Fred First's Highlights on ' Home | Substack'

400-Million-Year-Old Fossil Upends Our Understanding of Fibonacci Spirals in Nature

www.sciencealert.com/400-million-year-old-fossil-upends-our-understanding-of-fibonacci-spirals-in-nature

Feb 17, 2025

Quantum aspects of the brain-mind relationship: A hypothesis with supporting evidence

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0303264722002015

Feb 17, 2025

Putting Nature at the Center

www.resilience.org/stories/2025-02-05/putting-nature-at-the-center/?utm_source=Post+Carbon+Institute&utm_campaign=6bb20aece6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_05_20_02_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ac58be47dc-16032112&mc_cid=6bb20aece6&mc_eid=320c5184ce

future-proofing

extinction

Feb 16, 2025

154

If we want artificial "superintelligence," it may need to feel pain

bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/if-we-want-an-artificial-superintelligence-we-may-need-to-let-it-feel-pain/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today

intelligence

sentience

Feb 16, 2025

All of the Trump Administration’s Major Moves in the First 100 Days

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/trump-agenda-2025.html?campaign_id=51&emc=edit_mbe_20250213&instance_id=147406&nl=morning-briefing%3A-europe-edition&regi_id=911182&segment_id=190876&user_id=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684

trump

Feb 13, 2025

idealism - Quantum Physics Lady

quantumphysicslady.org/glossary/idealism/

Feb 13, 2025

What Is Life? Scientists Propose New Machine-Based Theory of Life

scitechdaily.com/what-is-life-scientists-propose-new-machine-based-theory-of-life/

Feb 12, 2025

Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/12/many-birds-of-paradise-species-emit-light-through-their-plumage-study-finds

Feb 12, 2025

How close is Elon Musk to controlling a nuclear weapon?

www.theverge.com/policy/609110/elon-musk-doge-department-energy-nuclear-weapon-waste-cleanup-access?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today

nuclear

Musk

Feb 11, 2025

Quantum Physics and the Supernatural

www.puttyputman.com/post/quantum-physics-and-the-supernatural

faith

Feb 10, 2025

Quantum Physics and the Bible: Unseen Realities and Spiritual Insights | Digital Bible

digitalbible.ca/article-page/modern-topics-what-does-the-bible-say-about-quantum-physics

Feb 10, 2025

Common Viruses May Be Triggering the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

now.tufts.edu/2022/08/02/common-viruses-may-be-triggering-onset-alzheimers-disease

Virus

alz

Feb 10, 2025

The Connection Between Concussions, Viruses, and Alzheimer’s

now.tufts.edu/2025/01/07/head-trauma-may-activate-latent-viruses-brain-leading-neurodegeneration

Virus

alz

Feb 10, 2025

Experts who predicted Covid reveal pandemic fears about new virus

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14359817/experts-covid-pandemic-concerning-new-virus.html

Feb 9, 2025

Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/opinion/trump-musk-doge.html

trump

Feb 9, 2025

It's Already Worse Than We Thought

www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/its-already-worse-than-we-thought/

Feb 9, 2025

Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss

truthout.org/articles/big-agriculture-is-leading-us-into-the-bird-flu-abyss/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=6cf0055f60-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_06_10_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-6cf0055f60-650238637

Feb 9, 2025

If Humans Had Souls, Would They Be Quantum?

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-physics-meets-psychology/202502/if-humans-had-souls-would-they-be-quantum

Feb 8, 2025

Home | Substack

substack.com/home/post/p-156600476?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Feb 8, 2025

The Merger of Mind and Machine

mitteldorf.substack.com/p/the-merger-of-mind-and-machine

Feb 6, 2025

107

Man's life was changed forever after bar attack altered his brain and gave him extremely rare ability

www.ladbible.com/news/health/acquired-savant-syndrome-jason-padgett-maths-182588-20250130

Feb 5, 2025

What Painters Need to Know About Color Theory

www.thesprucecrafts.com/color-theory-for-painting-2578070

art

Feb 5, 2025

What is Color Theory?

