Podcasts about Gregor Mendel

Wetenschappers hebben een manier gevonden om T. Rex-leer te maken. Kan je dan binnenkort bij Louis Vuitton of Hermès terecht voor een handtas in dinoleer? Verder hebben we het over Apple dat de controle wat verliest over zijn App Store, over ChatGPT dat begon zodanig hard aan te vleien dat het gevaarlijk werd en over het DNA-onderzoek van Gregor Mendel, de vader van de genetica.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

durée : 00:04:54 - Avec sciences - par : Alexandra Delbot - Près de 160 ans après ses travaux fondateurs, une nouvelle étude identifie les trois derniers gènes manquants parmi ceux observés par le père de la génétique, Gregor Mendel. Elle apporte aussi des éclairages sur d'autres caractères agronomiques intéressants.

Johannes und Roman blicken zurück auf den Tag des Versuchstiers (24. April). Und es gibt Neues von Gregor Mendel, dem Vater der Genetik.

In this episode:00:46 What will be left of US science after Trump 2.0?100 days into his term, President Donald Trump and his administration have already caused the biggest shakeup in modern scientific history, slashing funding, bringing large swathes of US research to a standstill and halting many clinical trials. But many fear these actions are just the beginning. We look at what the long-term impacts of these decisions might be for science in the United States and the world.Nature: Will US science survive Trump 2.0?13:42 Research HighlightsA distant planet that orbits two stars, at a right angle, and how fringe-lipped bats' hearing helps them find palatable amphibians.Research Highlight: ‘Tatooine'-like planet orbits two stars ― but at a weird angleResearch Highlight: For these bats, eavesdropping is a valuable learnt skill16:07 Briefing ChatThe first skeletal evidence from bones that Roman gladiators fought lions, and scientists finally pinpoint the genes responsible for three of the pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel.BBC News: Bites on gladiator bones prove combat with lionNature: Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel's peas finally solvedSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First up on the podcast, bringing Gregor Mendel's peas into the 21st century. Back in the 19th century Mendel, a friar and naturalist, tracked traits in peas such as flower color and shape over many generations. He used these observations to identify basic concepts about inheritance such as recessive and dominant traits. Staff Writer Erik Stokstad talks with host Sarah Crespi about the difficulty of identifying genes for these phenotypes all these years later. We also hear some other stories from the plant world, including evidence that wavy fields are more attractive to insects and a tree benefits from being struck by lightning.   Next on the show, a carnivorous caterpillar that haunts spiderwebs, camouflaged in its insect prey's body parts. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Daniel Rubinoff, a professor in the department of plant and environmental protection sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, about how such an adaptation might have evolved and the overlooked importance of insect conservation.    Finally, we kick off our 2025 books series on the science of death and dying. Books host Angela Saini and books editor Valerie Thompson talk about the challenges of putting this year's list together and the reads they are looking forward to.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Erik Stokstad; Kevin McLean; Valerie Thompson; Angela Saini  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First up on the podcast, bringing Gregor Mendel's peas into the 21st century. Back in the 19th century Mendel, a friar and naturalist, tracked traits in peas such as flower color and shape over many generations. He used these observations to identify basic concepts about inheritance such as recessive and dominant traits. Staff Writer Erik Stokstad talks with host Sarah Crespi about the difficulty of identifying genes for these phenotypes all these years later. We also hear some other stories from the plant world, including evidence that wavy fields are more attractive to insects and a tree benefits from being struck by lightning.   Next on the show, a carnivorous caterpillar that haunts spiderwebs, camouflaged in its insect prey's body parts. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Daniel Rubinoff, a professor in the department of plant and environmental protection sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, about how such an adaptation might have evolved and the overlooked importance of insect conservation.    Finally, we kick off our 2025 books series on the science of death and dying. Books host Angela Saini and books editor Valerie Thompson talk about the challenges of putting this year's list together and the reads they are looking forward to.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Erik Stokstad; Kevin McLean; Valerie Thompson; Angela Saini  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This lecture is entitled Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial: Highlights of his Life and Legacy. It was presented by Daniel J. Fairbanks of Utah Valley University on November 16, 2022, at the University of Chicago, Social Sciences Building.

Um grupo do livro levou 28 anos para terminar de ler "Finnegans Wake", que por sua vez levou 17 anos para ser escrito por James Joyce. Barbara McClintock revolucionou a genética ao passar mais de 30 anos estudando exclusivamente milho. Por que pessoas escolhem mergulhar de maneira tão profunda em um único objeto? Explicamos como um livro pode ser tão complexo a ponto de levar décadas para ser decifrado e nos perguntamos: ainda há espaço nos nossos dias para esse nível de profundidade em vez de conteúdos rápidos e curtos?Este é mais um episódio do Escuta Essa, podcast semanal em que Denis e Danilo trocam histórias de cair o queixo e de explodir os miolos. Todas as quartas-feiras, no seu agregador de podcasts favorito, é a vez de um contar um causo para o outro.Não deixe de enviar os episódios do Escuta Essa para aquela pessoa com quem você também gosta de compartilhar histórias e aproveite para mandar seus comentários e perguntas no Spotify, nas redes sociais , ou no e-mail escutaessa@aded.studio. A gente sempre lê mensagens no final de cada episódio!...NESTE EPISÓDIO•⁠ ⁠O clube do livro de Venice, na California, levou 28 anos para ler "Finnegans Wake". •⁠ ⁠James Joyce levou 17 anos para terminar "Finnegans Wake", incluindo 4 anos conturbados de pouca ou nenhuma escrita.•⁠ ⁠"Palavras-valise", também conhecidas como "amálgamas" ou "aglutinações", são neologismos resultantes da fusão de duas palavras. •⁠ ⁠Na página da Wikipedia em português é possível comparar a primeira frase de "Finnegans Wake" em 3 traduções diferentes para a língua portuguesa: Augusto de Campos, Donaldo Schüler e o Coletivo Finnegans. •⁠ ⁠O Coletivo Finnegans explica sua proposta de tradução, com exemplos, nesse texto de uma das tradutoras, a Dirce Waltrick do Amarante. •⁠ ⁠"Finnegans Rivolta" é o nome da tradução realizada pelo Coletivo Finnegans. •⁠ ⁠"Finnicius Revém" é o nome da tradução realizada por Donaldo Schüler.•⁠ ⁠Barbara McClintock, ganhadora do prêmio Nobel de Medicina, é considerada, ao lado de Gregor Mendel e Thomas Hunt Morgan, como as três maiores figuras da história da genética. ...AD&D STUDIOA AD&D produz podcasts e vídeos que divertem e respeitam sua inteligência! Acompanhe todos os episódios em aded.studio para não perder nenhuma novidade.

