ‘dataist’ belief in human cognition resembling computation is likely wrong, and how recent technological developments resemble the emergence of a new form of life. Edward Ashford Lee is Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he runs iCyPhy, a research center focused on industrial cyber-physical systems. He is the author of Plato and the Nerd (MIT Press) and other books. Find out more: futurespodcast.net CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW FUTURES PODCAST Twitter: @FUTURESPodcast Instagram: @futurespodcast Facebook: @FUTURESPodcast

Are the evolutionary lineages of apples and humans inescanbley linked? Find out how in this episode of Science Night!

Welcome back to another TOEFL, everyone! In today's segment, we're going to learn how to take notes throughout the audio. Now, some are very long and some are short, but when it comes to the Part IV question, it's much easier than Part III. So, I'm going to show you how to take notes (watch my video and listen to the podcast) and what you see down below are the notes I took on the video. So make sure you listen to the audio so you can piece them together. Pronunciation Course Phase III: https://www.udemy.com/share/102DYQ/Pronunciation Course Phase II: https://www.udemy.com/share/102wQS/Pronunciation Course Phase 1: https://www.udemy.com/course/arsenios-american-esl-pronunciation-phase-1/?referralCode=8C3941AAFB58102377C4Book A Call With Me: https://calendly.com/arseniobuck/15minPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/arseniosesllearningPodcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7hdzplWx6xB8mhwDJYiP6fPodcast on ListenNote: https://www.listennotes.com/c/778cf3cfd2564ba5b01f693bfebc96de/arsenio-s-esl-podcast/Podcast on CastBox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Arsenio's-ESL-Podcast-id1251433?country=usCalendar - https://calendly.com/arseniobuck/teaching-coaching-for-1-hourFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arseniobuck/?ref=bookmarksYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzp4EdbJVMhhSnq_0u4ntAWebsite: https://thearseniobuckshow.com/Q & A: ArsenioBuck@icloud.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arsenio-buck-9692a6119/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thearseniobuckshow/?hl=enBuzz sprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/165390Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/arseniosesllearning)

How cool would it be to talk to some of the greatest minds from the past and get their opinions on important matters happening today? For the Institute for the Future (TIFT), Eileen Clegg designs timeline murals used to reveal patterns between society and technology which gives TIFT information to forecast the future. Jack Russo wonders if augmented human intelligence could be in the future as he and Eileen Clegg celebrate Douglas Engelbart's theory of coevolution and the idea that mapping and organizing information could solve problems all over the world.

Conrad Bradford joins Tom again in this pre-Covid-19 Capsule | Cabana Show from New York City. In this final episode of our New York Fashion series Tom and Corad talk to Coevolution designer Miaoyi Shu and Child of The Universe designer Brenda Marine. Child of the Universe NYC was founded in 2015 with the intention to create high quality and fashionable pieces that allowed customers to express themselves and their believes. Currently, Ana Wakeman is the founder and CEO of Child of the Universe NYC. Designers Coevolution Child of the Universe NYC Venue Cabana Show MUSIC  BACKGROUND: “Music by longzijun” Unfolded16-sanintro-theme23 SONG Pressure by Brandon Need Daly from Pond 5 Publiser: All The Right Moves SPONSER Black Glove Store MERCHANDISE Hug The Pug UnCommonCore Podcast