www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/color-theory

art

Feb 5, 2025

Bringing the hospital into the home

knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/hospital-at-home-movement-is-growing-in-the-united-states?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard/magazine/104T+HOLDING+PEN

health

Feb 3, 2025

Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests (The Guardian)

l.smartnews.com/p-iBV9Jvs/0XhCZp

human biology

Feb 3, 2025

JD Vance-Peter Thiel-Curtis Yarvin 2024: The Neoreactionary Dream Team - Bucks County Beacon

buckscountybeacon.com/2024/07/jd-vance-peter-thiel-curtis-yarvin-2024-the-neoreactionary-dream-team/

trump

Feb 2, 2025

The Profound Loneliness of Being Collapse Aware

www.collapsemusings.com/the-profound-loneliness-of-being-collapse-aware/?ref=the-sentinel-intelligence.net

collapse

future-proofing

Feb 2, 2025

What makes the psychedelic experience so healing? It could be "awe"

www.salon.com/2025/01/26/what-makes-the-psychedelic-experience-so-healing-it-could-be-awe/?lh_aid=70513&lh_cid=f6fvwfqsak&lh_em=fred1st%40gmail.com&di=ab0e55379838459094e8cda5be9f3304

awe

mental_health

psychedelics

Feb 2, 2025

When Will the Planet Be Too Hot for Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.

nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html?ref=collapsemusings.com),

Feb 2, 2025

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A Matter of Considerable Gravity: On the Purported Detection of Gravitational Waves and Cosmic Inflation | Evolution News

evolutionnews.org/2014/04/a_matter_of_con/

Jan 31, 2025

When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/science/moths-hearing-plant-sounds.html

Jan 31, 2025

Consciousness and Quantum Information

www.academia.edu/126600632/Consciousness_and_Quantum_Information?email_work_card=abstract-read-more

Jan 31, 2025

Snakeskin Isn’t Just a Fashion Statement for Birds

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/science/snakeskin-birds-nests.html?searchResultPosition=10

birds

behavior

Jan 31, 2025

How to Push Back

joycevance.substack.com/p/how-to-push-back?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=607357&post_id=156016448&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2j0en6&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 30, 2025

Build your own newsfeed | Inoreader

www.inoreader.com/article/3a9c6e7786bb6a91-it-was-a-trap-ex-prosecutor-says-afraid-trump-just-summoned-the-sleeping-giant

Jan 30, 2025

Scientists Map How Brain Chemicals React to Emotional Words

scienceblog.com/553023/scientists-map-how-brain-chemicals-react-to-emotional-words/

emotions

Jan 30, 2025

‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/health/bird-flu-h5n1.html

birdflu

Jan 29, 2025

Mapping the Cosmic Tapestry: Mind, Memory, and Myth in the Search for Extraterrestrial Influences.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/26/2299324/-Mapping-the-Cosmic-Tapestry-Mind-Memory-and-Myth-in-the-Search-for-Extraterrestrial-Influences

Jan 28, 2025

Why scientists are enlisting fungi to save endangered plants

knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/mycorrhizal-fungi-help-save-endangered-plants-ecosystems?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=ede241f1c4-KM_NEWSLETTER_2025_01_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ede241f1c4-536752488

fungi

microbiome

soil

Jan 26, 2025

Focus: A Brief Guide on How to Improve Focus and Concentration

jamesclear.com/focus

Jan 26, 2025

Brain experiment suggests that consciousness relies on quantum entanglement

bigthink.com/hard-science/brain-consciousness-quantum-entanglement/

HEP

entanglement

Jan 24, 2025

The Needs of Dementia Caregivers | Harvard Magazine

www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harvard-caring-for-elderly-dementia

caregiver

Jan 23, 2025

164

Why Music Matters

www.songsandsmiles.com/why-music-matters/

music

dementia

Jan 23, 2025

Popular Summertime Fruit, Blueberries, Could Be Soon Wiped Out Worldwide, Researchers Warn

www.wideopenspaces.com/popular-summertime-fruit-blueberries-could-be-soon-wiped-out-worldwide-researchers-warn/

Jan 22, 2025

Technology News | TechHQ | Latest Technology News & Analysis

techhq.com/2025/01/google-quantum-breakthrough-marred-by-parallel-universe-claim/

quantum physics

multiverse

Jan 20, 2025

Boone’s Lick Road | Missouri Encyclopedia

missouriencyclopedia.org/places/boones-lick-road

Jan 20, 2025

The caterpillars that can kill you

knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/meet-the-venomous-caterpillars?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=83e8e24150-KM_NEWSLETTER_2025_01_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-83e8e24150-536752488

Jan 20, 2025