Nuño Domínguez, hoy solo al frente del Ministerio, explica en qué consiste la protonterapia contra el cáncer, que ya funciona en dos hospitales privados españoles y pronto lo hará en 11 públicos. También nos cuenta el hackeo al que lleva dos semanas sometido el INIA, el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria y Alimentaria. Ese es un ataque al sistema científico y universitario español que llega de fuera, pero ¿qué hay de los desafíos que llegan de dentro? Hablamos del caso del catedrático de la universidad de Granada José Antonio Lorente, que, después del documental fantasioso sobre el origen genético de Colón, ha cancelado sine die la rueda de prensa prometida en la que revelaría datos sobre sus investigaciones. Pero hace veinte años que se esperan esos datos. Su actitud daña el prestigio de la universidad española, como también lo daña la actitud de Juan Manuel Corchado, el rector de la Universidad de Salamanca, cuyas prácticas fraudulentas han quedado acreditadas. Hablamos con el catedrático de genética de la Universidad de Salamanca José María Díaz Mínguez para preguntarnos si su caso es excepcional o un síntoma de problemas más generales de la universidad. Díaz Mínguez cree que "hemos estado confundiendo medios y fines. Tradicionalmente los científicos trabajábamos, investigábamos, obteníamos resultados y cuando esos resultados eran de la entidad y envergadura suficiente y además tenían una sólida base experimental o documental, se publicaba. ¿Qué ocurre ahora? Que desde hace unos años, ha entrado la fiebre de de evaluar a todo el mundo por el peso de su currículum. Es decir, 60 publicaciones son mejores que 40 y 40 es mejor que 20 y 2000. El mejor que 100, evidentemente. Pues ya está. Lo único que importa es el número de publicaciones que uno consigue. Este es un criterio absurdo, porque si nos dejamos guiar por eso, la historia de los grandes científicos se nos vendría abajo. Isaac Newton y el padre de mi disciplina, Mendel, no fueron los que más publicaron de su tiempo ni muchísimo menos. Eso sí, publicaron las obras más relevantes. Gregor Mendel, con tan solo un artículo que no leyó casi nadie le bastó para fundar una ciencia."Las editoriales depredadoras y la valoración de los artículos al peso son solo algunos de los problemas de la universidad española, que se enfrenta a una grave situación de infrafinanciación y a problemas endémicos de endogamia y corruptelas. La semana que viene, volvemos al asunto. 

Gregor Mendel was the father of modern genetics. He wrote his most important papers on the topic just a few years after Darwin published the Origin of Species. What people don't realize is that Mendel's papers did not only describe how traits are passed down. He also explained how his ideas of genetics lead directly to an explanation of the origin of species. Was Mendel directly and purposefully contradicting Darwin? Links and notes: Crompton et al. 2024 Mendelian speciation, part 1—what is the abundant source of significant biodiversity, J Creation 37(3):110–120, 2023. Crompton et al. 2024 Mendelian speciation, part 2—latent genetic information, J Creation 38(1):77–86, 2024. Crompton et al. 2024 Mendelian speciation, part 3—fixation and reproductive isolation, J Creation 382):97–104, 2024. Crompton et al. 2024 Mendelian speciation, part 4—adaptive radiations and cis-evolution, J Creation 38(2):105–112, 2024. Gregor Mendel on Wikipedia "They believe in bigger miracles than I do" on YouTube.com Species were designed to change on BiblicalGenetics.com Species were Designed to Change on Creation.com Arguments we think a creationist should not use on creation.com Wort und Wissen

Franz-Maria Sonner schreibt Hörspiele und Romane und unter dem Pseudonym Max Bronski ist er Autor von Krimis. Jetzt hat Sonner ein Porträt über den Mann geschrieben, der die Mendelschen Regeln erfand, Gregor Mendel.

The hot pepper business is en fuego! While total market size in the United States stood at about $1.28 billion in 2022, predictably, it will continue to grow as the chili pepper has become an American kitchen staple. Although multinational corporations like the Kraft Heinz Company, McCormick, Campbell, and Unilever lead the way, the next tier of privately held businesses are catching up, fueled by innovation, trends, and leaning into the diversification of American cultural taste demands.Enter Smokin' Ed Currie, the most famous pepper breeder on the planet. In fact, Ed's farm grows more than 100,000 pepper plants annually. A modern day Gregor Mendel, this three-time Guinness Book World of Records holder has created the world's hottest chilis: the Carolina Reaper, and the current hottie of hotties, Pepper X.In this episode, Marc speaks with Ed Currie, founder and president of the Pucker Butt Pepper Company. Ed shares his journey from learning about plants from his mother to becoming an innovator in the pepper farming industry. During the discussion, Ed reveals insights into his sustainable farming practices, the scientific methods he uses to create super hot peppers, and his record-breaking pepper, Pepper X.He also touches on the health benefits of capsaicin, the impact of hurricanes on his farm, and the growth of hot sauce popularity in the U.S. Ed's personal stories, including the adoption of his children and living in a Frank Lloyd Wright home, add a heartfelt dimension to the conversation. The episode concludes with Ed's vision for the future of his company in advancing medical research.Sign up for the Some Future Day Newsletter here: https://marcbeckman.substack.com/Episode Links:Ed Currie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edcurrie1/Pucker Butt Pepper Company: https://puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/To join the conversation, follow Marc Beckman here: YoutubeLinkedInTwitterInstagramTikTok

Gregor Mendel ist alt, krank, enttäuscht über vergebliche Momente und Anstrengungen. Müde und demütig blickt er zurück auf sein Leben. Als Bauernsohn aufgewachsen, bekommt er die Chance, studiert und findet schließlich einen sicheren Hafen im Brünner Augustinerstift. Mendel fokussiert sich auf den Klostergarten und beginnt mit Forschungen, züchtet Erbsen und experimentiert mit ersten Kreuzungsversuchen. Zu Lebzeiten werden seine Ergebnisse zur Merkmalsvererbung ignoriert. Erst viele Jahrzehnte nach seinem Tod werden sie aufgegriffen, spielen eine Rolle in den Vorstellungen von sogenannter „Rassenhygiene“ und Eugenik. Annemarie Stoltenberg spricht in „NDR Kultur à la carte“ mit Franz-Maria Sonner über das Drama einer bemerkenswerten Biografie.

Was macht die Theorien von Gregor Mendel so besonders und was haben sie mit aktuellen Problemen bei Tierversuchen zu tun? Darüber sprechen Roman und Johannes.