What makes dogs the quintessential best friend to humanity? Why not any other domesticated animal? Cats? Goats? Chickens? What is it about our canine companions that gives us a sense that they KNOW us? Well, Happy Thoughts Agility wanted to find out and take you on the journey with us! Studies Referenced: 1. Clutton-Brock J (1995) Origin of the dog: domestication and early history. In: Serpell J, editor. The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interaction with People. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2. G Wang, W Zhai, H Yang, R Fan, X Cao, L Zhong, at el. "The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans". Nature communications, 2013 3.Nikolai D. Ovodov,Susan J. Crockford,Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ,Thomas F. G. Higham,Gregory W. L. Hodgins,Gregory W. L. Hodgins,Johannes van der Plicht. "A 33,000 Year Old Incipient dog from the altai mountains of siberia: evidence of the earliest domestication disrupted by the last glacial maximum." PLOS One July 28, 2011 Music: Happy Clappy Castagnette by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5125-happy-clappy-castagnette License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Author Dr. Frank Ryan has spent a lifetime researching, speaking on, and writing about virus behaviors. His book Virusphere: From Common Colds to Ebola Epidemics--Why We Need the Viruses That Plague Us was just released in paperback. In this exploratory conversation, he explains  why calling viruses parasitic is too simplistic and confining, why this is so as he discusses the history of the AIDS virus evolution with humans as an example, and how different mechanics we use to survive, such as placental membranes, are virus derived. Dr. Frank Ryan is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Education at The University of Sheffield in the UK. He has authored numerous books, including Virusphere. The conversation begins with an explanation of the behaviors of viruses as symbionts, existing at a continuum between parasite and mutualistic symbiont.  Among many other examples he presents, he discusses AIDS, one of the worse epidemic viruses in our lifetime. Yet even at the height of the epidemic, scientist didn't ask if it were a parasite or not. Rather, they asked what aspect of the virus is changing as a result of the human interaction and vice versa. What they found was a change in the patient gene antigen that had to do with the virus evolution—both virus and human genome were actually altering each other's genome; so while this may be a virus near the parasitic end of the continuum, human and virus are still changing each other—it's not just a one-sided relationship. Dr. Ryan offers other examples of the behaviors of viruses to flesh out this coevolution, from viruses and the Brazilian wood rabbit in Australia to mammal placental development. He explains how retroviruses function, replicate, and become infectious. He also explains the process of the Coronavirus, its mechanics within human cell cytoplasm and the replication process. He finishes by explaining the ubiquitous nature of the behavior of viruses having effects we may be unaware of, such as keeping the bacteria from taking over the ocean. For more, you can find his book for sale at https://www.amazon.com/Virusphere-Common-Epidemics-Why-Viruses-Plague/dp/1633886042

March 14th, 2020 One Monday in mid-February 1989, Alec Newald departed on what should have been a three-hour flight from Rotorua to Auckland, in New Zealand. He arrived feeling tired and confused, but he was even more confused to learn that Monday had passed and it was Thursday, ten days later, and he had no idea what had happened in the meantime. Alec Newald disappeared for 10 days when he was taken to another planet. He recounts his experience of how his life changed and describes the extremely advanced organic technology that also allows him to “grow” to him, as well as to his environment. He also talks about how spacecraft are operated by a consciousness that “fuses”, and, in fact, is aware of itself, just like what they have repeatedly said is possible in the higher realms. The aliens who took Alec on board their ship were like humans, technologically advanced and could raise their vibration with biological technology so their bodies were less dense and therefore able to travel through space. They could grow as much as plants and animals would want, and the ‘houses’ grew and were sensitive, the boats obeyed their thoughts. His vehicle was a ‘biological animal / vegetable mix. They communicated with their conscience, which was an intrinsic part of the vehicle itself. Instead of eating, they drank a ‘solution’ that could be compared to monatomic gold. Alec Newald came into contact with Nexus magazine in 1995 to publish his book, “CoEvolution” . What he learned and experienced during your stay with these kind beings has profound implications for all of us here on earth. Shortly after his “return”, Alec received strange visits from “government scientists” who wanted to know his experience.(Alec Newald) His incredible experiences are of great importance for the future of humanity and our galactic cousins.     Guest Website

