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Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a little studied phylum of animals. First discovered 230 years ago, there are at least 700 different species living on land, in fresh water and in the sea. The tardigrades represent a successful group of animals – in flourishing existence after about 600 million years of evolution – that could hold the keys to patterns and mechanisms by which animal body plans evolve. Continue reading
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Scientists in the US have created a free swimming artificial jellyfish from silicone polymer and rat heart cells. An electric shock was administered to induce the Medusoid into swimming with synchronised contractions, mimicking those of real jellyfish. They are literally reverse engineering biological form and function in an emerging field of known as: “Synthetic life.” Researchers originally focused on replicating life’s building blocks, and now, with this latest advance, have created a simple artificial organism. Two research groups at Caltech and Harvard worked for years to understand the … Continue reading
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A circadian rhythm is the 24 hour cycle of living beings. They are important in determining the sleeping and feeding patterns of all animals, including human beings. Patterns of brain wave activity, hormone production, cell regeneration and other biological activities are all linked to this daily cycle. Importance of Circadian Rhythmn in daily life. Circadian rhythms prepares organisms for environmental changes and in regulating and coordinating internal metabolic processes. Traditional Chinese Medicine takes a unique approach to understanding how the body works based on the Circadian Rhythmn. In … Continue reading
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In nature, there are inherent similarities and patterns found in a plethora of life, spanning plant and animal kingdoms. Despite scale we see the same proportions in such things as arrangement of leaves in plants, patterns of the florets on a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple. It is seen in the cochlea of the inner ear, the shell of the chambered Nautilus and the proportions in the sections of a human finger or ratio of a hand to forearm. The size … Continue reading
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Summary from I Power website: “Developments in neuroscience and sociology from the past decades have shed light on many aspects of human psychology that are only now beginning to be discussed in the fields of ‘self-help’ and self-development. While there is a lot of popular literature on the subject from authors that range from popular lifecoaches such as Tony Robbins to spiritual teachers like Eckhart Tolle, Chiren saw a huge lack of material that takes a purely scientific approach. ‘God is in The Neurons’ makes important correlations about … Continue reading
