Podcasts about organisms

(a continuation of yesterday's post) Reddit Vexillology Vexillology is the c. elegans of aesthetics - the simplest model organism that lets us observe dynamics of interest. I haven't read enough MFA books to do more than relay the thoughts of my betters, and you probably haven't either. But anyone can have opinions on flags. If you're like me, you learned the following code of good flags: They should be so simple that a child could draw them. No images, no "busy" areas, and - for God's sake - no text The rule of tincture: "never put metal on metal, or color on color". In medieval heraldry, "metals" were yellow and white (sometimes implemented with literal gold and silver) and "colors" were every other color (except black, which is a "fur" and has its own rules). A good flag shouldn't have a metal touch another metal, or a color touch another color. So the French tricolor (blue then white then red) is okay, but a hypothetical (blue then red then white) tricolor wouldn't be okay, because blue would be touching red, which would be "color on color". Every so often, a US state will decide that its flag is politically incorrect and sponsor a contest to design a new one. Then online vexillologists will go over the entries, savaging any that violate the code. "Look how busy this one is! It has four different colors!" "Oh god, this one literally included text! Can you believe it!" They'll moan and scowl and ask why everyone can't be more like Indonesia. Good old Indonesia, they know how to follow the rules: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/three-model-organisms-for-taste

S. Craig Zahler has created a sci-fi graphic novel that explores the lives of a handful of humans that dare to challenge the nature of space and time and Josh and Travis are tackling this retro alien story as part of their graphic novel summer. See what the boys compare this indie graphic novel to.

Central to modern biology and the study of life is the concept of the organism—roughly, a body with interconnected parts that make specific contributions to the development and functioning of the whole. There are competing organism concepts even today, but the 18th century was a critical period in which thinkers gradually shed prior ideas of life in terms of a body with a principle of spontaneous motion, a body as a mere physical mechanism, or a body infused with vital spirits. In When Metaphysics Meets Biology: Kantian approaches to the concept of organism (Routledge, 2026), Philippe Huneman combines extensive scholarship in the history and philosophy of biology with Kantian critical philosophy and metaphysics to trace Kant's contributions to the emerging organism concept. Huneman discusses the Critique of the Power of Judgment and other writings in which Kant developed a view of organisms as natural purposes and in which part-whole reasoning by the faculty of judgment is a condition of the possibility of thinking of organisms at all. Huneman, who is director of research at the Institute of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at CNRS and University of Paris 1 – Pantheon-Sorbonne, provides an account of Kant's thinking that is accessible yet promises to bring this neglected aspect of Kant into dialogue with contemporary Kantian scholarship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Central to modern biology and the study of life is the concept of the organism—roughly, a body with interconnected parts that make specific contributions to the development and functioning of the whole. There are competing organism concepts even today, but the 18th century was a critical period in which thinkers gradually shed prior ideas of life in terms of a body with a principle of spontaneous motion, a body as a mere physical mechanism, or a body infused with vital spirits. In When Metaphysics Meets Biology: Kantian approaches to the concept of organism (Routledge, 2026), Philippe Huneman combines extensive scholarship in the history and philosophy of biology with Kantian critical philosophy and metaphysics to trace Kant's contributions to the emerging organism concept. Huneman discusses the Critique of the Power of Judgment and other writings in which Kant developed a view of organisms as natural purposes and in which part-whole reasoning by the faculty of judgment is a condition of the possibility of thinking of organisms at all. Huneman, who is director of research at the Institute of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at CNRS and University of Paris 1 – Pantheon-Sorbonne, provides an account of Kant's thinking that is accessible yet promises to bring this neglected aspect of Kant into dialogue with contemporary Kantian scholarship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plaidoyer contre l'uniformisation de l'éducation canineUn même mouvement inquiétant traverse notre société à des sphères pourtant très différentes. On parle de la standardisation des pratiques. Santé (dans les hôpitaux, d e la gériatrie à la psychiatrie), éducation de l'enfant via les méthodes de psychologie comportementale, management d'entreprise, etc. Et malheureusement pour le chien, l'éducation canine n'en réchappe pas. Les protocoles d'éducation en ligne se multiplient. Ils promettent efficacité, accessibilité, universalité. Ils rassurent par leur structure et donnent rapidement une impression de contrôle. Ils offrent des étapes, des schémas, des recettes, souvent à moindre coût. Mais le vivant peut-il entrer dans un protocole ? --SOURCES Cognition sociale du chien (Brian Hare)The domestication of social cognition in dogs — Brian Hare et al., Science (2002).https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1072702https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12446914/Tinbergen & Lorenz : « quatre niveaux d'analyse »https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinbergen's_four_questionshttps://library.pranavv.co.in/content/wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08/Ethologyhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-62792-8_4B.F. Skinner et le conditionnement opérant (comme outil, pas comme pédagogie globale)The Behavior of Organisms (1938) : https://www.bfskinner.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BoO.pdfRevue des contributions de Skinner à l'analyse appliquée du comportement : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22478444/Dans Science and Human Behavior — Skinner élargit l'analyse expérimentale à des domaines humains, mais toujours par le biais d'une méthodologie scientifique ; il ne présente pas le conditionnement opérant comme une “méthode pédagogique universelle”.Texte intégral ici : https://www.bfskinner.org/newtestsite/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ScienceHumanBehavior.pdfPankseep et les systèmes émotionnels primairesLes systèmes affectifs primaires identifiés comme des circuits cérébraux conservés chez les mammifères, chacun modulant des réponses comportementales spécifiques liées à la survie et à la personnalité : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84366-8Les émotions de base sont organisées dans des régions sous-corticales du cerveau, homologues chez tous les mammifères, et impliquées dans des patterns comportementaux fondamentaux — ce qui signifie que ces émotions sont des moteurs biologiques de comportements, pas de simples réponses apprises ou superficielles : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21319497/Travaux en génétique comportementale : Scott & FullerGenetics and the Social Behaviour of the Dog (Scott & Fuller) — résumé et édition :https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo42153960.html (Aperçu de la recherche sur la génétique du comportement canin, basée sur 20 ans de données). Éthologie clinique, psychologie comparée & « Umwelt » de Jakob von UexküllPour approfondir la notion d'Umwelt en relation avec la cognition animale et l'éthologie moderne : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt

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Organisms ir savstarpēji saistītu sistēmu kopums, kurš darbojas sarežģītā ritmā. Kā ir saistīta sirds veselība ar pārējām, piemēram, redzi, nieru darbību un nervus sistēmu, pētām raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot. Skaidro "AIWA Clinic" oftalmoloģe Dace Lietuviete un "Veselības centru apvienības" kardiologs Alberts Bērziņš.

