Fred First

Fred First

@fred1st

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The Machine in the Garden

paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-machine-in-the-garden?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=250836&post_id=153208536&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

christianity

Jan 14, 2025

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Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex

www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mind-blindness-decoded-people-who-cant-see-with-their-minds-eye-still-activate-their-visual-cortex-study-finds

aphantasia

Jan 14, 2025

3

Fire Weather

chrishedges.substack.com/p/fire-weather?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=566fd&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

wildfires

Jan 13, 2025

102

How colours affect the way you think

www.bbc.com/future/article/20220713-the-hidden-meaning-of-your-favourite-colour

perception
color
vision

Jan 12, 2025

3

Takeover of Invasive Species Due to Climate Change: The Bush Honeysuckle

cwp.missouri.edu/2017/takeover-of-invasive-species-due-to-climate-change-the-bush-honeysuckle/

invasives

Jan 11, 2025

3

Returning Fire to the Landscape | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/returning-fire-landscape

wildfires
invasives

Jan 11, 2025

2

Yes, even most unexpected landscapes in the US can and will burn

www.vox.com/climate/24111549/wildfire-risk-increasing-everywhere-us-east-south?ueid=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TEx%201/9&utm_term=Sentences

invasives
wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

111

Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires

www.science.org/content/article/flammable-invasive-grasses-increasing-risk-devastating-wildfires

invasives
wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

1

How Swaths of Invasive Grass Made Maui's Fires So Devastating

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-swaths-of-invasive-grass-made-mauis-fires-so-devastating-180982729/

invasives
wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

1

As Worst Fire in LA History Raged, Trump Saw Tragedy as a Political Opportunity

truthout.org/articles/as-worst-fire-in-la-history-raged-trump-saw-tragedy-as-a-political-opportunity/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=377464b693-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_09_09_26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-62844fa454-650238637

ecopolitics
wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

51

Neuroscientist show how stress reshapes fear memories via the brain's endocannabinoid system

www.psypost.org/neuroscientist-show-how-stress-reshapes-fear-memories-via-the-brains-endocannabinoid-system/

emotions
stress
biology

Jan 10, 2025

4

Teaming Up to Take On the Double Threat of Invasives and Wildfires | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/teaming-take-double-threat-invasives-and-wildfires

wildfires
invasives

Jan 10, 2025

5

Morning Coffee Linked to Lower Death Risk, Study Finds

scienceblog.com/553019/morning-coffee-linked-to-lower-death-risk-study-finds/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

health
coffee

Jan 9, 2025

2

What is "emotional intelligence" in AI robots and chatbots and what are the possible implications to future human interactions with these entities and to the evolution of them? 🔎 You.com | AI for workplace productivity

you.com/search?q=What+is+%22emotional+intelligence%22+in+AI+robots+and+chatbots+and+what+are+the+possible+implications+to+future+human+interactions+with+these+entities+and+to+the+evolution+of+them%3F&fromSearchBar=true&tbm=youchat&cid=c0_aad7ba1b-b6a8-4879-9089-8c9096bf1aac

emotions
intelligence

Jan 9, 2025

1

How Loneliness and Social Isolation Impact Physical Health

scienceblog.com/552841/how-loneliness-and-social-isolation-impact-physical-health/

emotions
loneliness

Jan 6, 2025

51

Mirror bacteria could pose major health risks

theweek.com/science/mirror-bacteria-health-risks-disease

chirality

Jan 6, 2025

52

Why small annoyances can harm us more than big disruptions | Psyche Ideas

psyche.co/ideas/why-small-annoyances-can-harm-us-more-than-big-disruptions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

psychology

Jan 5, 2025

5

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient

www.scientificamerican.com/article/concerning-bird-flu-virus-mutations-found-in-severely-ill-patient/

birdflu

Jan 4, 2025

2

The Cat in the Tree: Why AI Content Leaves Us Cold

theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-cat-in-the-tree-why-ai-content?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6980&post_id=153888418&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 3, 2025

1

The risks of reversed chirality: Study highlights dangers of mirror organisms

www.news-medical.net/news/20241216/The-risks-of-reversed-chirality-Study-highlights-dangers-of-mirror-organisms.aspx

chirality
synthbio

Jan 3, 2025

4

We Don't Have to Destroy Ourselves

www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-dont-have-to-destroy-ourselves?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

AI
future-proofing
chirality

Jan 1, 2025

10

Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang | Aeon Essays

aeon.co/essays/scientists-are-no-longer-sure-the-universe-began-with-a-bang?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d642cb638e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e088b817f1-68706637

Dec 30, 2024

7

Study reveals the brain's uncanny ability to recognize faces under suppressed awareness

www.psypost.org/study-reveals-the-brains-uncanny-ability-to-recognize-faces-under-suppressed-awareness/

Dec 29, 2024

1

How to Read a Tsunami

nautil.us/how-to-read-a-tsunami-1172042/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

