The roots of change – global change and mycorrhizal symbiosis through the Phanerozoic - talk by Katie Field. #Biology #Garden #Regenerative
The roots of change – global change and mycorrhizal symbiosis through the Phanerozoic - talk by Katie Field. #Biology #Garden #Regenerative
Paris zoo unveils the "blob", an organism with no brain but 720 sexes: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-zoo-blob/paris-zoo-unveils-the-blob-an-organism-with-no-brain-but-720-sexes-idUSKBN1WV2AD #Biology #FFHCI
U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA From Detained Immigrant: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/dna-testing-immigrants.html #Military #SE #InfoSec #Biology
“That kind of mass collection alters the purpose of DNA collection from one of criminal investigation basically to population surveillance, which is basically contrary to our basic notions of a free, trusting, autonomous society,” said Vera Eidelman, a staff lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes biology is the next frontier in computing: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/02/eric-schmidt-says-hes-eyeing-biology-for-the-next-computing-frontier.html #Biology #Military #InfoSec #SE
Key Points
Schmidt said he’d like to marry the two worlds as quickly as possible. At one point, he asked the crowd to “build bacteria that absorbs CO2,” adding “We need it at scale and we need it in the next 10 to 15 years.”
DARPA Director Talks Promise of Life Sciences Research: https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1969741/darpa-director-talks-promise-of-life-sciences-research/
"I think our focus is about the protection aspect and the restoration, versus enhancements. All these technologies, they are dual use. You can use them for good, and you can use them for evil. DARPA is about using them for good to protect our warfighters."
How very lucky, that Dr.Strangelove knows what is "good". #Military #Biology #RadioBio
Rettet den Boden! Florian Schwinn spricht über unsere wichtigste Lebensgrundlage:
https://www.rettetdenboden.de/ https://www.amazon.de/Rettet-den-Boden-unseren-k%C3%A4mpfen/dp/3864892422/ #Regenerative #Garden #Biology
Antibiotic compounds from insects. #Regenerative #Biology #Health
Black Soldier Fly Production - Part 1 Introduction:
Black Soldier Fly Production - Part 2 Lifecycle:
Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture/ #Regenerative #Biology #ClimateChange #Garden
William Padilla-Brown - Low Tech Mushroom Cultivation
"Illo for a new pub in @PNASNews: research shows that indirect exposure to neonicotinoids can be harmful to beneficial insects." https://twitter.com/boersma_alex/status/1160942203138654208 #Regenerative #Biology #ALife
TEDxAmsterdam - Marcel Dicke - 11/20/09
Marcel Dicke - Why Not? A Six-Legged Solution to Food Security:
"These insects are helping Singapore save the planet": https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3021212/these-insects-are-helping-singapore-save-planet "black soldier fly larvae bred at a urban insect farm are a new line of defence in Singapore’s war on food waste. Monthly, they convert about 6.5t of food waste into 2,700 litres of organic fertiliser" #Regenerative #Biology #Garden
"China’s CRISPR push in animals promises better meat, novel therapies, and pig organs for people": https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/china-s-crispr-push-animals-promises-better-meat-novel-therapies-and-pig-organs-people #Biology #ALife
"A paper in Nature demonstrates a 10-gram insect-inspired robot capable of crawling, walking, jumping, somersaulting and performing collective tasks that is built from low-cost, assembly-free components": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1388-8.epdf?shared_access_token=UtFJe-JelGb0gTinzKDSaNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NF4yBunNJWoz8yJqO9lXQeboDqYQij3NdSgRSYZ88M46Sk0WaypinyattrDJ7z9TUdrmYQZOnzNDSyUQFhWqWf4F1NUva_Cm1ZUqTNJAIL2w%3D%3D #Biology #Robot #ALife
The complete connectome of the worm C. elegans nervous system was mapped: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1352-7 #Biology #FFHCI