SERIES 3 EPISODE 20: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Bliock (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump completely changes his Arlington Cemetery Scandal story. He had already single-handedly reignited his Arlington National Cemetery scandal by implying the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense are LYING about it, when Fox News doubled down on his lie, and basically put the entirety of the military establishment in the same position Senator Joe McCarthy tried to put it in, in 1954. The mistake – deciding you and your lies are more important than the military's truth – destroyed McCarthy. And it could conceivably destroy Trump. If one day your spokesclowns insist there WAS an event at the cemetery, only it was the fault of an unprincipled woman having a mental health episode, and that you have an exculpatory video proving so, and then you suddenly change the story and insist instead that "there was no conflict or 'fighting'...It was a made up story" by Vice President Harris, you give Senate Democrats and cemetery officials and the entirety of the Defense Department only one option: to investigate it fully. You would've thought Trump would've remembered not to take on the military with lies. The man who led McCarthy to his doom was none other than McCarthy's chief counsel - future Trump mentor Roy Cohn. And by the way: why is anybody - especially Trump - assuming that there is no security video from that day at Arlington National Cemetery that the military could release immediately? Why aren't news organizations demanding confirmation or denials that it exists, and copies of it if it does? POLLING: Harris by six nationally and closing gaps on Trump in all issue categories, per USA Today. A Harris three-tenths of a point lead in Michigan turns into a Trump 1.2 point lead (but the pollster is one-and-a-half stars). AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF POLLING: A North Carolina news outlet quotes six employees and customers of the city's video porn stores of a quarter century ago as saying current Republican candidate for governor Mark Robinson was a five-nights-a-week customer.  B-Block (26:35) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Elon Musk advocates for the world to be run only by elite males. Why would he exclude himself like that? The newest participant in the Activote "poll" is Abbot Gregor Mendel (Died, 1884). And Timmy Tammy Tomi Lahren doesn't know that airbuds aren't secure and Vice Presidents can't use them. C-Bloc (31:18) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Continuing our preview of the National Football League season, let's flash back to the one that started and suddenly stopped. The 1982 NFL strike and how I - as a 23-year old rookie reporter - somehow became the confidant of the union leaders, to the point of going drinking with them!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Chad Niederhuth, an erstwhile academic plant geneticist now working in industry. Niederhuth and Razib discuss the reality that in 2024 it is often human genetics that gets the glory, even though experiments on plants go back to the field's very origins with Gregor Mendel and his peas. Niederhuth's original training is in molecular genetics, and they discuss the relevance of differences in basic biological machinery between plants and animals, for example the reality that the former have chloroplasts while the latter have mitochondria. They also extensively discuss the flexibility and variation across plants in terms of size and organization of the genome; plants much more often deviate from a diploid two-gene-copy setup than animals, and their range of genome size is enormous. While the smallest plant genome is 61,000,000 bases, the largest is 148,800,000,000 bases (2,400 times larger than the human genome).  Razib and Niederhuth discuss the flexibility and utility of plants in basic genetic research, but also in the applied agricultural context. Though classic techniques of selection are still relevant, more and more researchers are using genomic methods that look at variation at the DNA level to predict traits in the next generation, and so allow for more robust and productive cultivars. Razib also notes that public queasiness over genetic engineering in animals, let alone humans, does not seem to apply equally to plants, meaning that GMO techniques can be perfected in crops first before transferring to animal or medical contexts. Finally, Niederhuth talks about his transition from being faculty at a research university to a scientist in the private sector. Overall Niederhuth is happy because his pay is greater, and his responsibilities are narrower and more focused. While as a professor he had to also split his time between teaching and serving extensively on committees, his current position is focused entirely on the research he finds so gratifying. Razib and Niederhuth also discuss the politicization of academic science that has occurred over the last 15 years, and the institution's future prospects.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life. What is the essence of being alive? This is the question that geneticist and cell biologist Paul Nurse dissects in his book What Is Life? At the core of life is the cell — an entity that can grow, divide, and reproduce. Using yeast as a model organism, Nurse discovered a similarity in cell reproduction mechanisms between yeast and humans, hinting at a shared ancestral origin for all life. This commonality extends to genes, the units of inheritance, first recognized in pea plants by Gregor Mendel. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection proposes that life adapts and evolves, favoring traits — and the genes that encode them — that are advantageous for survival. The essence of life, therefore, is a complex orchestration of chemistry and information management that allows organisms to adapt and persist through inheritance. Chapters: 0:00 The big question of biology 0:57 1. The Cell 2:41 2. The Gene 3:28 3. Evolution by natural selection 4:20 4. Chemistry 5:20 5. Information 6:27 What is life? About Big Think | Smarter Faster™ ► Big Think Our mission is to make you smarter, faster. Watch interviews with the world's biggest thinkers on science, philosophy, business, and more. Get Smarter Faster, With Daily Episodes From The Worlds Biggest Thinkers. Follow Big Think Share This Episode With A Friend Leave A 5 Star Review --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigthink/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyIn this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

Su gran experimento -y el más famoso- fue el realizado con guisantes, a partir del cual pudo desarrollar las famosas leyes de la genética: las Leyes de Mendel. Aunque se le conoce por su trabajo en el campo de la biología, también fue monje agustino y un gran aficionado a las matemáticas. Sin embargo, su papel fundamental en la ciencia no fue valorado hasta muchos años más tarde después de la publicación de su trabajo. Descubre más historias curiosas en el canal National Geographic y en Disney +.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1038, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Genetics 1: "Genetics" as we use the word was coined in a 1905 letter by William Bateson, who popularized this monk's work. (Gregor) Mendel. 2: The "23" of 23andme.com, a site tracing ancestry and personal genetic information, refers to pairs of these. chromosomes. 3: Way faster than it used to be, it's the act of determining a series like ACAAGATGCC and with it your genetic blueprint. sequencing a genome. 4: This test performed between the 15th and 18th weeks of pregnancy can detect fetal genetic disorders. amniocentesis. 5: In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain. corn. Round 2. Category: Surviving Prohibition 1: Many breweries tried making this rhyming product, like Schlitz Famo, with less than .5% alcohol content. near beer. 2: Unable to brew, Pabst started making Pabst-ett, a Velveeta-like cheese; eventually this competitor sued. Kraft. 3: In 1925 this Milwaukee family couldn't sell its brewery but was living the "High Life" after Prohibition ended. Miller. 4: This brewery bought a Colorado ceramics company and sold porcelain under the brand name; the ceramics co. is worth billions today. Coors. 5: Many breweries struggled but got by selling beer ingredients like syrup made from this, sprouted barley grains. malt. Round 3. Category: Aye Aye, Captain 1: A national park on this country's South Island is named for Captain Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: In 1837 Captain Matthew Perry took command of the U.S. Navy's first ship powered by this. steam. 3: This New World settlement was founded May 14, 1607 by a group led by Captain Christopher Newport. Jamestown. 4: After his fleet took New Orleans in April 1862, this captain was promoted to rear admiral. David Farragut. 5: This British explorer of the Pacific Northwest has his own herb as well as an island. George Vancouver. Round 4. Category: Makeup 1: Some women dye their lashes instead of using this traditional eyelash makeup. mascara. 2: Common color of beauty patches, which were sometimes cut in silhouettes of friends or family. black. 3: As its name implies, one of these, often in stick or cream form, is used especially to cover up dark circles and blemishes. concealer. 4: Here are an array of eye shadows in one of these, like what a painter uses. a palette. 5: An alternative to foundation, BB cream can stand for beauty or blemish this soothing 4-letter word. balm. Round 5. Category: Fearful Quotes 1: According to Alexander Pope, these "rush in where angels fear to tread". fools. 2: This larger-than-life tenor said, "Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?". Pavarotti. 3: Hard to believe she was ever alone, but this Gallic sex kitten revealed, "Solitude scares me". Brigitte Bardot. 4: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer" is an axiom used by Bene Gesserit witches in this '65 Herbert novel. Dune. 5: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear", opined this master of horror novels like "The Lurking Fear". H.P. Lovecraft. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser first realised plants are extraordinary and astonishing at school, when introduced to the round and wrinkled peas of Gregor Mendel. She is fascinated by plant genetics and as Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge her particular focus has been on a hormone called auxin which controls the growth of plants. In 2020, she was appointed the chief executive of UK Research and Innovation whose mission is to work in partnership with research organisations, universities, businesses, charities and government to “push the frontiers of human knowledge and understanding" and deliver economic, social and cultural impact, with a budget of more than £8 billion each year. Dame Ottoline is a fellow of the Royal Society and in 2017 she was appointed DBE for services to plant science, science in society and equality and diversity in science.Her music choices include Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Debussy.