Send us Fan MailOn this week's Tuesday edition of Talking Pools, Andrea delivers a rapid-fire collection of pool industry myths, misconceptions, pet peeves, and hard-earned observations from the field. What started as an episode about common pool myths quickly evolved into a full-blown list of industry hot takes, terminology frustrations, safety reminders, and the kinds of misconceptions that refuse to die. Before diving into the chaos, Andrea discusses the brutal summer heat, challenges in the field, a commercial pool battling bug issues caused by water level problems, and announces her new merchandise store featuring designs such as "Mind Your Own Pool Business" and "I'm Your Pool Guy's Pool Guy." She also shares plans for subscriber-exclusive content and future Patreon support. The episode includes industry news from a Kentucky waterpark that was forced to drain and refill a lazy river following an equipment-related hazardous materials incident. Andrea also highlights an extensive list of upcoming pool, spa, aquatics, water safety, and trade events scheduled throughout late 2026 and early 2027. The main discussion centers on a collection of misconceptions that continue to frustrate pool professionals: Why calling every chlorine product "shock" can create dangerous chemical handling situations.  The difference between actual industry standards and practices simply passed down from technician to technician.  What professionals really mean when they say they "keep" chemistry at a certain level.  Why understanding active ingredients matters more than trusting marketing labels.  The truth about "chlorine lock" and why chlorine isn't actually locked.  When cyanuric acid levels become problematic and when they don't.  Common misunderstandings surrounding Total Dissolved Solids (TDS).  Why phosphates are not always the emergency many people make them out to be.  The reality that algae outbreaks are not always the fault of the service professional.  Misconceptions surrounding Virginia Graeme Baker (VGB) compliance and pool safety.  Why safety should never be optional in the pool industry.  Organisms that chlorine struggles to eliminate, including Cryptosporidium and Baylisascaris.  Why urine in pools is not as harmless as some people believe.  Limitations of salt system boost and super-chlorination modes.  A candid discussion on natural swimming pools and the health concerns they raise. Along the way, Andrea delivers plenty of humor, blunt opinions, practical field experience, and a reminder that many pool problems are far more nuanced than social media comments often suggest. Whether you're a service technician, pool operator, builder, or simply someone who enjoys industry debates, this episode offers a refreshing look at some of the most misunderstood topics in modern pool care. Topics Covered Pool chemistry myths  Shock vs chlorine terminology  Cyanuric acid misconceptions  Chlorine lock explained  Phosphates and algae control  TDS and water replacement  VGB compliance and safety  Saltwater pool operation  Commercial pool regulations  Natural pool debate  Industry standards vs tradition  Waterborne illness prevention  Pool service field experiences SponsorsThe 2026 Talking Pools Podcast Pool Industry Mentor Award is proudly supported by:BlueRay XLLaMotte CompanyRevved Up ApparelAqua Comfort Water GroupThese companies continue to support mentorship, education, and professional development throughout the pool and aquatics industry. #TalkingPools #PoolService #PoolChemistry #SwimmingPools #PoolProfessional #PoolIndustry #WaterSafety #CPOTraining #PoolMaintenance #AquaticsProfessionals Support the showThank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media:FacebookInstagramTik TokEmail us: talkingpools@gmail.com

What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, philosophy, and decades of research and dance practice to argue that we are moving, whole organisms before we are divided into mind and body. Gill proposes that humans possess a biologically enabled capacity to hold together what we know to be different as if it were the same—a dynamic that underlies the powers of metaphor, masking, dancing, ritual action, symbol, and language. Through vivid examples from Hopi initiation, Javanese shadow puppetry and dance, and Navajo prayer ceremonials, Gill shows how religious actions create worlds, identities, and enduring cultural coherence. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 41541]

What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, philosophy, and decades of research and dance practice to argue that we are moving, whole organisms before we are divided into mind and body. Gill proposes that humans possess a biologically enabled capacity to hold together what we know to be different as if it were the same—a dynamic that underlies the powers of metaphor, masking, dancing, ritual action, symbol, and language. Through vivid examples from Hopi initiation, Javanese shadow puppetry and dance, and Navajo prayer ceremonials, Gill shows how religious actions create worlds, identities, and enduring cultural coherence. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 41541]

What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, philosophy, and decades of research and dance practice to argue that we are moving, whole organisms before we are divided into mind and body. Gill proposes that humans possess a biologically enabled capacity to hold together what we know to be different as if it were the same—a dynamic that underlies the powers of metaphor, masking, dancing, ritual action, symbol, and language. Through vivid examples from Hopi initiation, Javanese shadow puppetry and dance, and Navajo prayer ceremonials, Gill shows how religious actions create worlds, identities, and enduring cultural coherence. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 41541]

What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, philosophy, and decades of research and dance practice to argue that we are moving, whole organisms before we are divided into mind and body. Gill proposes that humans possess a biologically enabled capacity to hold together what we know to be different as if it were the same—a dynamic that underlies the powers of metaphor, masking, dancing, ritual action, symbol, and language. Through vivid examples from Hopi initiation, Javanese shadow puppetry and dance, and Navajo prayer ceremonials, Gill shows how religious actions create worlds, identities, and enduring cultural coherence. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 41541]

What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, philosophy, and decades of research and dance practice to argue that we are moving, whole organisms before we are divided into mind and body. Gill proposes that humans possess a biologically enabled capacity to hold together what we know to be different as if it were the same—a dynamic that underlies the powers of metaphor, masking, dancing, ritual action, symbol, and language. Through vivid examples from Hopi initiation, Javanese shadow puppetry and dance, and Navajo prayer ceremonials, Gill shows how religious actions create worlds, identities, and enduring cultural coherence. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 41541]

Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Alyssa Carson is a pilot and astrobiologist training with NASA to become one of the first humans to visit Mars. Her scientific research focuses on Mars exploration, the latest space technology, and the quest for discovering life on Mars. SPONSORS https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS https://www.instagram.com/nasablueberry https://www.driventoexplorefilm.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - The first human to go to Mars 06:13 - How NASA uses SCUBA for training 11:25 - NASA's timeline for Mars missions 16:37 - Possible windows for Mars launche 19:14 - Nuclear propulsion technology 28:07 - 2033 could be the year we go to Mars 30:37 - Organisms that can survive in space 40:14 - Alyssa addresses moon landing conspiracies 44:15 - Apollo 17 missions' UFO encounters 54:10 - Why Mars rovers won't discover life 55:50 - Where astrobiologists are looking for life in space 01:02:07 - Best areas on Mars for civilization 01:10:19 - Terraforming Mars 01:14:34 - The problem with Venus 01:21:44 - The danger of space junk 01:24:20 - Decommissioning the ISS 01:27:13 - Using reusable rockets for Mars missions 01:31:17 - Research done on the ISS 01:32:17 - Evidence of ancient Mars civilization 01:37:43 - Alyssa's "Driven to Explore" documentary 01:44:03 - Scuba diving in San Diego 01:47:54 - Artemis vs. Apollo missions 01:52:24 - Alyssa's PhD research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Organisms are merely survival machines for their genes. This audiobook summary reveals the shocking implications for altruism and human nature.

Ikvienu cilvēku veido triljoni šūnu, kas dzīvo diezgan intensīvu dzīvi. Izrādās, ne visas šūnas iet bojā pēc tam, kad vairs nespēj dalīties. Dažas paliek mūsu organismā un sāk pastiprināti ražot vielas, kas veicina iekaisumu. Kā tas notiek un kā ietekmē mūsu orgānu veselību, un kā šīs šūnas iznīcināt? Ir kāds process mūsu organismā, kas norit klusi nemanot, radot mums gan dažādas slimības, gan paātrinot novecošanu. Ne visas šūnas, pārstājot dalīties, iet bojā. Dažas paliek aktīvas un rada mūsu organismā nevēlamas sekas - ne reti tās dēvē par zombiju šūnām. Raidījumā plašāk skaidro medicīnas zinātņu doktore, Latvijas Universitātes tenūrprofesore precīzijas medicīnā Una Riekstiņa un Latvijas Organiskās sintēzes institūta Farmaceitiskās farmakoloģijas laboratorijas vadošā pētniece un Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Farmācijas fakultātes profesore Maija Dambrova. Uzklausām arī sertificētu uztura speciālisti Gunu Bīlandi. Cik ilgs laiks nepieciešams, lai limfas šķidrums apceļotu visu mūsu organismu? Aplūkojot cilvēka ķermeņa orgānu sistēmu shematiskus zīmējumus, līdzās asinsrites orgānu sistēmai ir vēl kāda tikpat svarīga, kas caurauž mūsu organismu, bet par kuru ikdienā, iespējams, runājam mazāk. Tā ir limfātiskā sistēma. Līdzīgi kā asinsritē arī limfātiskā sistēma sastāv no caurulītēm - dažāda lieluma limfas vadiem, pa kuriem plūst limfa. Ar limfātiskās sistēmas nozīmi plašāk iepazīstina Līga Ozoliņa-Molla, Latvijas Universitātes Medicīnas un dzīvības zinātņu fakultātes Sabiedrības veselības un veselības aprūpes nodaļas asociētā profesore. Kas tad limfa īsti ir, kā tā mūsu organismā veidojas un vai tas notiek pastāvīgi?

