The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets by Thomas R. Cech
How did life begin? What makes us human? Why do we get sick and grow old? In The Catalyst, Cech finally brings together years of research to demonstrate that RNA is the true key to understanding life on Earth, from its very origins to our future in the twenty-first century.
What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke?
Maybe they're used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn't explain the emails I've had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics' messages?
Howdy, all. I understand that "life coach" is a thing now for normal people, not just obnoxious celebrities.
Y'know, I could do that. Let's see...I met a woman with a thumb tat to remind her to live in the moment. I blurted: I mastered that a long time ago. It's not all it's cracked up to be. It's a defense mechanism against powerlessness; me, I'd rather be allowed to live for the future.
If you want /that/ kind of life coaching, HMU. I don't charge money.
Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin by Robert M. Hazen
2005
Genesis tells the tale of transforming scientific advances in our quest for life's origins. Written with grace, beauty, and authority, it goes directly to the heart of who we are and why we are here.
Understanding Living Systems by Raymond Noble & Denis Noble
Life is definitively purposive and creative. Organisms use genes in controlling their destiny. This book presents a paradigm shift in understanding living systems. The genome is not a code, blueprint or set of instructions. It is a tool orchestrated by the system. This book shows that gene-centrism misrepresents what genes are and how they are used by living systems.
Resisting Biopolitics: New Perspectives on the Government of Life edited by Marco Piasentier
This cutting-edge volume discusses the philosophical, social, and political notions of biopolitics, as well as the ways in which biopower affects all aspects of our lives, including the relationships between the human and nonhuman, the concept of political subjectivity, and the connection between art, science, philosophy, and politics. @bookstodon #books #nonfiction #biopolitics #biopower #life
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
In Ways of Being, writer and artist James Bridle considers the fascinating, uncanny and multiple ways of existing on earth. What can we learn from these other forms of intelligence and personhood, and how can we change our societies to live more equitably with one another and the non-human world?
Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
The story of how we came to understand electricity’s essential role in all life is rooted in our observations of its influences on the body―influences governed by the body’s central nervous system. Spark explains the science of electricity from this fresh, biological perspective.
With the rapid growth of new evidence from astronomy, space science and biology that supports the theory of life as a cosmic rather than terrestrial phenomenon, this book discusses a set of crucial data and pictures showing that life is still arriving at our planet. Although it could spark controversy among the most hardened sceptics this book will have an important role in shaping future science in this area @bookstodon #books #nonfiction #life
A Journey Into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature’s most spectacular yet commonplace magic tricks.
Hi😊 I just moved here from another server, so I thought I’d introduce myself: My name is Lisa.
My 1st love is books, a close 2nd is drawing/painting. I walk a lot & place a high value on daily exercise. I work in the field of ophthalmology, but have a background in teaching & aviation. I am married, w/ 2 teenaged boys. Originally I’m from SoCal, but have lived in TN for many yrs & love it. I am definitely a country mouse (vs. city mouse).The older I get, the more I enjoy cold weather, which has led to an obsession w/ sweaters & sweatshirts. There is also a corkscrew in my purse for red wine emergencies.#books#life#photography#introduction@bookstodon
“Keep in mind that what injures you is not people who are rude or agressive but your opinion that they are injuring you. So whenever someone provokes you, be aware that the provocation really comes from your own judgment. Start, then, by trying not to get carried away by the impression. Once you pause and give yourself time, you will more easily control yourself.”
Can anyone recommend a good book that is both an introduction to #Stoicism and a guide to practically implementing it in one's life? I'd love a recommendation. @bodhidave, any suggestions?
Remembering my brave cousin, Yasmina Ykelenstam , who helped thousands to heal through her histamine #diet, and tragically passed away at 43 years young 🕊️
The road reaches every place, the short cut only one."
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Growth is barely controlled damage.
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Water deepens where it has to wait.
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Patience is not very different from courage. It just takes longer.
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Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like... a stone warming.
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"There are silences harder to take back than words.
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The reader lives faster than #life, the #writer lives slower.
When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.
There are many things I love about reading on my Kindle, especially the convenience & lighting factor, but if it or all of the content were gone tomorrow, my reading wouldn’t skip a beat. My physical book collection is wonderful & it’s something I have been collecting & am continually curating. Years ago I got rid of other things to make space for bookshelves & I’ve never regretted it. The calming presence of books is something I adore, no power cord, electricity or wifi required. #life#love#books#booktoot@bookstodon