Alojz Ihan, Alenka Zupančič, Marina Dermastia in Tomaž Zwitter o dvomu in kritičnem razumu Zadnja tri leta so nam govorili, naj zaupamo v znanost in izsledke raziskav. Govorili so, naj zaupamo in verjamemo poznavalcem, strokovnjakom, znanstvenikom. Vendar; ali ni prav dvom bistvo znanosti? Ali ni kritični razum tisto, kar najbolj krasi inteligentnega človeka? Vprašanja, ki odpirajo širše dileme. Ali moramo zaupati v znanost? Ali lahko verjamemo znanstvenicam in znanstvenikom? V Intelekti razmišljajo: zdravnik Alojz Ihan, filozofinja Alenka Zupančič, biologinja Marina Dermastia in astrofizik Tomaž Zwitter. Vsi so doktorji znanosti, ugledni predavatelji, vsi pišejo in objavljajo. Na debato v studio Prvega jih je povabil Iztok Konc. Foto, od leve proti desni in od spodaj navzdol: Aristotel, filozof (384-321 pr. n. št) Satyendra Nath Bose, fizik in matematik (1894-1974) Emanuelle Charpentier, genetičarka (1954) Dorothy Hodgkin, kemičarka (1910-1994) Gregor Mendel, genetik (1822-1884) Stephen Hawking, kozmolog (1942-2018) Sigmund Freud, psihoanalitik (1856-1939) Charles Darwin, biolog (1809-1882) Mohamed ibn Musa al Hvarizmi, astronom in matematik (780-847) Ada Lovelace, matematičarka (1815-1852) Niels Bohr, fizik (1885-1962) Tu Youyou, farmakologinja (1930) Nikolaj Kopernik, astronom (1473-1543) Dmitri Mendeleev, kemik (1834-1907) Albert Einstein, fizik (1879-1955) Marie Curie, fizičarka in kemičarka (1867-1934) Jennifer Doudna, biokemičarka (1964) Alan Turing, računalničar (1912-1954) Max Planck, fizik (1858-1947) Konstantin Ciolkovski, raketni znanstvenik (1857-1935) Alessandro Volta, fizik in kemik (1745-1827) Maryam Mirzakhani, matematičarka (1977-2017) Fibonacci, matematik (1170-1250) Nikola Tesla, elektroinženir (1856-1943) Louis Pasteur, mikrobiolog (1822-1895) Ferdinand de Saussure, jezikoslovec (1857-1913) Galileo Galilei, astronom (1564-1642) Rosalind Franklin, kemičarka (1920-1958) Isaac Newton, fizik (1642-1727) Herman Potočnik Noordung, teoretik plovbe po vesolju (1892-1929) Claude Levi-Strauss, antropolog (1908-2009) Vera Rubin, astronomka (1928-2016) Johannes Kepler, astronom (1571-1630) Jane Goodall, primatologinja (1934)   Vse fotografije so na Wikipediji objavljene kot javna last, z izjemo naslednjih: al-Hvarizmi (Wikipedija, Davide Mauro), de Saussure (Wikipedija, Frank-Henri Jullien), Tu (Wikipedija, Bengt Nyman), Franklin (Wikipedija, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology), Charpentier (Wikipedija, Bianca Fioretti), Doudna (Wikipedija, Cmichel67), Goodall (Wikipedija, Muhammad Mahdi Karim), Rubin (Wikipedija, NOIRLab), Lévi-Strauss (Wikipedija, UNESCO), Fibonacci (Wikipedija, Hans-Peter Postel), Mirzakhani (Wikipedija, Maryeraud9),

We have a new podcast! It's called Universe Of Art, and it's all about artists who use science to bring their creations to the next level. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.   Protecting Other Planets From Earth's Germs For decades, people have been trying to figure out how to avoid contaminating other planets as they explore them—an idea called planetary protection. As missions venture forth to places such as Mars or Jupiter's moon, Europa, the need to protect worlds that could support life becomes more critical. And at the same time, as space programs begin to bring samples back to Earth from places like Mars or asteroids, planetary protection becomes a concern in another way—the need to protect Earth from potential unknown life forms from the cosmos. Sending humans to another world raises the stakes even more. NASA has a limit of no more than 300,000 spores (single-celled organisms) allowed on board robotic Mars landers. But human bodies contain trillions of microorganisms, making it impossible for human missions to achieve the same level of microbial cleanliness as robotic landers. Dr. Nick Benardini is a NASA official responsible for ensuring that the proper precautions are made to prevent humans from contaminating outer space. Ira Flatow spoke to him about how to avoid spreading microbes between planets.   Ask An Expert: An Evolution Education Most people raised in the U.S. were taught about evolution in science class growing up. But how much do you actually remember? Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species or Gregor Mendel's pea plant experiments may ring a bell, but it's likely most of us could use a refresher. A good grasp on the science of evolution is extra important these days, argues Prosanta Chakrabarty, author of the new book, Explaining Life Through Evolution, and curator of fishes at Louisiana State University. In 2008, Louisiana's governor signed the Louisiana Science Education Act, which allows schools to teach creationism as an alternative to evolution. Chakrabarty joins Ira to talk about the science behind evolution and take questions from listeners. Read an excerpt of the book here.   To stay updated on all-things-science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.

