Category: biology

Slime Moulds | In Our Time

BBC Radio 4 – Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss slime mould, a basic organism that grows on logs, cowpats and compost heaps. Scientists have found difficult to categorise slime mould: in 1868, the biologist Thomas Huxley asked: ‘Is this a plant, or is it an animal? Is it both or is it neither?’ and there…… Continue reading Slime Moulds | In Our Time

PFAS: The Poison in Us All

https://youtu.be/t8qGtEVh7oQ PFAS chemicals are used in thousands of products aimed at making life easier. But the chemicals are now almost everywhere, including in human blood, and are being linked to severe health problems. (The video has been corrected to show that Minnesota’s ban on PFAS in food packaging begins in 2024.) (Source: Bloomberg).

The Big Pharma Revelations from Dr Laura Braden PhD

Dr. Laura Braden has two science degrees: one in cellular and molecular biology and one in neuroscience. She also holds a PhD in Biology and Molecular Immunology; and two post-doctoral fellowships: one in pathology and microbiology and one in immunology.During the 2023 National Citizens Inquiry hearings in Toronto, Dr Braden delivered an exceptional presentation that exposed in…… Continue reading The Big Pharma Revelations from Dr Laura Braden PhD

Denis Noble About Why Dawkins Is Wrong

https://youtu.be/dCLRKP9NW8I?si=SWqYXAL0hLiaOb4j In this interview, esteemed biologist Denis Noble explains why our approach to biology is the wrong way around. We thought that the sequencing of genetic information would unlock vast developments in medical cures for a whole host of illnesses. However, sequencing the genome alone hasn’t revolutionised medicine. Denis Noble argues that we have our…… Continue reading Denis Noble About Why Dawkins Is Wrong

Neanderthal in us

https://youtu.be/6uwiNavCNYE?si=ohIpJ3D4VB-nCzhA What remains of the Neanderthal in us?Since his first bones were discovered in Germany in 1856, Neanderthals have raised many questions in our minds. Why did it disappear 30,000 years ago? Do we still have some of his genes in us? What does the work on deciphering the Neanderthal genome give? Director: Tamara Spitzing,…… Continue reading Neanderthal in us

Troubled Waters – Overfishing

https://youtu.be/YACTNvuijQY?si=lLkm1jdjffjmEhXa DOCUMENTARY ABOUT IMPACTS OF OVERFISHING.Created as a student film project, Troubled Waters explores what has happened to our oceans because of our appetite for seafood, and looks what we can do personally to kick start a reformed fishing industry. This film was created by two students – Matthew Judge, who wrote, shot and produced…… Continue reading Troubled Waters – Overfishing

How artificial light threatens nature

https://youtu.be/bXR3Lu_SD7c?si=tamAqHEDliQVBFw5 DW Documentary.Light can be deadly. Many animals and plants are threatened by artificial light. Numerous organisms have found their evolutionary niche in the dark of night, and now have to adapt to bright nights. Not all of them succeed. More than half of all animals are nocturnal. Their sensory organs, their behavior, their orientation…… Continue reading How artificial light threatens nature

Realities Of Health: Dominance chierarchy

https://rumble.com/v3x6q0o-denis-rancourt-realities-of-health-very-interesting.html Realities Of Health (Interesting & Important)”The kind of psychological stress that kills you is when your whole world is turned upside down; when your place within society disappears. So you lose your job, you lose your house . . . you completely cannot sustain your family . . . These big life-changing times of…… Continue reading Realities Of Health: Dominance chierarchy