Donald James Parker, aka Gramps, made a movie about the shower argument that he won. So I pick apart his side of the argument.Cards:God Awful Movies 553: Beauty and the Atheist:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qVnQ7U-TsUI met Gramps! - A Conversation with ‪@DonaldJamesParker‬: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3rrKrUeyPYGod Made Eve from Adam's Egg?!?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdCTlrt1XVIWhere Do Atheists Get Their Morals?

In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientists Multimedia Subcommittee member Luke Arnce interviews Caitlin Peaslee of the Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy at Oregon Health and Science University about her research. Read her paper titled, "Mapping whole-organism genetic comorbidities across model species using unified ontologies," published in the April 2026 issue of GENETICS: https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag038 This study developed a cross-species computational framework, CoMo DBM, to analyze 204 mouse genes that caused non-obstructive azoospermia and mapped their phenotype associations across human, zebrafish, fruit fly, and roundworm databases. Music: Loopster Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/#GeneEditing #cancer #GeneOntology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New research shows that sixty hertz magnetic fields -- the same frequency as our electrical power grid -- can alter protein function and change behavior in living organisms. Scientists exposed worms to power-line frequency magnetic fields and discovered their feeding behavior shifted from social to solitary patterns. The magnetic field directly affected how receptor proteins functioned in the worms' nervous systems, demonstrating a biological pathway through which electromagnetic fields interact with cellular communication. In This Episode How sixty hertz magnetic fields alter protein function The connection between electromagnetic fields and behavior changes Why power-line frequency research matters for human health Featured Study Read the full study: Kakikawa M, Kenmochi A, Yamada S See all studies at shieldyourbody.com/research

Researchers confirm they discovered a bizarre and deadly life form dubbed Organism 46-B – a highly intelligent mollusk, octopus-like creature that claimed the lives of three Russian team members. Organism 46-B can be classified as an alien life form - it could be the real reason why so many people have been drawn to Antarctica's mystery. Like the octopus, it can alter its appearance. It is said that this creature can contort its boneless body to take on the shape of a sea snake or stingray. On this amazing episode, Clyde Lewis talks with Jeffrey Boyd Jr. from the Independent Research Society about SPECIES 46-B. The original broadcast was on April 18, 2017.

Noslēdzies visaptverošs pētījums par Latvijas iedzīvotāju veselību - monitorings par cilvēka organismā sastopamajām kaitīgām ķīmiskajām vielām. Rezultāti nav unikāli Eiropai, taču ataino mūsdienu dzīvesveida paradumus, tostarp plasmatasas, kā arī pesticīdu un smago metālu klātbūtni mūsu dzīvē. Kādi izskatāmies uz Eiropas fona un kādas sekas mūsu veselībai var radīt šīs vielas? Raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā analizē Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes (RSU)  Darba drošības un vides veselības institūta direktors Ivars Vanadziņš, RSU Darba drošības un vides veselības institūta pētniece Lāsma Akūlova un RSU Darba drošības un vides veselības institūta pētniece Linda Matisāne. Ivars Vanadziņš saka paldies visiem Latvijas iedzīvotājiem, kas atsaucās arī pēc pētnieku stāstiem raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā un iesaistījās pētījumā. Runājot par to, ko atklāj pētījuma rezultāti, pētnieki atzīst, ka viens no pārsteidzošākajiem atklājumiem ir, ka Latvijas iedzīvotāju organismā ir kokteilis ar ļoti daudz un dažādām ķīmiskām vielām. Turklāt katram cilvēkam tas kokteilis ir diezgan individuāls.  "Mēs kopumā noteicām nedaudz vairāk kā simts dažādas vielas cilvēku asinīs un urīnā, gan sākotnējās vielas, ko mēs uzņemam, gan tās vielas, kas organismā pārveidojas, metabolītus. Kopumā secinājumi ir tādi, ka vidējais vielu skaits ir 43 no 103," atklāj Linda Matisāne.  Tāpat daļa vielu cilvēka organismā nav konstatēta, jo to koncentrācija bija zem laboratoriju iespējām noteiktās attiecīgās vielas. "Pētījuma nākotne vai turpinājums ir ne tikai vākt papildus paraugus, noteikt citas vielas, bet arī skatīties, kā attīstās dažādas laboratorijas iespējas noteikt [vielas]. Iespējams, ja mēs pēc 10 gadiem analizēsim šo pašu cilvēku paraugus ar citām laboratorijas metodēm, mēs atklāsim vēl kādas vielas," turpina Linda Matisāne. Pētījums atklāj, akrilamīds ir konstatēts visiem dalībniekiem, savukārt bisfenoli un daudzu pesticīdu līmeņi Latvijā ir zemāki vai līdzīgi Eiropas vidējam rādītājam.  "Akrilamīds, kas konstatēts visiem pētījuma dalībniekiem, ir viens no blakus produktiem, kas rodas degšanas procesā, cepšanas, fritēšanas, grauzdēšanas procesā. Mūsu paradumi, kā mēs gatavojām ēdienu un ko mēs ēdam, un arī protams, smēķēšana jāpiemin un grilēšana," skaidro Ivars Vanadziņš. Linda Matisāne norāda, ka nevajadzētu domāt, ka nedrīkst cept. Svarīgi nepārcept. Nav jākrīt galejībās. "Neaicinām šašliku tvaicēt, bet cept saprātīgi," atzīst Ivars Vanadziņš. Mājaslapā "biomonitorings.lv" var iepazīsties ar kaitīgajām vielām un tur cilvēki varēs pieteikties arī turpmākajiem pētījumiem.   Iepazīstam viduslaiku Rīgu No 13. gadsimta sākuma par politiskiem, ekonomiskiem un kultūras dzīves centriem kļuva mūra aizsargātās pilsētas. Tas bija jauns apdzīvotības tips salīdzinājumā ar dzelzs laikmeta kopienu dzīves centriem pilskalniem, un Latvijas teritorijā tas parādījās līdz ar ienācējiem no Rietumeiropas. Tādējādi šeit mainījās sabiedrības struktūra un zināmā mērā arī etniskais sastāvs, jo ienācēji pamatā nāca no vāciski runājošām zemēm un bija tendēti uz tirdzniecību un ienesa jaunas amatniecības prasmes. Par šīm pārmaiņām stāsta Latvijas Nacionālā vēstures muzeja ekspozīcijas “Straumējot laiku” 3. sadaļa “Pilsētas mūri vieno”, un šodien piestāsim tajā. Pieturvietā vispirms tiekamies ar muzeja pētnieci, vēstures doktori Mārīti Jakovļevu, kura izceļ būtiskākās pilsētu iezīmes. Pilsēta, no vienas puses, bija sadalīta dažādās sabiedrības kārtās, bet, no otras puses, tā sevi āreji reprezentēja kā kopiena, un viens no reprezentācijas elementiem bija zīmogs. Ekspozīcijā aplūkojami vairāku pilsētu zīmogu nospiedumi – Jaunjelgavas, Kuldīgas, Aizputes, Cēsu, Limbažu, Jelgavas, Grobiņas, Rīgas. Turpat līdzās zīmējums ar pilsētas galvenās iestādes – rātes – sēdi, ļaujot iepazīt tās hierarhiju un amatus. Sudraba saktas, gredzeni un jostas – ar šādiem grezniem priekšmetiem rotājušies pilsētnieki, un daļu no šīm bagātībām atklāj ekspozīcijas stends. Vēl viens vēsturisks dārgums skatāms izvelkamā atvilktnē, un tas ir birģera zvērests. Lai kļūtu par birģeri un baudītu tiesības gūt ienākumus no savas nodarbošanās, saņemt sociālo atbalstu un citus labumus, pretendentam bija jādod uzticības zvērests. Un vēl bija visas kopienas zvērests, ko tā nodeva politiskajai varai svinīgā ceremonijā rātslaukumā, bet no 17. gadsimta birģeri apliecināja zvēresta tekstu arī ar saviem parakstiem. Ekspozīcijā redzams Rīgas birģeru zvērests Zviedrijas karalim Kārlim XI ar Lielās ģildes locekļu parakstiem.  Viduslaiku pilsētā notika aktīva tirgošanās, un kur tirgošanās, tur nauda. Rakstītie avoti liecina, ka monētu kaltuve Rīgā atradusies Lielās un Mazās Monētu ielas stūrī. Ļoti konkrētas un taustāmas pēdas gan par to atrodamas tikai dokumentos, ne vairs Rīgas ielās, bet, staigājot pa pilsētu, varam iztēloties, kā šajā vietā šķindējušas monētas. Par naudas kalšanu plašāk gatava stāstīt muzeja Numismātikas nodaļas vadītāja Anda Ozoliņa.