Spain's election ends in deadlock - but will a fugitive separatist leader be the kingmaker? Devastating wildfires in Greece spark the country's biggest ever evacuation. Can Turkey salvage the Ukrainian grain deal? Putting the father of modern genetics back on the map. And could lab-grown meat help save the climate

Pinkie and Mildred honor Gregor Mendel and his achievements as "The Father of Genetics"  Also quotes from Albert Einstein.

This week's episode of the Bees with Ben podcast features a question-and-answer session between Ben and his special studio guest, Brent Nixon, who has driven down from Ballarat South for the occasion. Naturally, Ben's first question for Brent is how he started out with bees? Brent explains that he grew up in a family of cattle breeders and wanted to breed something for himself. He studied genetics at university, including the pioneering work of Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics. Many people don't realize that Mendel, who was a monk, also conducted research with bees, which were often kept at monasteries to produce beeswax candles, in addition to honey. Mendel was attempting to breed bees using a cage, which wasn't really effective, but his early work was taken up by Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey in the UK - the creator of the ‘Buckfast bee'. Brent became fascinated with breeding bees, but although he had the theoretical knowledge, he had never been inside a hive. Then about 8 years ago, his wife's uncle, who was a beekeeper, found him a swarm - located about 10 metres up a tree. Brent was given a half suit and positioned under the swarm, with instructions to catch the bees in a box, while the uncle clambered up the tree to dislodge the insects. Somehow, Brent managed to catch the queen, and the beekeeper told him to put the box down, and that the rest of the swarm would soon follow, which they did. Today, Brent has his own podcast called ‘Breeding the Honey Bee', which is named after the famous book written by Brother Adam. He has recorded 11 episodes to date, including an interview with the head beekeeper at Buckfast Abbey. Ben is quizzed about the development of his business and the transition from part-time to his main source of income. He says he started off slowly and built his business on diversification; he vividly remembers making beeswax candles in his kitchen and struggling to clean the wax off the lino floor (Brent interjects that he thinks he ruined the plumbing in his first house as some beeswax went down the sink). Ben goes on to say that one of the main problems is that the business is so seasonal, and that he struggled to get through the winter in the early years. He cautions that he has seen beekeeping businesses go too hard and too quick, and ultimately fall over. https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/?fbclid=IwAR3LekNglAfD_R-psKhjH102qzkBorcgBHJqcJ6D8e5NAqiyKgroh9sFL1k https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/podcast?fbclid=IwAR0vDUhGW0Axip2VCqp4TEi7tK6rQa06rWOAC-XQINwri6qXuSUUdeXn3G8 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150361712418055

Imagine transforming high school biology education by integrating synthetic biology into the curriculum, igniting students' passion for learning and preparing them for future success. How do you make this possible? This BioBuilder podcast focuses on two extraordinary biology teachers, Amanda Blackburn and Evie Lafollette, who share their inspiring journey of bringing synthetic biology to Dobbins Bennett High School in Tennessee.Amanda and Evie discuss their BioBuilder training experience in Boston where they discovered this synbio curriculum and its incredible opportunities for their students. From developing unique passions to exploring groundbreaking fields like organism engineering, this episode explores how the BioBuilder curriculum prepares students for AP Capstone research, teaching them independence and essential life skills. We also delve into the exciting evolution of genetic engineering, from Gregor Mendel's discoveries to today's synthetic biology advancements.In this captivating conversation, Amanda and Evie share how the BioBuilder curriculum fosters resilience and critical thinking in their students. Learn how they encourage students with diverse learning abilities to pursue their interests, develop their projects, and adapt to unexpected changes. Discover the cutting-edge technology they use, such as CRISPR, to better understand the engineering process and position their students for future achievements. This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about education and unlocking the potential of the next generation.Learn more about BioBuilder's programs for students, educators, and industry professionals here