Dec 28, 2024

1

The Looming Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance

scienceblog.com/552722/the-looming-crisis-of-antibiotic-resistance/

Dec 28, 2024

2

New DNA Storage Method Uses 'Molecular Movable Type' to Write Data

scienceblog.com/552702/new-dna-storage-method-uses-molecular-movable-type-to-write-data/

Dec 28, 2024

3

Can Quantum Physics Teach Us About God and Ourselves? - Articles by MagellanTV

www.magellantv.com/articles/can-quantum-physics-teach-us-about-god-and-ourselves

quantum physics

Dec 24, 2024

141

Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too? | Quanta Magazine

www.quantamagazine.org/fish-have-a-brain-microbiome-could-humans-have-one-too-20241202/

microbiome

Dec 24, 2024

51

A New Theory for the Assembly of Life in the Universe | Quanta Magazine

www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-theory-for-the-assembly-of-life-in-the-universe-20230504/

Dec 24, 2024

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The Time Hack Everyone Should Know

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-time-hack-everyone-should-know/

Dec 22, 2024

2

Mummies and the Usefulness of Death

www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death/

Dec 22, 2024

11

Dozens of scientific journals have vanished from the internet, and no one preserved them

www.science.org/content/article/dozens-scientific-journals-have-vanished-internet-and-no-one-preserved-them

Dec 22, 2024

2

So AI can get bored, "suffer," and even commit suicide?

www.sify.com/ai-analytics/so-ai-can-get-bored-suffer-and-even-commit-suicide/

Dec 22, 2024

2

What happens when the internet disappears?

www.theverge.com/24321569/internet-decay-link-rot-web-archive-deleted-culture?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2Ftheverge

Dec 21, 2024

6

3 Curious Connections Between Consciousness and Black Holes

rickywilliamson.substack.com/p/3-curious-connections-between-consciousness?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=935692&post_id=153411111&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Dec 20, 2024

1

Quantum Leap! Google’s New Chip Could Revolutionize Computing

www.jomfruland.net/quantum-leap-googles-new-chip-could-revolutionize-computing/

Dec 20, 2024

1

‘Life-Changing’ Psychedelics, for When Life Is Ending

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/health/psychedelic-medicine-palliative-care-end-of-life.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20241217&instance_id=142465&nl=science-times&regi_id=911182&segment_id=185950&user_id=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684

Dec 20, 2024

6

Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/google-says-its-new-quantum-chip-indicates-that-multiple-universes-exist/

Dec 15, 2024

1

75% of People With Autoimmune Disease Have This In Common, New Study Finds

www.thehealthy.com/autoimmune/news-stanford-study-autoimmune-disease-have-this-in-common/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/health

Dec 15, 2024

4

Novel Nanofiber Vaccine Aims to Prevent Dementia Without Inflammation

scienceblog.com/550264/novel-nanofiber-vaccine-aims-to-prevent-dementia-without-inflammation/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Dec 13, 2024

3

What are the ways that language and physics require revisions to better describe the natural world. 🔎 You.com | AI for workplace productivity

you.com/search?q=What+are+the+ways+that+language+and+physics+require+revisions+to+better+describe+the+natural+world.&fromSearchBar=true&tbm=youchat&chatMode=custom&cid=c0_60b7109f-5cfd-49aa-b0fe-5db8fbf369f1

quantum physics
language

Dec 13, 2024

3

Two Billion People Have a Brain Parasite – Here's Why Many Haven't Noticed

thepremierdaily.com/two-billion-people-have-a-brain-parasite-heres-why-many-havent-noticed/

Dec 11, 2024

1

Massless to massive: New particle discovery could boost battery power

interestingengineering.com/science/magnet-reveals-directional-mass-particles

Dec 11, 2024

1

Rapidly warming Arctic has entered a ‘new regime’

www.eenews.net/articles/rapidly-warming-arctic-has-entered-a-new-regime-2/

permafrost
warming

Dec 11, 2024

1

In Congo, a Medical Mystery Offers Clues to the Mpox Epidemic

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/health/mpox-virus-congo.html?campaign_id=51&emc=edit_mbe_20241209&instance_id=141717&nl=morning-briefing:-europe-edition&regi_id=911182&segment_id=185224&user_id=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684

Dec 9, 2024

5

‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’: meet the neuroscientist who believes life could be eternal

www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/01/with-brain-preservation-nobody-has-to-die-meet-the-neuroscientist-who-believes-life-could-be-eternal

Dec 7, 2024

1

Alzheimer's: Map Shows US States Where Newly Revealed Risk Factor Is Worst

www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/alzheimer-s-map-shows-us-states-where-newly-revealed-risk-factor-is-worst/ar-AA1q5umX?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=28a4ab590c214aaf8b2bf399462c4d0e&ei=35

Dec 5, 2024

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