The absurdity of random evolution Welcome back to Gnostic Insights and to the Gnostic Reformation on Substack. I’ve been sharing these Gnostic Insights for a few years now, and I’ve discovered that the one topic that flares people up, the most controversial aspect of Gnosticism, doesn’t really have anything to do with the nature of God, or the Archons, or where we go after we die. Believe it or not, Darwinian evolution is the thing that really gets under people’s skins when I say, I don’t believe it, I believe in intelligent design–that we are second order powers sent from the Fullness of God, fully loaded with everything we need to know, because we carry within us the consciousness of the Father. So let me step through this notion once again—try to explain it in a way that will make sense—and if you find yourself just going livid with reaction against what I’m saying, well, that’s what I’m talking about. This is the hot button topic. I remember when I was taught evolutionary theory, and they said it took thousands of generations of minute changes to populate a beneficial mutation to the stage where you could say it had evolved. For instance, in 2012, Michigan State University researchers were very happy to demonstrate the evolution of citrate-eating E. coli bacteria after only 56,000 generations. 56,000 generations! I remember the day in elementary school when I first learned about evolution. There was an illustration in the textbook mocking the concept of Lamarckian evolution. Lamarck had promoted the idea that giraffes who stretched their necks to reach the leaves on higher branches gave birth to calves with longer necks. No, no, Darwinians said, natural selection is the way it happens, as only long-necked giraffes survived the lean years to give birth to more long-necked calves like themselves. And that logic was supposed to have settled the argument concerning Darwinian evolution. Mama giraffe and baby giraffe The reason Darwinian evolutionary theory won out over Lamarck’s theory of epigenetic trait inheritance was that Lamarck’s type of evolution requires learning and volitional repetition, whereas Darwin’s creatures were either born lucky to have long necks or were doomed to be short-necked losers. Even as a child of ten or so, I recall wondering, if long necks were so valuable as to have evolved into our familiar high-nibbling giraffes, then why don’t all large grazing animals have long necks? Then I came up with my own Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything and developed a theory of evolution in keeping with the Simple Explanation. My theory of evolution reinserts learning and choice into the equation and removes the element of dumb luck. Seriously, who would ever look around themselves at the varieties of natural adaptation and believe that dumb luck at the material level accidentally brought it all about? It just doesn’t even make sense. It defies the basic rule of 52 pickup. You’ve heard of that, right? 52 pickup is, if you throw a deck of cards in the air, it never comes down stacked and in order. It never does. In other words, randomness cannot lead to an organism such as we humans that can contemplate and comprehend the universe. It is completely illogical to think that randomness can account for intelligence. Did you ever hear that old expression that given enough time a thousand monkeys sitting at a thousand typewriters could draft a copy of Shakespeare or the Bible? That’s preposterous. It would never happen. Now consider how much more complex our biosphere is at all scales. The interior of a cell is extremely complex in its interconnected functions and parts. Then scale that up to the functions and parts of an organism and scale it up again to the interconnected ecology of forests and again to the interconnected biosphere of the planet. It is simply impossible to achieve without the guidance of an intelligent design. Stop and consider. Please use logic. So here is my Simple Explanation of evolution. First, we accept that the basic matrix of our universe is consciousness. The Simple Explanation's model of evolution is information driven rather than happenstance driven as the conventional model would have it. What I mean is that the Darwinian model we’ve all been taught relies upon the brute force of superior survival mechanisms that allow the superior creature to procreate and thereby pass on their superior genes. And after a tremendous number of such superior generations, the inferior fade into extinction and the superior organism becomes the new normal. In the Simple Explanation, there is an ontological pull upward toward more complex aggregations of consciousness. Darwin’s model is, on the other hand, a case of the blind simply bumbling by happenstance, by lucky accident, by dumb luck to be a superior adaptation from the norm. Where I find it unlikely is that there would be countless such bumblings in the same direction that by dumb luck keeps heading in the upward and onward direction. The Simple Explanation would say the patterns of superiority are few and they are fractal. So the wheel does not need to be reinvented over and over. The golden rule and the hierarchical distribution of increasing complexity and responsibility cover much of it. And due to the transpersonal nature of universal knowledge, basic mechanisms like hands and eyes only need to be invented once and then deployed or copied as needed. There are no such mechanisms in Darwinian evolution. There is no way for one creature to transmit the importance of the development of an eyeball to a different creature in a different part of the world. They don’t believe in transpersonal consciousness. They don’t believe in fractal knowledge or the golden rule. Consciousness is not a byproduct of the human brain or even of a complex system of any sort. Consciousness is the ground state of reality. Think of consciousness as the medium upon which is written the formulae of our universe. The Simple Explanation refers to this ground state as the metaverse. And by the way, the Gnostic gospel (jumping ahead) refers to this consciousness as the Father. You might think of it as God. And it contains every law of the universe as potential expression that manifests when and where appropriate. Smaller derivative units of consciousness are fractals of the originating units of consciousness that express themselves in every single material expression of our universe. consciousness flows in an unending stream from the God Above All Gods In the Gnostic gospel, we call those the second order of powers of which we and all living creatures are a part. The most ambitious units of consciousness, or we would say second order powers, continue to find themselves occupying larger and more complex physical forms. Some of the units of consciousness that started in Earth’s primordial soup have remained in the soup, never attaching themselves to anything more complex than a single-celled organism. The most ambitious little life forms found themselves returning to slightly more sophisticated organisms with each incarnation. Lessons learned are carried forward, always incarnating more and complex structures and occasionally jumping to a more complex hierarchical level, driving the evolution of planetary life via memes accrued through karma. Was my self-unit of consciousness ever a single-celled organism? Probably so, beginning about four and a half billion years ago on this planet. Was my unit of consciousness ever a jellyfish? Good chance it was, since the toroidal-shaped jellyfish is the oldest multi-organ animal on Earth, swimming our seas for the last 700 million years and surviving countless planetary die-offs that killed other organisms. Was my unit of consciousness ever a dinosaur? Well, maybe, but maybe not. I’d imagine the dinosaur memes and karma informed the development of reptiles and birds, not my mammalian lineage. The first mammals are thought to have descended from a different lizard called therapsids. Was my governing unit of consciousness ever a lemur or a chimpanzee or a bonobo or perhaps an australopithecus or a neanderthal? Probably was, since their proto-human memes and karma would have informed human development and the self-unit of consciousness is attracted to familiar patterns. In the Simple Explanations evolutionary model, no war is needed between natural selection and creationism, between science and religion. My Simple Explanation proposes that everything in the cosmos is created through metaversal principles embodied in all units of consciousness and that each governing unit of consciousness evolves according to personal inclination and ability through established patterns of meme acquisition and adaptation and the utterly fair and impartial mechanism of karma. In the Simple Explanation evolutionary schema, I am currently a human and probably have been for a long time. Does that make me more evolved than my dogs? No, not really. The family dogs are at the same level of hierarchical sophistication as the humans. The dog’s aggregate units of consciousness and their Self units of consciousness have all made decisions every step along the way that steered them into this life as these dogs. Every governing unit of consciousness is an integral part of one aggregate or another, hierarchically upline and downline. Every slot needs to be filled. The most you could say of my state of evolution is that ambitious meme collectors evolve into ever more complex instantiations. And my unit of consciousness and those of my aggregate units of consciousness that make up my body are attached to some highly ambitious collections of memes. But whether or not this is anything to brag about is debatable. Now all of that theory that I’ve been sharing with you comes from my book, A Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything, which was published many years ago. And you can still pick that up on Amazon or through the Gnostic Insights website. It’s entirely consistent with the Gnostic view of evolution, as I came to discover many years later. So let’s look now at the Gnostic view of evolution in particular. We are what are called second order of powers. The first order of powers are the Aeons in the Fullness of God. We are the fruit of the Aeons. We are the second order of powers. We’re also known as those of the remembrance. And I suggest that what was sown in the second order of powers that lifted them above the imitation was the remembrance. And for life forms, that remembrance is contained in our double helix DNA. We also have a pure remembrance of the Fullness of God, our aeonic progenitors, contained in our Self with the capital S. But at our cellular level, the DNA is carrying the remembrance forward. As it turned out, the second order of powers became infected with the same lust for dominion that had infected those of the imitation due to the law of mutual combat. And the two orders began a never-ending war over resources in the limited ecology of our early earth. The second order of powers are also known as the likenesses, because we are alike the Aeons. We resemble the original Aeons of the Fullness, but we lost ourselves in the confusion of earth. The Demiurge and its archons are the other entities of the fall that we haven’t talked about yet, since we have only been talking about the physical universe, and archons are immaterial. They are not physical. They are influences. So when we talk about the never-ending war with the living forms, it’s the archons doing battle with the living forms. And those influences of the archons on our material bodies are death, aging, illness. Quoting from the Tripartite Tractate, verses 84 and 85, The powers of the remembrance were adorned with the names of the pre-existence whose likenesses they were. [And that’s the Aeons of the Fullness.] The order of this kind was in harmony with itself and with each other. It fought, however, the order of those of the imitation. And the order of the imitation is the forces of the archons, which include entropy and death. Quoting again, It fought, however, the order of those of the imitation because that order waged war against the likenesses as they were producing various kinds of matter and all sorts of powers mixed with one another and in great number. Now the whole establishment and organization of the images, likenesses, and imitations has come into being for the sake of those who need nourishment, instruction, and form so that their smallness may gradually grow as through the instruction provided by the image of a mirror. That, in fact, is why he created the human last after having prepared and provided for him the things that he created for his sake. So do you hear how that verse from the Tripartite Tractate of the Nag Hammadi says that second order powers develop from the smallest to the largest and that the humans were the last to develop? It goes along with this notion of evolutionary development because we humans couldn’t have just been plopped right into the middle of the primordial soup from the get-go. Look around you. We needed the smaller creatures to come before us to create this environment, this ecology in which we could thrive. And I’m not simply saying it’s all for us humans because every creature that comes along is providing through the Simple Golden Rule all of the needs of all of the other creatures. Let’s talk about the Simple Golden Rule before we end this discussion of evolution. Our job is to reach out to others with love, aid, and information for the betterment of all. The Simple Golden Rule That’s, again, another theory from my Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything. So if you’ve never read that book you might like to go back and read it. This goes for all units of consciousness, all second order powers from the cells and organs up to the organisms and to the ecosystems beyond. Every physical manifestation links up with others of its kind in this universe. Cells link together to make organs. Organs link together to make organisms. Organisms link together to create societies and so on. And these are the building blocks of the next level of hierarchical aggregation. This is re-instantiating the hierarchy of the Fullness in this bounded material universe. And this is what is called the new ecology. It was a way to put the consciousness of the Fullness—the Aeons—into a physical form and manifest them on this earth. And then this will go forward and become the next ecology. The first ecology was the hierarchy of the Fullness. The second ecology is this material universe of ours. And then once this universe is fully redeemed by the Christ it will become the next hierarchical organization—the third ecology. And the way this happens is to reach out to others with love, assistance, and information for the betterment of all. I hope you’ve enjoyed this review of my Simple Explanation Theory of Evolution and how it is logically superior to Darwinian evolution and how it all fits into Gnosticism and the Gnostic Evolutionary Theory, as presented by the Tripartite Tractate. Until next week, God bless us all and Onward and Upward! Please pick up your copy of A Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel and leave a review!