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee   Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1772 Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, German botanist, is born. Karl Friedrich von Gaertner had a fantastic last name; Gaertner translates to mean gardener. Karl was a second-generation gardener. His dad was Joseph Gaertner, the great German botanist and horticulturist, so Karl essentially stepped in his father's footsteps. Karl's claim to fame was his work with hybrids with hybridizing plants. Along with other botanists, he laid the foundation for Gregor Mendel, who discovered the basic principles of heredity through his experiments with peas in his garden at the Augustinian monastery he lived in at Brno ("BURR-no") in the Czech Republic.   1890 Phebe Holder's poem, A Song of May, appeared in newspapers this month. In addition to her religious poems, Phebe wrote about the natural world. Gardeners delight in her poems for spring and fall. Phebe is a fabulous New England Victorian poet and gardener I love and admire. She loved the delicate plants of springtime and wrote a poem called A Song of May. What song hast thou, sweet May, for me, My listening ear what song for thee? A song of life from growing things, The life thy gentle presence brings; The tender light of budding spray. The blooming down on willow grey, The living green that earth overspreads, The creamy flowers on mossy beds. From blossoms pure with petals white As pressed from out the moonbeam's light. The fragrant lily of the vale, The violet's breath on passing gale: Anemones mid last year's*leaves, Arbutus sweet in trailing wreaths, From waving lights of forest glade The light ferns hiding neath the shade. A song of joy from wood and plain, From birds in old-time haunts again; The silvery laugh of tuneful rill O'er rocky bed, down craggy hill; Soft coming of warm dropping showers, The sighing wind in piney bowers; The music breathed by low-voiced waves, For listening, from ocean caves, A plaintive strain doth memory sing, A breathing of departed Spring: An unseen Presence in the home, A spirit voice-"The Master's come!". While hearts in tender sorrow wept O'er one beloved who silent slept, Who in the May-time long ago Passed the pearl gates of glory through. A grateful song, our God, to Thee For treasures of the earth and sea; For all the beauty Thou hast given; A dream to loving hearts, of heaven; A song of life, of joy, of love, Of trust, of faith in light adore This offering on thy shrine I lay; This song hast thou for me, sweet May.   Phebe's A Song of May recalls the flowers of spring. In the second verse, she's touching on many great spring beauties: the Lily of the Valley, violets, anemones, The Mayflower (also known as the trailing arbutus), and then, of course, ferns. In May, fern fronds cover the woodlands and understories. All of these spring plants emerge very quickly once they get growing. The ground transforms from leaf-littered - brown, drab, and dreary - to excellent with beautiful little blossoms.   1822 Thomas Hoy, English gardener, horticulturist, and botanist, died. Thomas was a dedicated gardener and head gardener for the Duke of Northumberland for over four decades - so he worked with plants his entire life. Thomas was a fellow of the Linnaean Society and liked to show his work at various plant societies And outings.  Thomas is remembered as an experienced botanist and a capable cultivator. He was very good at his job. In fact, he was so good that the botanist Robert Brown named a popular plant genus for Thomas Hoy. Can you guess what it is? Well, if you were thinking Hoya, you are correct. The Hoya is a beautiful way to be remembered and honored. I love Hoyas. I picked up a couple of variegated Hoyas over the winter, and I'm so excited to see what the flower looks like.  Overall the Hoya is a gorgeous plant named for the intelligent, thoughtful, and dedicated gardener Thomas Hoy, who died on this day when he was 72.    1867 Ralph Waldo Emerson inscribed a copy of his book, May Day, to Sophie Thoreau, the devoted sister of Henry David Thoreau. May Day is a collection of Emerson's writing and poems and includes the line, "Why chidest thou the tardy spring?" from his May Day poem. Why chidest thou the tardy Spring? The hardy bunting does not chide; The blackbirds make the maples ring With social cheer and jubilee; The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee, The robins know the melting snow; The sparrow meek, prophetic-eyed, Her nest beside the snow-drift weaves, Secure the osier yet will hide Her callow brood in mantling leaves; And thou, by science all undone, Why only must thy reason fail To see the southing of the sun?   In other words, why be upset that spring is late? Spring has everything in hand. Don't be angry about nature's timing. A library first shared this inscription with Ralph Waldo Emerson's beautiful handwriting. About a decade after receiving the book, Sophie gifted the book to her friend Mabel Loomis and inscribed the transfer in the book. If you're looking for a sentimental month of May gift or have a May birthday and want to give something unique, look for an old copy of May Day by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It's a beautiful gift.   Well, it turns out that May 1st is a great day to release a brand new gardening book, and so I thought I'd wrap up today's botanical history with three great garden books released on May 1st.   2001 The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from the Roof of the World by Jim Jermyn. If you're into growing mountain plants, Alpine plants, wildflowers, etc., and if you have a cold climate, you'll enjoy this book.   2015 Monet's Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen Garden At Giverny by Aileen Bordman   2018 Herbal Medicine for Beginners: Your Guide to Healing Common Ailments with 35 Medicinal Herbs by Katja Swift     Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Emily's Fresh Kitchen by Emily Maxson This book came out in January of 2022, and the subtitle is Cook Your Way to Better Health.  I must be honest and let you know that I stumbled on this book at my local Goodwill and was immediately taken with it. I think it's fantastic. And I can't believe I missed it last year, so I'm playing catch up here. But the cover captivated me because it features a great soup - Her Roasted Butternut with Sage Soup infused with Coconut Cream. I bet it's fantastic. It sure makes for a pretty cover. And I must say that all of the pictures in this book are beautiful. I wanted to share a little bit about Emily because her story has inspired so much of her work, and she writes, After a Crohn's disease diagnosis at age 28 and over a decade of unsuccessful traditional treatment, Emily Maxson discovered the specific carbohydrate diet's positive effects and food's transformative power to improve health. She's a trained chef who poured her heart into creating delectable dishes that meet her diet's rigorous guidelines.   So the diet that she's following is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. If you haven't heard about it, Emily is an expert. And for her, the diet has led to a healthier and happier life. Now, if you're curious about this and can't wait to get the book, head over to her website Emily's Fresh Kitchen - it's the same name as the book title. You will find incredible recipes, inspiring stories, and photos there. She does a top-notch job. I also want to share more about this Specific Carbohydrate Diet because you're probably curious. This is a primarily plant-based diet, which is great for gardeners who want to eat fresh from the garden. And here's what Emily writes about on page nine of her book. Following this diet, I cooked myself out of disease and into good health. While the diet was strict, the results were miraculous. It was such a blessing not to have to take medications or to spend time in hospitals, my gut was healthy again, and I was able to start introducing foods that were not allowed while following the diet. Today, I strive for my diet to be 80% plant-based. I focus on fiber and try to get a variety of plant foods in my diet daily, including some gluten-free whole grains.   This diet and way of life are working for her. Consequently, Emily has written a great cookbook with lots of ideas. I thought what I would do is walk you through the chapters here. First, she does a quick overview of what's in her pantry. Then, she talks about her favorite kitchen tools. I love the gadgets, and I love her tips on this. Emily has an excellent section on salads, main dishes, soups, sides, breakfast, and smoothies. That's a critical section for me because I always feel like if I can nail down what I'm having for breakfast, the rest of the day goes well. Then she shares appetizers and savory snacks, which is a good section, too. I've been looking for delicious things I can eat in the evenings. I will check this out. The next chapter covers sweets, treats, condiments, dressings, and spice blends. This is an essential tool, especially if you're going to a plant-based diet because you don't want to lose the flavor. And then drinks and cocktails. Emily is pretty thorough, and it's easy to tell that this is an entire lifestyle for her. She's mastered this, and she can use her own story as a testament to the fact that it does work; to cook your way to better health. This book is 284 pages of nutritious and flavorful dishes that will help heal your body and get you back on the road to health. You can get a copy of Emily's Fresh Kitchen: Cook Your Way to Better Health by Emily Maxson and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $25. This is a great gift book if you're looking for an excellent garden-to-table cookbook.    Botanic Spark 1859 On this day, Calvin Fletcher, American attorney, banker, farmer, and state senator in Indianapolis, wrote these words in his diary: This a most delightful Sabbath morn and the anniversary of my leaving Westford, Massachusetts in 1817 forty two years ago. [It's] also the anniversary of my alliance to my sainted wife in 1821 thirty eight years ago to day. Both days are of great beauty & loveliness. This morn I worked my garden & retrospected on the past. Brought up the enumerable reasons for gratitude to Almighty God for the undeserved blessings have enjoyed. All nature seemed to accord to my strain of thought. Bless the Lord O! my soul & all that is within me say Amen! Mrs. F. & I went to Westly Chapel to hear E. preach from the Canticles (Solomon's Songs): "The winter is past & the time of singing of birds has come..."   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

What do you do when your boy/friend might not be completely forthright in his motivations and actions? Especially when those actions involve a GREAT deal of death and deception? How does one cope with loss? Loss of identity? Of Loved ones? Of one's place in the world or even one's own name? We are covering episodes 4-6 of 2018's Devilman Crybaby. Plus: Math is... good? Brad is Gregor Mendel, Sophia's obsessed with boats, and we get to hear all about a mysterious botanical affliction in the Rocky Mountains. PS: Yes I know Brad is congested AGAIN in this. Accept it. Find us on social media! Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/monsterfwb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monsterfwb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@monster_fwb (Also lots of info here: https://beacons.ai/monsterfwb aaand here: https://anchor.fm/monsterfwb) Citations: Sample/Sound website: https://freesound.org (Please donate to them) carpet muncher 2.wav by zagi2(Song we mention @ ~6m): https://freesound.org/people/zagi2/sounds/265203/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monsterfwb/message