Jens Törper, ehemaliger Vorstand der Health AG bis 2019, Mediator und Mentor, berichtet über das Digitalisierungsprojekt der Health AG, ein Unternehmen innerhalb der OTTO-Gruppe. Folge 2 Digitalisierung der Strategie als Herausforderung im Alltag und in der Umsetzung: Auf alle Stakeholder zugehen (Mitarbeiter und Gesellschafter, finanzierende Bank und Kunden) und diese "mitnehmen" 2. Hälfte 2015 der Umsetzung Beginn 2016. Skepsis war verbereitet, auch wurde Unwillen bemerkt. Mitarbeiter: Veränderungsbereitschaft besteht nur in einer Notsituation und im Falle von Begeisterung: Zielbild für Health AG für 2020/2021 gemalt und damit Interesse ausgelöst: Abschied nehmen von alten Vorstellungen sondern: "Wir wollen ein digitalisiertes und modernes Unternehmen sein" Interner Workshop für alle Mitarbeiter hat Begeisterung ausgelöst. Aber: What is in for me? Wie profitiere ich als Mitarbeiter davon? Dadurch Einbindung der Personalentwicklung und Klärung der Frage: Welche Kultur haben wir? Projektteam gebildet, anfangs 10 Personen später wurde dieses fast so groß wie das gesamte Unternehmen mit 250 Leuten. Daher: Erfindung einer neuen Projekt-Kommunikation-Formates d.h. täglich um 8.00 Uhr getroffen. Zweites Format war die Tournee durchs Unternehmen. Handhabung der Umsetzung mit Korrekturen und Learnings durch agiles Projektmanagement. Einbindung der Kunden durch "Coevolution" mit verblüffend hoher Zustimmung - mit Zusatznutzen des Marketing zugunsten der Health AG. Umgang mit Erfolgen und Frust: Gefeiert und Begeisterung und der Sinn des Projektes hat in Krisen geholfen

Jens Törper, ehemaliger Vorstand der Health AG, Mediator und Mentor berichtet über seine vielfältigen Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse seiner 15-jährigen Praxis mit Change Projekten. Warum immer wieder Veränderungen, denn diese bringen Unsicherheit und Stress für die Organisation, Mitarbeiter und Kunden? Wie gehen Mitarbeiter mit Change um, was muss man tun, um sie abzuholen und ……. what is in it for me? Grundmotive für Veränderung: Angst und Begeisterung. Wie überzeugt man Stakeholder, sodaß Investitionen und Budget freigegeben werden. Bedenken und Sorgen von Mitarbeitern begegnen. Digitalisierung im Unternehmen realisieren, der Widerstand war erheblich. Die gemachten Erfahrungen sind die 80-90%-ige Blaupause und Kopiervorlage für Veränderungen in jeglichen Unternehmen. "Coevolution" als neuer Begriff, indem die Kunden aktiv in den Change eingebunden werden.

How does a tiny insect migrate thousands of miles from Canada to Mexico each year? What does the decline of monarch butterflies tell us about the ecological health of our continent? How are scientists using gene editing to understand how insects have evolved to tolerate poisonous plants? Anurag Agrawal is a biologist at Cornell University who studies plant-insect interactions, including monarch butterflies. He is the author of a new book called "Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution.” On this episode, Art and Marty talk with Anurag about the incredible migration of the monarch butterfly, the recent decline in population and a fascinating study where scientists edited the genomes of fruit flies to make them resistant to a poisonous plant that monarchs eat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigbiology/message

Venom can be deadly, but not all venoms are created equal. They serve different purposes and have evolved for different reasons. In this episode we discuss a couple of new papers around the theme of venom, and finish off with a venomous new species for our Species of the Bi-week. Main Paper References: Goetz, S. M., Piccolomini, S., Hoffman, M., Bogan, J., Holding, M. L., Mendonça, M. T., & Steen, D. A. (2019). Serum-based inhibition of pitviper venom by eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi). Biology Open, 5. Healy, K., Carbone, C., & Jackson, A. L. (2019). Snake venom potency and yield are associated with prey-evolution, predator metabolism and habitat structure. Ecology Letters, 22(3), 527–537. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13216 Species of the Bi-Week: Captain, A., Deepak, V., Pandit, R., Bhatt, B., & Athreya, R. (2019). A new species of pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus Lacepède, 1804) from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 26, 13. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Barlow, A., Pook, C. E., Harrison, R. A., & Wüster, W. (2009). Coevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276(1666), 2443-2449. Malhotra, A., & Thorpe, R. S. (2004). A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32(1), 83–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com

Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earth’s air, making human life possible; now, due to our actions, cyanobacteria are madly blooming once more, poisoning our coasts in the process   Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube members.   ___________________________________________   To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:  Cyanobacteria: aquatic photosynthesizing bacteria often erroneously call blue-green algaeBlue-green algae: incorrect name often used for cyanobacteria because they are blue-green in appearance and can be confused with algae    Dead zone: coastal area where cyanobacteria blooms lead to anaerobic conditions, killing fish and other organismsMycrosystins: a class of toxic compounds released by certain cyanobacteria ___________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: Support us on Patreon: And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/   Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC   And download our videos on itunes:  https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________   Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Peter Reich Script Editor: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg) Video Illustrator: Sarah Berman (@sarahjberman) Video Director: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg) Video Narrator: Julián Gómez (@ittakesii) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Julián Gómez, Arcadi Garcia Rius  Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: ___________________________________________   References:   Bargu S et al.  Mississippi River diversions and phytoplankton dynamics in deltaic Gulf of Mexico estuaries: A review. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 221:39-52 (2019). Berman-Frank I, Lundgren P, Falkowski P. Nitrogen fixation and photosynthetic oxygen evolution in cyanobacteria. Research in Microbiology 154, 157–164 (2003)Carey CC et al. Eco-physiological adaptations that favour freshwater cyanobacteria in a changing climate. Water Research  46, 1394-1407 (2012)Garcia AK et al.  Reconstructed ancestral enzymes suggest long-term cooling of Earth’s photic zone since the Archean. Proc Natl Acad Sci 114:4619-4624 (2017)Glass JB, Wolfe-Simon F, Anbar AD.  Coevolution of metal availability and nitrogen assimilation in cyanobacteria and algae. Geobiology 7, 100-123 (2009).Lyons TW, CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky. The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere Nature 506, 307–315 (2014). Planavsky NJ et al.  The evolution of the marine phosphate reservoir. Nature 467, 1088-1090 (2010)Soo RM et al. On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria. Science 355, 1436–1440 (2017) Tromas N et al. Characterising and predicting cyanobacterial blooms in an 8-year amplicon sequencing time course. ISME J 11:1746-1763 (2017)

In this episode, we sniff into the strange territory of domestication and co-evolution with our special guest Anne Burrows, Professor of Anatomy at Duquesne University and a member of the research team making big news this summer for their work on the evolution of facial expression in domestic dogs.  How does a muscle in a dog’s forehead tug on human heartstrings?  What happens when Russian researchers breed wild foxes to tolerate and even love their human keepers?  We take a summer walk with our furry friends, with side journeys into the rat, parasitic disease, sugar-free gummi bears, and fecal transplants. Don’t forget to subscribe to Remains to be Seen!

Kareem Johnson is a Professor of Psychology at Temple University, whose expertise, among others, is Evolutionary Psychology, but more specifically, what he calls Quantum Evolutionary Psychology, which is the name of the Capstone class of his that I took before I graduated at Temple, where I did my thesis on the influence that altered states of consciousness had on the emergence of art. His course was one of the most important ones I’ve ever taken, and it greatly influenced my focus for this podcast. It was an honor to have him on, and I know you guys will love it as much as I did. 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Robert Boyd has a Ph.D. in Ecology, by the University of California-Davis. He is Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University (ASU). He's also the author of several books including How Humans Evolved, Culture and the Evolutionary Process, and Not By Genes Alone. In this episode, we talk about dual inheritance theory; how climate fluctuations during the Pleistocene accentuated the importance of culture in human evolution; cultural adaptations and maladaptations; the role of imitation, learning, guided variation, and biased transmission in cultural evolution; the prestige bias, and the frequency-dependent bias; and group selection in cultural and genetic evolution. -- O Dr. Robert Boyd é doutorado em Ecologia, pela Universidade da Califórnia-Davis. É professor da Escola de Evolução Humana e Mudança Social (SHESC) da Arizona State University (ASU). É também o autor de vários livros, incluindo How Humans Evolved, Culture and the Evolutionary Process, e Not By Genes Alone. Neste episódio, falamos sobre a dual inheritance theory; o papel que as flutuações climáticas durante o Pleistoceno tiveram na acentuação da importância da cultura na evolução humana; adaptações e más adaptações culturais; o papel da imitação, da aprendizagem, da variação guiada, e da transmissão enviesada na evolução cultural; o viés do prestígio, e o viés dependente da frequência; e seleção de grupo na evolução cultural e genética. -- Follow Dr. Boyd's work: Faculty page: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1952328 His books: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Boyd-PhD/e/B001IQWOF4 -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