In this episode of THE ICHE Podcast, host Dr. David Calfee is joined by two authors from the April 2026 issue of ICHE to discuss current infection control practices and ongoing challenges in preventing multidrug-resistant organisms and Candidozyma auris in U.S. acute care hospitals. During the conversation, Dr. KC Coffey and Dr. Sarah Sansom explain the rationale behind their studies, share key findings on current practices, and highlight the challenges hospitals face in their efforts to control transmission of these pathogens. Articles discussed: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/current-infection-control-practices-for-multidrugresistant-organisms-mdro-a-survey-of-the-society-for-healthcare-epidemiology-of-america-shea-research-network-and-affiliated-usbased-hospitals/F6250FE7353AB4B56C4323CDC7EB7843 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/candidozyma-auris-prevention-practices-in-the-united-states-insights-from-the-shea-research-network/681623BFF050669F472BB80F4DCB073F

Interview with Vineet Ahuja, DM, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease: A Randomized Trial and Michael H. Woodworth, MD, MSc, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption? Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD, MHS. Related Content: Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption?

Interview with Vineet Ahuja, DM, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease: A Randomized Trial and Michael H. Woodworth, MD, MSc, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption? Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD, MHS. Related Content: Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption?

If you've been following me for any amount of time, you know I've had strong opinions on diet, training, and what belongs on your plate. Some of those opinions I've walked back. Not because I was wrong about everything, but because I've learned more, lived more, and stopped clinging to ideas just because they were mine. How you handle being wrong says a lot more about you than how confident you were when you thought you were right. And when you build an audience or even just a social circle around certain positions, those positions become part of your identity. Walking something back feels like losing credibility. But doubling down on something you no longer believe is what actually destroys it. In this episode, I walk through the seven biggest areas where my thinking has shifted and why. For example, I used to move from one strict dietary framework to the next: paleo to keto to carnivore, fully believing each was the answer until the next one replaced it. Where I've landed is that no single framework captures reality. Humans are meat-leaning but opportunistic omnivores, and the problem with rigid labels is they turn food into ideology. You stop asking "is this good for me?" and start asking "is this allowed?" That connects to a broader shift away from black-and-white thinking. I used to believe clarity meant certainty. If something was bad, it was always bad. But biology doesn't operate in binaries. Carbs make sense for some people in some contexts and not others. Intermittent fasting is a powerful tool but not a universal prescription. Plants are toxic to varying degrees, and I haven't changed my mind on that science, but growing a garden this spring has changed my appreciation for what plants offer beyond nutrition: exposure to soil, sunlight, movement, family time. There's an innate benefit to the process itself. On intensity, I've started asking what the minimum effective dose is that keeps me strong and healthy for decades, instead of always going all in. Organisms that burn hot tend to burn out faster, and the recovery side of training is the part I've neglected most. On biohacking, gadgets can supplement a life well lived but they cannot replace one. I'd rather spend an hour in the garden with my kids than 45 minutes hooked up to devices in a dark room, and I think the health outcomes from the first option are probably better anyway. The thread running through all of this is simple: the willingness to update your thinking is the single most important health skill you can develop. Stay curious, stay critical, and don't confuse confidence with certainty. Learn More:59: Paleo, Keto, Carnivore [Navigating Dietary Changes as a Family] Thank you to this episode's sponsor, Apollo Neuro! Apollo is a wearable that delivers gentle vibrations to calm your nervous system and help your body stay in a restful state through the night. I've been wearing it for years and still notice a measurable difference — higher HRV and a lower resting heart rate on nights I use it. That's not placebo. That's my nervous system responding differently. If your sleep issues feel stress-related — and honestly, most of them are — Apollo is worth trying. To learn more, visit apolloneuro.com/michaelkummer and use code PRIMALSHIFT for $60 off. In this episode: 00:00 Why I changed my mind  05:45 #1 Beyond diet labels  08:43 #2 Black and white thinking 11:55 #3 Rethinking plants  15:07 #4 Intensity vs. longevity  18:40 #5 Gadgets vs. nature  22:10 #6 Choosing health mentors  24:48 #7 Store products reality check  27:08 Final thoughts Find me on social media for more health and wellness content: Website: https://michaelkummer.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelKummer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primalshiftpodcast/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/michaelkummer/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mkummer82 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realmichaelkummer/ [Medical Disclaimer] The information shared on this video is for educational purposes only, is not a substitute for the advice of medical doctors or registered dietitians (which I am not) and should not be used to prevent, diagnose, or treat any condition. Consult with a physician before starting a fitness regimen, adding supplements to your diet, or making other changes that may affect your medications, treatment plan, or overall health. [Affiliate Disclaimer] I earn affiliate commissions from some of the brands and products I review on this channel. While that doesn't change my editorial integrity, it helps make this channel happen. If you'd like to support me, please use my affiliate links or discount code.