A key goal of eugenics in the 20th century was to eliminate genetic defects from a population. Many countries pursued this with state-led programmes of involuntary sterilisation, even murder. We unpick some of the science behind this dark history, and consider the choices and challenges opened up by the science today. In the mid-19th century, an Augustinian friar called Gregor Mendel made a breakthrough. By breeding pea plants and observing how certain traits were passed on, Mendel realised there must be units - little packets - of information determining characteristics. He had effectively discovered the gene. His insights inspired eugenicists from the 1900s onwards. If traits were passed on by specific genes, then their policies should stop people with ‘bad' genes from having children. Mendel's ideas are still used in classrooms today - to teach about traits like eye colour. But the eugenicists thought Mendel's simple explanations applied to everything - from so-called ‘feeblemindedness' to criminality and even pauperism. Today, we recognise certain genetic conditions as being passed on in a Mendelian way. Achondroplasia - which results in short stature - is one example, caused by a single genetic variant. We hear from Professor Tom Shakespeare about the condition, about his own decision to have children despite knowing the condition was heritable - and the reaction of the medical establishment. We also explore how genetics is taught in schools today - and the danger of relying on Mendel's appealingly simple but misleading account. Contributors: Dr Brian Donovan, senior research scientist at BSCS, Prof Tom Shakespeare, disability researcher at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Dr Christine Patch, principal staff scientist in Genomic Counselling in the Society and Ethics Research group, part of Wellcome Connecting Science.

In this Social Science Bites podcast, interviewer David Edmonds asks psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden what she could divine about his educational achievements if all she knew about him was his complete genome. “Based just on your genetic information,” she starts, “I would be able to guess about as well as I would be able to guess if I knew how much money your parents had made per year when you were growing up.” Based on current knowledge drawn from recent samples in the United States, Harden estimates an “educational attainment polygenetic score” accounts for 15 to 17 percent of the variance in educational attainment, which is defined by years of formal education. The strength of the relationship is similar to environmental factors such as that for family wealth and educational attainment, or between educational attainment and wages. Harden's “guess” is as about as educated as someone in the realm could make – she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics Lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project at the University of Texas. Her first book was 2021's The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. One thing she stresses is that genetic influence on human behavior is not the single-factor ideal youngsters learn about in their first brush with Gregor Mendel and his pea plants. “Almost nothing we study as psychologists is monogenetic, influenced by one gene. It's all polygenetic, meaning that there are thousands of genetic variants, each of which has a tiny probabilistic effect. If you add up all of that information, all of that genetic difference, it ends up making a difference for people's likelihood of developing schizophrenia or doing better on intelligence test scores or having an autism spectrum disorder – but none of these things are influenced by just one gene.” Plus, that “polygenetic score” varies based on environmental factors, such as whether you were raised in an authoritarian state. “If I had my exact DNA that I have now,” she details, “but I was raised in 1850s France compared to 1980s America, my educational output would be different, obviously, because my gender would have been interacting with those opportunity structures in a different way.” As those structures evolve into ladders instead of roadblocks, the more utility we can derive from knowing the role of genetics. “The more we ‘level the playing field,' the more that people have environments that are rich and conducive to their individual flourishing, the more we should expect to see, and the more in empirical practice we do see, the role of genetic differences in people.” In the shadow of eugenics and other genetics-based pseudo-sciences legacy, is harnessing that genetic influence for policy use good or bad? As Harden has experienced since her book published, “you can't really talk about genes and education without fairly quickly running into some contested issues about fairness and equality.” In fact, she argues that much of her on heritability doesn't so much answer social science questions as much as it “poses a problem for the social sciences.” In the podcast Harden discusses the Genome-wide Association Study, which she describes with a laugh as “a giant fishing expedition” in which researchers measure the DNA – genotype – from thousands or even millions of individuals and then measure that across the genome, for what comes down to “ a giant correlational exercise. Which genes are more common in people who are high on a trait versus low on a trait, or who have a disease versus don't have a disease?” Harden also addresses the reasons she studies identical twins in her research, the cooption of genetic tropes to advance toxic worldviews, and how race – which she rejects as a proxy for genetic differences — plays out in the real world as opposed to the lab.

On today's ID the Future philosopher of science Paul Nelson discusses a new paper in Nature making waves in the scientific community, “Papers and Patents are Becoming Less Disruptive over Time.” According to Michael Park and his fellow researchers, the rate of groundbreaking scientific discoveries is declining while the percentage of consolidating (or incremental) science is coming to dominate. Is the spirit of groundbreaking scientific discovery withering, and if so, why? Nelson notes a 1997 book by John Horgan, The End of Science. Nelson credits Horgan for seeing the trend a generation ahead of the Park paper, but Nelson breaks with Horgan on the diagnosis. Horgan posits that groundbreaking science is declining because we have already made most of the Read More › Source

In this special solo episode, Madeline celebrates turning 25 by talking briefly about 25 Catholic scientists that she thinks people should know about. From well-known to the less known, from canonized saints to the Catholic laymen, from priest to married, they span a variety of science disciplines and vocations. Here's the list of the 25 in order of being mentioned:St. Albert the GreatFr. Georges Lemaitre, SJFr. Gregor Mendel, OSASt. Gianna Beretta MollaSr. Miriam Michael Stimson, OPFr. Angelo Secchi, SJSt. Joseph CanhBonaventura CavalieriVenerable Jerome LejeuneLouis BrailleAndre-Marie AmpereBl. Carlo AcutisPope Sylvester IISt. Hildegard of BingenBl. Hermann ReichenauBl. Nicolaus StenoBl. Jose Gregorio HernandezSt. Guiseppe MoscatiServant of God Takashi NagaiBl. Guadalupe OrtizBl. Benedetta Bianca PorraAlessandro VoltaSt. Luke the EvangelistSt. CosmasSt. DamianMadeline highly recommends reading up on these cool Catholic scientists!Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcastDon't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Are we at the beginning of a new space race? NASA Administrator Bill Nelson thinks so. Plus, why father of genetics Gregor Mendel's skeleton was dug up last year. And a chance to read history's most famous diarist's words in real time over the next decade.Links:‘We better watch out': NASA boss sounds alarm on Chinese moon ambitions (Politico)China sets out clear and independent long-term vision for space (Space News)‘We're in a space race': Nasa sounds alarm at Chinese designs on moon (The Guardian)NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia's leaky Soyuz ship (Reuters)Russia wants to send cosmonauts to China space station (Space.com)Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed his DNA (NPR)The Body Of Gregor Mendel, Father Of Genetics, Was Dug Up For DNA Analysis (IFL Science)Video of Gregor Mendel's skeleton (BrnoNewsCTV, Twitter)The Diary of Samuel PepysThe Diary of Samuel Pepys tweets (samuelpepys, Twitter)Jackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I read from dignitary to dihydroxy-.     2 letters making a new thing is a "digraph". And I still think it's funny that the sound they make is called the "value". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)     Gregor Mendel was the dude who thought of making "dihybrids". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihybrid_cross     The word of the episode is "dignity".     Theme music from Jonah Kraut https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

