Enough with plants and kittens, let’s move on to humans
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Plants grow differently in different gravity, and the brains of kittens develop differently when deprived of vision. So, what about those pesky humans? Here’s an article from Scientific American about differences in the brains of those who lose their hearing or sight at an early age. Super Powers for the Blind and Deaf – Scientific …
ep2: On the subjects of seeds sprouting in low gravity, I was wrong
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Here’s an article that showed me that something I thought was true, wasn’t so: plants do grow in zero gravity. Plants growing in space is interesting, So how about some YouTube videos about them. The first: Cultivating Plant Growth in Space Is about five minutes long. It was put out by NASA in 2015. The …
ep1: Nature vs Nature
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What you are and what happens to you interact in complex ways. In order to make you, and I mean you specifically, we need your DNA, every last thing that has happened to you, and all your cells that have come and gone during all that time. Here’s the article I mention in the episode: …