We're back! This episode is a recording of the talk "Evolution Under the Influence: Alcohol and the Coevolution of Humans and Yeast" by geneticist Dr. Kevin McCabe who works at Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon. In this talk, Kevin will take you through the history of primate alcohol consumption, the importance of yeast to human history, and how early microbiology turned the tables on yeast and gave humans control over our boozy destiny. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.  

IT e business devono essere allineati e mentre prima della rivoluzione digitale era il business a guidare oggi sempre più spesso è la tecnologia che determina cambiamenti di business radicali. Sempre più spesso informatici si mettono a ridisegnare interi settori di business utilizzando la tecnologie e sconvolgendo le regole. Uber, Amazon ma anche google sono partiti dalle tecnologie più innovative per re-immaginare il modo di lavorare di interi settori, i processi, le metodologie.Oggi parto da qui per fare a tutti i migliori Auguri di Buon Natale e di un meraviglioso 2019.Mi prendo una pausa e ci si sente Domenica 13 gennaio.

IT e business devono essere allineati e mentre prima della rivoluzione digitale era il business a guidare oggi sempre più spesso è la tecnologia che determina cambiamenti di business radicali. Sempre più spesso informatici si mettono a ridisegnare interi settori di business utilizzando la tecnologie e sconvolgendo le regole. Uber, Amazon ma anche google sono partiti dalle tecnologie più innovative per re-immaginare il modo di lavorare di interi settori, i processi, le metodologie.Oggi parto da qui per fare a tutti i migliori Auguri di Buon Natale e di un meraviglioso 2019.Mi prendo una pausa e ci si sente Domenica 13 gennaio.

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Anurag Agrawal author of Monarchs and Milkweed speaks to us on the topics that are most interesting to us.  Book title - Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution Grow Milkweed Plants podcast - Season 3 Episode 3 Read the recent blog posts by todays guest. Click on the titles which are links to monarchs and milkweed in Oxaca Mexico and the surrounding area.  Monarchs & Milkweed in Mexico – Pt 1 Posted on January 16, 2018 by Anurag Agrawal Monarchs & Milkweed in Mexico - Pt II Posted on January 28, 2018 by Anurag Agrawal Listen to the sounds of the monarch butterflies by locating Cerro Pelon on the SoundMap provided by Locus Sonus. Be sure to tune in during the daylight hours because that is when the monarchs are active but more important is that the microphone is powered by solar energy and the location only appears on the map when the sun is shining on the monarch butterflies. ​http://locusonus.org/soundmap/051/ View the book which is available from Amazon (press and hold link below) Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution   Host: Brad Grimm Intro Music: sunny - Bensound.com Outro Music: acusticbreeze - Bensound.com

A fundamental and frequently overlooked aspect of animal learning is its reliance on compatibility between the learning rules used and the attentional and motivational mechanisms directing them to process the relevant data (called here data-acquisition mechanisms). We propose that this coordinated action, which may first appear fragile and error prone, is in fact extremely powerful, and critical for understanding cognitive evolution. Using basic examples from imprinting and associative learning, we argue that by coevolving to handle the natural distribution of data in the animal's environment, learning and data-acquisition mechanisms are tuned jointly so as to facilitate effective learning using relatively little memory and computation. We then suggest that this coevolutionary process offers a feasible path for the incremental evolution of complex cognitive systems, because it can greatly simplify learning. This is illustrated by considering how animals and humans can use these simple mechanisms to learn complex patterns and represent them in the brain.

