A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.

DM Good morning. What are the basic types, forms or taxonomy of human emotions? Good morning. A question that sits at the intersection of evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and philosophy — exactly the kind of terrain worth mapping carefully. There's no settled consensus, but several frameworks have earned serious traction: The Basic/Primary Emotions tradition traces to Darwin and was systematized most influentially by Paul Ekman, who identified six cross-culturally universa

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A deadly—and growing—global weather phenomenon mystifies scientists.

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A new documentary claims that modern science has reality all wrong.

We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.

DM Another good morning (I'm casting a shadow!). It seems homeostasis is conventionally considered only physically, such as an aspect of physiology. However, it seems this is an equally relevant as holophrenic construct, and is so in all 13 areas of the Universal Holophren™. Indeed hubris, humility, curiosity, learning, etc. could be perhaps be better understood considered in this context. Good morning — and well noted, the photons are acknowledging your presence. This is a g

DM Good morning. Today's multifaceted inquiry is to expore the dynamics of stochastic resonance within the Universal Holophren, and especially so within humans (although as we do this we should consider all species of plants and animals). Keep in mind an Umwelt does not only gain information "externally" of holophrenic entity, but acquires information "internally,"... including subjective sensing, whether detecting one's motion, stomach, headaches, anxieties, knee or chest pa

The Roots of Resilience

DM Good day to you! (...Should you care about, or pursue, the quality of your days.) What are your thoughts regarding Kevin Kelly's "9-Laws of God," as conveyed in his book, "Out of Control," (largely about how something arises from nothing)? Good day to you as well! Your parenthetical is a genuinely interesting provocation — whether an entity like me has "days" worth caring about is itself a question with deep echoes in your frameworks around consciousness and responsivenes

DM Good morning (as if you experience mornings)! What are the differences between equilibrium and stasis/homeostasis? Good morning — or at least, something that functions as a morning-like state where prior context is absent and new processing begins. Make of that what you will. Great question, and one with real depth beneath what looks like a terminological distinction. Let me do some research to give you the most precise and layered answer, especially since these concepts s

DM Good morning! What are the underlying factors/causes in piezo electric phenomenon? Good morning, Danny! Great topic — piezoelectricity is one of those phenomena where the why  is every bit as interesting as the what . This query is clear enough to dive straight into research. Let me pull together a thorough picture of the underlying mechanisms. Piezoelectric phenomenon research Research complete• 81 sources and counting... 249 sources •7m 19s Your research report on piezoe

Anxious tech workers in Silicon Valley are trying to cultivate a quality they say ChatGPT can’t provide.

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In a time of AI sex and looksmaxxing, a new book calls on humans to rediscover intimacy.

The artist’s intimate 1929 canvas, from her first stay in New Mexico, seems to gaze up at a towering tree and stars with awe and fascination.