6 episodes
Biomusings - English Biomusings
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- Science
Biomusings is a small effort to bring back biology from its pieces, with the hope that every biologist can find something interesting to read or say.
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The hidden social networks of microbes
Microbes are never alone, and in fact their place in a community has profound implications for their ecology and evolutionary dynamics.
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What animal societies say about ours
When we think of the hallmarks of complex societies and civilization, we
often attribute these features only to humans. However, nature is more
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Cheating done right
Most of us grow up learning that cheating is bad. We should not steal. We should not lie. And above all: we should not exploit the groups we are part of. Is cheating irrevocably bad?
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Lamarck is back
Is Lamarckism back? Current discussions, specifically in the field of epigenetics, seem to suggest that this is the case.
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Holobionts as evolving units
A group of biologists and philosophers has recently coined the concepts of “holobiont” and “hologenome”. Holobiont refers to the ecological entity of a macrobial host plus the set of associated microorganisms that compose its microbiome.
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My astrobiologist view of life
I’ve been fascinated with life in the universe since I was a kid. Who hasn’t spent hours thinking of what else is out there, or if we’re alone, or where we come from?