A key goal of eugenics in the 20th century was to eliminate genetic defects from a population. Many countries pursued this with state-led programmes of involuntary sterilisation, even murder. We unpick some of the science behind this dark history, and consider the choices and challenges opened up by the science today. In the mid-19th century, an Augustinian friar called Gregor Mendel made a breakthrough. By breeding pea plants and observing how certain traits were passed on, Mendel realised there must be units - little packets - of information determining characteristics. He had effectively discovered the gene. His insights inspired eugenicists from the 1900s onwards. If traits were passed on by specific genes, then their policies should stop people with ‘bad' genes from having children. Mendel's ideas are still used in classrooms today - to teach about traits like eye colour. But the eugenicists thought Mendel's simple explanations applied to everything - from so-called ‘feeblemindedness' to criminality and even pauperism. Today, we recognise certain genetic conditions as being passed on in a Mendelian way. Achondroplasia - which results in short stature - is one example, caused by a single genetic variant. We hear from Professor Tom Shakespeare about the condition, about his own decision to have children despite knowing the condition was heritable - and the reaction of the medical establishment. We also explore how genetics is taught in schools today - and the danger of relying on Mendel's appealingly simple but misleading account. Contributors: Dr Brian Donovan, senior research scientist at BSCS; Professor Tom Shakespeare, disability researcher at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Dr Christine Patch, principal staff scientist in Genomic Counselling in the Society and Ethics Research group, part of Wellcome Connecting Science. Music: Jon Nicholls Presenter: Adam Rutherford Producer: Ilan Goodman

In the 1860s, famous scientist Gregor Mendel explored the laws that governed genetics and devised the Law of Segregation. This law is crucial to our understanding of genetics today. In this episode, we dive into the details of how Mendel made this revolutionary discovery and go into depth on the Law of Segregation.

In 1865, Gregor Mendel conducted an experiment on pea plants that transformed our understanding of genetics. In this podcast, we will explore how he conducted his experiment and what he discovered.

On this classic ID the Future, hear another chapter from Nickell John Romjue's fascinating book I, Charles Darwin. Follow along as Darwin, on his visit to the twenty-first century, learns about DNA and the other amazing discoveries of molecular biology that have occurred since he developed his theory, as well as discoveries in physics and cosmology, which have our time-traveling Darwin reconsidering some of his earlier conclusions. Part 1 of the audio series is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. To learn more and to purchase the book, visit www.icharlesdarwin.com. Source

Learning about nature through the eyes of naturalists, botanists, and other scientists is very cool. In this Gregor Mendel episode, take a look at botany through scientific eyes! Learn a brief biography of Gregor Mende and his pea plant experiments, as well as his ground-breaking studies of traits and heredity that opened the door to our modern-day understanding of genetics! Supplies for the nature study challenge: Nature journal or blank, white paper Colored pencils  For show notes and episode downloads, go to ourjourneywestward.com/gregor-mendel-study. ← Find the pea diagram here. Join No Sweat Nature Study LIVE at NoSweatNatureStudy.com. Use the code NOSWEAT for 50% off your first month of a monthly membership. In the Our Journey Westward Shop, you can find some homeschool studies that would flow nicely as a follow-up to the Gregor Mendel biography: Famous Naturalists Flower Families Wonderful Wildflowers Get this season's Podcast Plus+ Packet for free! Scroll to the bottom of the Gregor Mendel show notes page. The packet includes this season's podcast schedule, reference pages to the Handbook of Nature Study, supporting curriculum suggestions, and a list of go-along classes in the No Sweat Nature Study video library. Leave Mrs. Cindy a voice message to answer the current season's question! Scroll to the bottom of the Gregor Mendel show notes page. Share pictures of your nature journal pages on Instagram or Facebook. Be sure to tag @OurJourneyWestward so Mrs. Cindy will see them! Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a rating and review if you're enjoying the episodes. Thank you! It helps the podcast so much! :)

Sejam bem-vindos ao milésimo septingentésimo quadragésimo oitavo Spin de Notícias, o seu giro diário de informações científicas... em escala sub-atômica. E nesse Spin de Notícias falaremos sobre...Genética! *Este episódio, assim como tantos outros projetos vindouros, só foi possível por conta do Patronato do SciCast. Se você quiser mais episódios assim, contribua conosco!*

We celebrate the 200th birthday of Gregor Mendel and learn about the latest genetics research that would have blown his mind.Full show notes, transcript, music credits and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Sally Le Page.This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies in the world dedicated to supporting and promoting the research, teaching and application of genetics.

It's that time again where we round up some of the most pressing and perplexing science news stories from the past month. We analyse the first images from the James Webb telescope, discuss whether the protocol on rescue from car wrecks is based on any scientific evidence, and ask how data might be used to the detriment of period tracking app users in the wake of Roe vs Wade. Then, we'll find out why great white sharks are running scared near South Africa, question whether chatbots are on the verge of becoming sentient, and compare how the taste of wine is affected by the glass it is carried... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Er war ein Genie - doch seine Zeitgenossen haben das nicht erkannt. Dem Augustiner-Mönch gelang die Anwendung der Mathematik auf die Biologie. Heute stehen seine Vererbungsregeln in jedem Biologiebuch. (BR 2015)

Heute vor 200 Jahren wurde Gregor Mendel geboren, der wohl berühmteste Erbsenzähler aller Zeiten: Mendel untersuchte so geduldig tausende Erbsensorten, dass er gültige Gesetze der Vererbung feststellen konnte. So wurde er zum ersten systematischen Genforscher der Welt. Autor: Marko Rösseler Von Marko Rösseler.

On this ID the Future from the vault, geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, former research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, talks with host Casey Luskin about Gregor Mendel's laws of inheritance, how they clashed with the thinking of Charles Darwin, and how acceptance of Darwinism greatly hindered acceptance of Mendel's great insights. Listen in as Dr. Lönnig explains Mendel's laws and why they're still relevant for biology, and particularly genetics. Source

On this ID the Future from the vault, geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, former research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, talks with host Casey Luskin about Gregor Mendel's laws of inheritance, how they clashed with the thinking of Charles Darwin, and how acceptance of Darwinism greatly hindered acceptance of Mendel's great insights. […]

Celebrating Gregor Mendel the father of genetics