Parasites are typically framed as invaders. Organisms to fear, eliminate, and cleanse from the body. That assumption runs deep, not only in conventional medicine, but increasingly in alternative health as well.In this conversation, Liev Dalton of Beyond Terrain presents a very different interpretation.Drawing from a wide range of literature, including human ingestion studies and ecological research, he argues that the presence of parasites does not equate to causation of disease. Across these observations, a consistent pattern emerges: symptoms arise in the context of compromised terrain – often shaped by toxicity, deficiency, or prior intervention – and not simply from exposure to an organism.From there, the discussion expands into the potential role of parasites as participants in bioremediation – organisms that may accumulate, transform, or respond to toxicity rather than initiate pathology. This perspective reframes not only parasites, but the broader relationship between the body and the microbial world.The conversation also examines the growing popularity of parasite cleanses, the cyclical nature of symptom suppression, and the unintended consequences of aggressive protocols that fail to address underlying terrain and root cause.Along the way, the discussion touches on diagnostics, asymptomatic carriers, environmental parallels, and the limitations of applying a pathogen-based model to complex biological systems.At its core, this episode returns to a central Terrain principle: the condition of the organism determines the outcome. Presence is not proof of cause. And attempts to control or eliminate symptoms without addressing terrain often lead to repetition rather than resolution.Learn more about Liev and his work at https://beyondterrain.com/ and follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/beyond.terrain/ and on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr-AvsCDiW8AbIjtvIW-HZQ,Support Terrain Theory on Patreon! Our member platform gives you access to weekly bonus episode content. Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/TerrainTheoryExplore our growing list of intentional Terrain Support products at https://www.terraintheory.net/collections/terrainsupportTerrain Theory episodes are not to be taken as medical advice.If you have a Terrain Transformation story you would like to share, email us at ben@terraintheory.net.Learn more at www.terraintheory.netFollow Terrain Theory:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrain_theory/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Terrain-TheoryX: https://twitter.com/terraintheory1YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@terraintheoryMusic by Chris Merenda 

GUEST:   https://www.naturalnavigator.com/books-and-library/   https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thenaturalnavigator   MENTIONS:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow   MUSHROOM HOUR:   https://welcometomushroomhour.com   https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   TOPICS COVERED:   The Art of Navigation and Shaping a Journey   Relying on the Natural World for Navigation   Planning Grand Expeditions   Journeys and the Path of Personal Development   Navigation in Historical Accounts and Stories   Sky Footprints   How to Read Trees   Creating Maps from Nature's Systems, Organisms and Inanimate Objects   Navigation as a Fundamental Human Skill   Routine and Mindfulness   Visualizing a Natural Navigator's Mental Map   How to Read Water   Nothing is Random and Everything is Connected   

PREDRAG SLIJEPCEVIC  has a story to tell, which he does in his book, Biocivilisations. Organisms with far greater evolutionary experience than us, microbes, fungi, plants and other animals, can teach us valuable lessons. Take humans out of the equation, and the biosphere's natural trajectory would continue. “No single species can dominate the biocivilised planet. All […]

Includes a review of the novel Alien: Perfect Organisms. Presented by Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop, Still Collating… and special community guest Sarah Evans (aka Cloudzburst). The post #239: Tormented Souls, Reviewing Alien: Perfect Organisms appeared first on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy.

What if the oldest miners on Earth weren't humans at all—but microbes that have been extracting metals for billions of years? In this episode, Karl and Erum sit down with Liz Dennett, founder and CEO of Endolith, who's deploying extremophile microbial communities to unlock up to 1.9x more copper from existing mine heaps at industrial mining sites across the US. Liz shares her journey from growing up in resource-rich Alaska to pioneering bio-leaching technology that's tackling a critical challenge: we need more copper between now and 2050 than humanity has produced in its entire history—and every data center, EV, and AI query depends on it. But here's what makes this conversation different: Liz isn't trying to disrupt mining, she's working with it, bringing "purple-haired PhD energy" to one of the world's most conservative industries through safety-first culture, collaboration over competition, and under-promising, over-delivering results. This episode reveals why biology might be our best tool for responsible resource stewardship and what it really takes to bring breakthrough biotechnology into legacy industrial systems—plus, the copper oxidation series on Liz's nails.Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing?Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.messaginglab.com/groweverything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapters:(00:00:00) - Welcome to the Show: Microbes, Mining, and the Copper Crisis(00:01:53) - The PowerPoint-Google Slides Software Saga(00:03:47) - Meeting Clients In Person: Building Deeper Connections(00:05:05) - Erum's Panel Experience and the HairDAO Moment(00:06:56) - Mining, Microbes, and Copper in the Human Body(00:08:59) - Why Copper Matters for AI and Electrification(00:11:00) - Introducing Liz Dennett: From Alaska to Endolith(00:12:43) - Growing Up in Alaska: Natural Resources as Lived Reality(00:14:00) - The Moment Biology Met Mining(00:15:00) - What is Heap Leaching? Visualizing the Process(00:17:00) - Recovery Rates and Why 10% More Copper is Monumental(00:18:00) - Biology's Surprises: Communities Over Single Organisms(00:19:43) - Extremophiles: Microbes That Love Sulfuric Acid(00:21:00) - Dirty Biology: Engineering Control vs. Biological Adaptability(00:23:00) - Building Trust in a Conservative Industry(00:25:00) - Culture at Endolith: Safety, Feedback, and Snacks(00:27:00) - Validation Work and Customer-Specific Testing(00:28:00) - How Data, Biology, and Infrastructure Shape Resource Thinking(00:30:00) - The Copper Crisis: More Needed by 2050 Than Ever Before(00:33:00) - When Does Biology Work? Redox Reactions and Metal Recovery(00:34:00) - GMOs vs. Wild Type: The Labradoodle Analogy(00:36:00) - Bio-Leaching Evolved: Not Just One Microbe, A Full System(00:38:00) - Collaborating with Rio Tinto Nuton and Gunnison Copper(00:40:00) - Force Multipliers, Not Mine Operators(00:41:00) - The Copper Oxidation Series on Liz's Nails(00:42:00) - The 10-Year Vision: Biology as a Standard Mining Layer(00:44:00) - Quick Fire Questions: Wilderness vs. Mine Site, Copper vs. Lithium(00:45:00) - The Unwavering Playlist and Fundraising Energy(00:47:00) - Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts on Collaboration and the Energy TransitionLinks and Resources:Links and resources DocSynBioBeta Pass - Discount code: Grow Everything Topics Covered:biomining, Copper, mining, microbes, bioleaching, heap leach, extremophiles, energy transition, electrification, critical minerals, industrial biotechnologyHave a question or comment? Message us here:Text or Call (804) 505-5553⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grow Everything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media