A fundamental and frequently overlooked aspect of animal learning is its reliance on compatibility between the learning rules used and the attentional and motivational mechanisms directing them to process the relevant data (called here data-acquisition mechanisms). We propose that this coordinated action, which may first appear fragile and error prone, is in fact extremely powerful, and critical for understanding cognitive evolution. Using basic examples from imprinting and associative learning, we argue that by coevolving to handle the natural distribution of data in the animal's environment, learning and data-acquisition mechanisms are tuned jointly so as to facilitate effective learning using relatively little memory and computation. We then suggest that this coevolutionary process offers a feasible path for the incremental evolution of complex cognitive systems, because it can greatly simplify learning. This is illustrated by considering how animals and humans can use these simple mechanisms to learn complex patterns and represent them in the brain.

Leslie Paul Thiele is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Sustainability Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution, The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Neuroscience, and Narrative, and other books.

This episode is a requested reading of a previous post on Productive Flourishing named “12 Simple Ways to Be Present.” This post shares twelve simple ways to be more present in your day-to-day life, and to take a pause when life wants to push you headlong. Key Takeaways: [0:53] - Learning to be present helps us refrain from thinking about what we could’ve or should’ve done, and worrying about the uncertainties of the future. Charlie explores twelve ways to be present, ordered from things that you can do pretty easily, to items further down the list that take a little more effort. [1:55] - Look for ways that you can stack these tips to get the most out of your time being present. [2:16] - 1. Drink water: Drinking water works because it makes sure your emotional state is not a reflection of your being dehydrated, it makes you slow down and breathe, and it gets you to take a break from your external situation. [3:15] - 2. Breathe deeply: Charlie shares a breathing technique called “combat breathing” that has you breathe in while counting to zero, hold for four counts, and breathe out for four counts. He gives suggestions on how you can incorporate this into your daily life. [4:06] - 3. Wiggle your toes: Charlie shares some different ways to move your toes that can help you remain present. Find whatever feels right for you while actively moving your toes. Toe wiggling also reminds Charlie of the love, presence, support, gratitude, and forgiveness available to him when he’s present. [5:38] - 4. Stretch: A stiff, constricted body leads to anxiety - we can use our bodies to create moods. Stretching can help break a cycle of tension and anxiety, as well as incorporate breathing deeply. [6:35] - 5. Take a meditation moment: Despite common belief, meditation does not have to require a lot of time to do, and doesn’t necessarily have to be done a certain way. Charlie suggests using Insight Timer and Gateway to Presence as a start to incorporate meditation into your daily life. [7:42] - 6. Take a jam break: Be intentional about taking jam breaks. In your work environment, look for safe spots for a jam party; the important thing is that it’s music that you really feel. [8:58] - 7. Step away from all electronics, including your phone: Going beyond notifications, when we hold our phones we are prone to start doing what this tool helps us to do - checking an email or sending a text. To be present, step away from all electronics so you’re not priming your mind and body to do all the activities that are probably preventing you from being present anyway. [10:32] - 8. Shut off all but critical notifications from your devices: Think about the importance of what notifications mean - is knowing someone liked a post really nourishing? Getting notifications that don’t really matter can pull us out of being present and we may miss out on something even more important. [11:37] - 9. Get some nature therapy: Nature can serve as a vehicle to improve cognitive functioning. The stimuli that exist in nature focus our attention in ways that relieve stress, versus the type in urban environments that tend to induce stress. [12:40] - 10. Play with kids and pets: Playing with kids and pets fire up our oxytocin factories. Oxytocin is a key hormone that promotes trust, relaxation, and happiness in humans. Oxytocins can cause us to pay closer attention to socially relevant stimuli. [14:00] - 11. Declutter your space: Clutter forces our brains to chunk cluttered areas into one unified mess, and reminds us of unfinished business. It’s hard to be present in a cluttered space, if we’re always thinking about the clutter and what needs to be done with it. [15:03] - 12. Ask what really matters now: Even our to-do lists can be cluttered. A clean list that’s focused only on what really matters to the person right then is very beneficial. Charlie shares a procedure for how you can work to create a clean to-do list that is focused on what really needs to be accomplished now. [17:22] - All of the tips are right for you! You can’t go wrong with any of them, and some may be simple enough to accomplish right now. Mentioned in This Episode: Creative Giant Campfire Facebook Group 12 Simple Ways to be Present, Blog Post, on Productive Flourishing 21 Ways to Quickly Short-Circuit a Funk, on Productive Flourishing The Creative Giant Show Episode 54: Demystifying Meditation with Susan Piver Gateway to Presence Guided Meditation, by Tara Brach Open Heart Project Environmental Preference and Restoration, by Koole, S. L., van der Wulp, N. Y. & van den Berg, A. E. Oxytocin-gaze Positive Loop, and the Coevolution of Human-Dog Bonds, by Nagasawa, M. et al. The Simple Guide to a Clutter-Free Home, by Joshua Becker Leave a Review

Coevolution often involves an arms race. You have a predator and prey both upping the game. Like a bat and a moth. Each one trying to outdo the other. If the change in one organism is linked to a change in another organism, genetically speaking, then coevolution is said to have occurred.

In the classic nature-nurture dichotomy, nature has a stronger or weaker influence on nurture, but certainly nurture was supposed to have no impact on nature. Human culture is often taken to be a form of nurture. However, culture itself has evolutionary properties. In particular, culture generates novel environments that in turn select for novel genes. A few dramatic cases of this effect are well known and many more are suspected. Peter Richerson, UC Davis, explains why the nature-nurture dichotomy is an impediment to clear thinking and should be abandoned. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 24108]

In the classic nature-nurture dichotomy, nature has a stronger or weaker influence on nurture, but certainly nurture was supposed to have no impact on nature. Human culture is often taken to be a form of nurture. However, culture itself has evolutionary properties. In particular, culture generates novel environments that in turn select for novel genes. A few dramatic cases of this effect are well known and many more are suspected. Peter Richerson, UC Davis, explains why the nature-nurture dichotomy is an impediment to clear thinking and should be abandoned. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 24108]

For 3.8 billion years, life has lived in a bath of solar radiance. The Sun’s illumination outlines which objects are appealing, bland, or repellant. Its powers of desiccation, blistering, bleaching, and revelation govern a balance between beauty and danger. Its flood of photons shapes light-harvesters (“eyes”), pigments, and surfaces---stretching planetary aesthetics to include "invisible light" (ultraviolet, infrared, and polarized). From euglena to Matisse, all creatures dwell in a variety of luminance locales---dramas of biospheric brightness, color mixes, and rebellions against darkness (such as fireflies and luminescent fish). The most recent rebellion has been human-devised lamps that impact everything from the artistic-military complex (camouflage and mimicry) to the materials, techniques, and display of paintings, electronic imaging, and growing plants. This 55-minute journey travels from unicells to octopi to op-art, with a dose of PR for “planetary color webs” and their influence on awareness, desire, self-direction, memory, contemplation, and curiosity. Armed with a PhD in Biological Anthropology from Harvard, Peter Warshall has shaped watershed theory and practices, conservation biology, relations with Indian tribes in the Southwest, and refugee activities in Africa. For a decade he was the editor of the Whole Earth Review.