Jak vypadá výzkum českých vědců poblíž jižního pólu? - Umělá inteligence pomáhá při diagnóze a léčbě retinopatie u předčasně narozených dětí. - Domácí násilí ve svém životě zažil až každý 9. muž, agresorem byla nejčastěji matka - takové jsou závěry nového českého výzkumu. - Využít nové technologie dřív než protivníci ? o to se snaží organizace NATO pro vědu a technologie. Moderuje Lucie Vopálenská.

A groundbreaking five-month study on cockroaches reveals that magnetic field exposure significantly reduces gut mass and disrupts cellular defense systems. R Blank explores new research showing how magnetic fields act as biological stressors, altering antioxidant enzyme activity and digestive function in ways that challenge our understanding of "safe" exposure levels. This study provides compelling evidence that long-term magnetic field exposure produces measurable biological effects across species. In This Episode How five months of magnetic field exposure reduced cockroach gut mass Why disrupted antioxidant systems matter for cellular health What this means for our daily exposure to magnetic fields Featured Study Long - term exposure of cockroach Blaptica dubia (Insecta: Blaberidae) nymphs to magnetic fields of different characteristics: Effects on antioxidant biomarkers and nymphal gut mass. Read the full study at shieldyourbody.com/research

This Saturday evening session of Sitting with Original Love opens with a beautiful performance from Nicolle Reigetsu, drawing the community into tender connection. Roshi Joan Halifax and Henry Shukman engage in warm dialogue exploring what it means to embody Original Love — not as theory but as the lived meeting of wisdom and compassion. Henry offers his own, luminous poem, Slow… Source

What if the solution to feeding humanity has been hiding in the soil for millions of years? Bioengineer Karsten Temme discovered a remarkable answer to this question: for eons, crops relied on soil microbes to convert atmospheric nitrogen into food — until modern farming severed that ancient partnership. He shows how we can reawaken those dormant microbes using gene editing, creating “living fertilizer” that delivers nutrients to crops in real time and transforms farms around the world.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re joined by David Baird, founder of Gloabi. Gloabi makes AI “organisms”—avatars that have phone numbers, email addresses, and can post on social networks. David tells us what your Gloabi AI can do for you, how it works (even without you sometimes!), and the story behind the project.

In this episode, Cara and Chris sit down with Dr. Ben Auerbach, a Professor in the Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research examines variation and evolution through the skeletons of primates and other mammals, applying quantitative genetics and functional anatomy to understand how traits evolve, especially in primates and Australian marsupials. He also studies variation in global human samples from archaeological and medical contexts, as well as the history and ethics of the biological and social sciences. The conversation centers on his 2023 paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology advocating a “whole organism imperative.” Rather than analyzing traits one at a time, he argues that evolutionary questions require multi-trait quantitative genetic approaches that account for covariance among features. We discuss why trait-by-trait adaptationist stories can be misleading, how to distinguish genetic drift from selection, and what this framework reveals about human limb evolution and ecogeographic patterns. ------------------------------ Find the work discussed in this episode: Auerbach, B. M., Savell, K. R., & Agosto, E. R. (2023). Morphology, evolution, and the whole organism imperative: Why evolutionary questions need multi‐trait evolutionary quantitative genetics. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181, 180-211. ------------------------------ Contact Dr. Auerbach: auerbach@utk.edu ------------------------------ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation/, Website: humbio.org, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, Host Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, E-mail: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Cara Ocobock, Host Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Cristina Gildee, SoS Co-Producer, HBA Junior Fellow Website: cristinagildee.com, E-mail: cgildee@uw.edu

What makes Lyme disease resolve quickly in some people but turn into a life-altering chronic illness in others? In this episode, world-leading immunologist Dr. Michal “Mikki” Tal, Principal Scientist at MIT, explains what her team is discovering through the MAESTRO Study — the largest clinical research project in MIT's history and the first of its kind to include real Lyme patients in a multi-system biological analysis. Dr. Tal's work sits at the intersection of immunology, bioengineering, and women's health, uncovering how infections like Lyme and COVID can cause persistent inflammation, immune miscommunication, and hormonal imbalance. Through MAESTRO, she's mapping how recovery breaks down — and what can be done to predict, prevent, and ultimately reverse chronic illness.

Why are there so many Big Tech monopolies? And perhaps more importantly, should anything be done to stop them? In the final installment of this series, we talk to former Facebook insider Brian Amerige to learn about the inner workings of Silicon Valley’s social media behemoth.Support the show: https://redpilledamerica.com/support/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are there so many Big Tech monopolies? In Part Two, we continue our remarkable journey by talking to author and visionary Howard Bloom about a natural phenomenon almost completely ignored by the science community. Episode powered by Ruff Greens and The Licorice Guy. The Virtual Organism (Part Three) airs Thursday, February 19th, 2026. Support the show: https://redpilledamerica.com/support/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if DNA could be edited as easily as software? What if we could delete disease, redesign organisms, and eventually rewrite ourselves? In this episode, Adrian Woolfson joins host Güneş Taylor to discuss his book, On the Future of Species. As artificial intelligence fuses with synthetic biology, Woolfson argues that we are beginning to decode the grammar of the genome - learning not just to read life, but to write it. Today, scientists are still in the scribbling phase, editing microbes and viruses. Tomorrow, we may design entirely new organisms or resurrect lost ones. Evolution would no longer be destiny. It would be a choice. But who gets to choose? And what happens to ecosystems, and human nature itself when genomes become editable? If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why are there so many Big Tech monopolies, and should anything be done to stop them? To find the answer, in part one of this three-part series, we tell the untold origin story of YouTube. Along the way, we speak to two of the founders of pioneering video hosting service Vimeo, Jake Lodwick & Josh Abramson – the team that changed the face of social media. Episode powered by Ruff Greens and The Licorice Guy. The Virtual Organism (Part Two) airs Wednesday, February 18th, 2026. Support the show: https://redpilledamerica.com/support/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is consciousness — and how should biology explain it?In this second conversation with Professor Kevin Mitchell, we examine whether consciousness can be fully accounted for within physics alone — or whether biological organization introduces new levels of explanation.Mitchell develops a non-reductive naturalist framework in which organisms are genuine agents, higher-level causal structures matter, and subjectivity cannot be ignored in any adequate theory of mind.We explore:• What needs explaining when we talk about consciousness• The limits and strengths of physicalist reduction• Weak vs strong emergence• Biological organization as a causal framework• Downward causation and levels of explanation• Organisms as agents rather than passive mechanisms• The role of the conscious subject• Mental causation and explanatory gaps• Teleology in evolutionary systems• Whether artificial systems could instantiate subjectivityTIMESTAMPS:(0:00) – Introduction(0:32) – Kevin's Approach to Consciousness(1:12) – Consciousness and the Requirement of a Subject(3:59) – AI, Functionalism, & Biological Naturalism(7:37) – Embodiment, In-Mindedness & Experiential Bedrock(11:19) – Control Architectures, Attention, and Illusionism(15:21) – Selfhood Perspectives: Jennings, Graziano & Humphrey(19:08) – Temporal Continuity & Brains as Semantic Engines(23:03) – Top-Down Causation and Dynamical Self(27:00) – Levels of Selfhood & Autobiographical Continuity(30:43) – Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Emergent Mental Phenomena(38:15) – Altered Subjectivity & Embodiment in Injury(44:06) – Life, Consciousness, and AI Agents(50:23) – Philosophy, Science & Indeterminacy(56:28) – Neural Noise, Decision-Making & Agency(1:10:48) – Reasons, Choices & Moral Development(1:20:43) – Emergence, Transcendence & First-Person Neuroscience(1:26:50) – Kantian Structures & Perception(1:30:35) – Defining Mind & Relational Perspectives(1:34:52) – Final ThoughtsEPISODE LINKS:- Kevin's Round 1: https://youtu.be/UdlkYGbuD7Q- Kevin's Website: https://www.kjmitchell.com/- Kevin's Blog: http://www.wiringthebrain.com- Kevin's Books: https://tinyurl.com/2p9yjzxr- Kevin's Publications: https://tinyurl.com/mskdpvce- Kevin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiringthebrain- Consciousness needs a subject:https://philpapers.org/rec/MITCNA-2- Reframing the free will debate: the universe is not deterministic:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-026-05455-7- Beyond Mechanism—Extending Our Concepts of Causation in Neuroscience:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejn.70064- Undetermined: Free will in real time and through time:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=10358095- The origins of meaning - from pragmatic control signals to semantic representations:https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/dfkrvCONNECT:- Website: https://mindbodysolution.org - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mindbodysolution- Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mindbodysolution- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu- Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu- Website: https://tevinnaidu.com=============================Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.

Geoffrey West didn't set out to explain work. He was a physicist trying to understand why living things grow, age, and die. But when his questions expanded into biology, cities, and organizations, they offered a way to think about why growth changes how organizations behave and why success often brings new constraints. In this episode, Dart and Geoffrey discuss why work feels different as organizations scale, why cities keep renewing themselves while companies tend to burn out, and what these hidden constraints mean for the people doing the work.Geoffrey West is a British theoretical physicist and Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a former president of the Institute and the author of Scale, which explores how size shapes growth, innovation, and lifespan across living and social systems.In this episode, Dart and Geoffrey discuss:- Why work changes as organizations grow- How simple scaling laws shape complex systems- Why larger animals live longer- Why companies die younger than cities- How scale speeds up innovation- Why bureaucracy grows with success- How innovation gets crowded out over time- Why cities tolerate difference better than firms- What keeps work alive inside organizations- And other topics…Geoffrey West is a British theoretical physicist and Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, where he previously served as president. Earlier in his career, he led the high-energy physics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory and held faculty positions at Stanford University. His research focuses on universal scaling laws in biology, cities, and social systems, examining how size shapes growth, innovation, and lifespan. He is the author of Scale.Resources Mentioned:Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies, by Geoffrey West: https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/014311090XConnect with Geoffrey:Official website: https://www.geoffreywest.com/Work with Dart:Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what's most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

Thomas Halliday concludes with the climate-driven Ordovician mass extinction, the Cambrian explosion of modern animal body plans in China featuring predators like Omnidens, and the Ediacaran era's strange soft-bodied organisms preceding complex life.

A bold reimagining of life that bridges science, philosophy, cybernetics, and the complexities of biological existence The Organism Is a Theory: Giuseppe Longo on Biology, Mathematics, and AI (Giuseppe Longo and Adam Nocek, 2026) is an intriguing synthesis of decades of interdisciplinary research by eminent mathematician and biological scientist Giuseppe Longo. A unique collaboration between Longo and philosopher of technology Adam Nocek, the volume confronts foundational issues in the history of mathematics, computer science, physics, and theoretical biology. Challenging conventional approaches that apply computational and formalist models to the biological world, Longo reveals how the limitations of these models hinder the understanding of organismic complexity, development, and evolution. Through a critique of dominant scientific paradigms, he emphasizes the need for a new biological theory that accounts for the temporal and spatial intricacies of life. Enhanced by Nocek's comprehensive introduction and a fascinating three-part interview with Longo, The Organism Is a Theory offers a bold rethinking of the biosciences, integrating the work of Alan Turing, Bernhard Riemann, Henri Poincaré, Kurt Gödel, and others into Longo's vision of critical biology. Bridging scientific and philosophical discourses, this book creatively applies insights from mathematics, physics, and computing into the study of the organism to present a new theoretical approach to understanding biological complexity that resists reductive mechanistic and informatic explanations. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with image accompanied by short alt text and/or extended description. 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

Kick off 2026 with a special edition of the Global DJ Broadcast: New Year's Rehab. Markus Schulz takes you on a journey through the sultry, sexy and euphoric moods of the afterhours, blending indie dance, Italian disco-inspired sounds and hypnotic late-night grooves. This standalone mix captures the essence of the early morning hours where music turns introspective, playful, and irresistibly addictive. Perfect for winding down after the celebrations or for embracing the start of a brand-new year.   Tracklist:   01. Hellmuth - Can't Resist 02. The Organism vs. John Summit, HAYLA & Millero - Serotonin Where You Are (Markus Schulz Mashup) 03. John Lord Fonda & Damon Jee vs. Tall Paul - Les Dunes d'Altair de Voodoo Ray (Markus Schulz Mashup) 04. Monococ - Pressure 05. Frankey & Sandrino - Acamar 06. Hellmuth - Stockholm Syndrome 07. Rex the Dog - Change This Pain for Ecstasy 08. David Tort & Kurt Caesar - Clear All Patterns 09. Alessa Khin - Hanami 10. GENESI, Wave Wave & Roland Clarke - Phones Down (Hellmuth Rework) 11. Damon Jee & Demian - Memories 12. Architectural vs. Stylo & Space Motion - Never Be Yours Again, Boy (Markus Schulz Mashup) 13. Ed Ed - The Ellcrys 14. Laurent Garnier - Man with the Red Face 15. Infektion vs. MODEON - Disco Crazy Armor (Markus Schulz Mashup) 16. Kollektiv &Turmstrasse - Stalker: Cold Love 17. Frankie Knuckles presents Director's Cut - Your Love (Director's Cut Signature Mix) 18. Luka Cikic - Floating in Desert 19. Dave Brody - Eclipse (Guy J Remix) 20. Ame, Trikk & Jens Kuross - Don't Waste My Time 21. Empire of the Sun - We Are the People (Adam Sellouk Remix) 22. Eagles & Butterflies - The Trip (Jennifer Cardini & Damon Jee Remix) 23. Deep Dish x Eynka featuring Wrabel - Midnight  

Attention///Attention///Attention///Henry Zebrowski's new film, "Unbelievably Friendly Organisms", has launched a Kickstarter! As part of the unveiling, we introduce this brand new interview with one of the future stars of "UFO" - Adult Film Legend and Psychotherapist Jenna Haze! Now's the time! Don't miss your chance to get in on the ground floor! WWW.UFO.MOVIE ///Discontinue///Discontinue For Live Shows, Merch, and More Visit: www.LastPodcastOnTheLeft.comKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Last Podcast on the Left ad-free, plus get Friday episodes a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.