Jeff Barrett (UC Irvine) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (10 May, 2012) titled "Modeling the Coevolution of Theory and Language". Abstract: Skyrms-Lewis sender-receiver games with invention allow one to model how a simple mathematical language might be invented and become meaningful as its use coevolves with the basic arithmetic competence of primitive mathematical inquirers. Such models provide sufficient conditions for the invention and evolution of a very basic sort of arithmetic language and practice, and, in doing so, provide insight into the nature of a correspondingly basic sort of mathematical knowledge in an evolutionary context. Given traditional philosophical reflections concerning the nature and preconditions of mathematical knowledge, these conditions are strikingly modest.

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Origins of Modern Human Behavior (Alison Brooks), Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution (Peter Richerson), and Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments (Anna Di Rienzo) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 21015]

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Origins of Modern Human Behavior (Alison Brooks), Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution (Peter Richerson), and Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments (Anna Di Rienzo) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 21015]

We have investigated molecular mechanisms for muscle mass accretion in a non-inbred mouse model (DU6P mice) characterized by extreme muscle mass. This extreme muscle mass was developed during 138 generations of phenotype selection for high protein content. Due to the repeated trait selection a complex setting of different mechanisms was expected to be enriched during the selection experiment. In muscle from 29-week female DU6P mice we have identified robust increases of protein kinase B activation (AKT, Ser-473, up to 2-fold) if compared to 11- and 54-week DU6P mice or controls. While a number of accepted effectors of AKT activation, including IGF-I, IGF-II, insulin/IGF-receptor, myostatin or integrin-linked kinase (ILK), were not correlated with this increase, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) was down-regulated in 29-week female DU6P mice. In addition, higher levels of PTEN phosphorylation were found identifying a second mechanism of PTEN inhibition. Inhibition of PTEN and activation of AKT correlated with specific activation of p70S6 kinase and ribosomal protein S6, reduced phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) and higher rates of protein synthesis in 29-week female DU6P mice. On the other hand, AKT activation also translated into specific inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase 3ß (GSK3ß) and an increase of muscular glycogen. In muscles from 29-week female DU6P mice a significant increase of protein/DNA was identified, which was not due to a reduction of protein breakdown or to specific increases of translation initiation. Instead our data support the conclusion that a higher rate of protein translation is contributing to the higher muscle mass in mid-aged female DU6P mice. Our results further reveal coevolution of high protein and high glycogen content during the selection experiment and identify PTEN as gate keeper for muscle mass in mid-aged female DU6P mice.

David Attenborough looks at ‘life in the trees’: examining how species have evolved to cope with arboreal living. You will learn how lemurs, anteaters, bears and many others have developed different methods to help movement and survival. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

Coevolution happens at many levels, not just the level of species. Organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts serve as good intracellular examples. Other living things make up a crucial component of an organism's environment. Coevolution can occur in helpful ways (symbiosis) and in harmful ways (parasitism). Many factors can influence coevolution, such the frequency and degree of interaction.

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the coevolutionary arms race between the slavemaker P. americanus and its Temnothorax host species from different perspectives. Previous studies on this obligate social parasite have already demonstrated the evolution of morphological, behavioral and chemical adaptations, and have given variable results on the strength of the selection pressure exerted by this parasite. Based on these results, Publication 1 investigates the direct and causal relationship of the parasite pressure exerted by P. americanus and the reaction of nest density, social structure and life history of its main host species T. longispinosus in two ant communities. Publication 2 also enlightens the effects of the substantial selection pressure of P. americanus on its host species, but with a focus on host behavior and defensive anti-parasite adaptations of Temnothorax workers, which are active after host workers are parasitized. Based on the finding of slave rebellion, Publication 3 further investigates the brood acceptance behavior of Temnothorax workers and a potential chemical, recognition mechanism to discriminate between pupae. Finally in Publication 4, a genetic study on the amount of genetic variability and the patterns of gene flow between social parasite- and host populations is presented.

BioPOD's summer special: Alex Rowe muses on malaria, Alexander Medvinsky broods over blood stem cells, Jenny Bangham converses about coevolution, and Ed Sykes gabs about FameLab.