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Beyond Cannabis: Terpenes in Fat, Sex, and Covid-19
By: Arasibo Campeche
Tags: Biology, Terpenes, Cannabis, Covid 19, Plants

Photo by Margo Amala on Unsplash

If you opened your favorite browser and typed “terpenes” into the search bar, chances are the top hits will be related to cannabis. Other links might lead to terpene listicles, places to buy terpene oils, and of course, the Wikipedia article for terpenes.

But terpenes represent one of the largest and most chemically diverse group of natural products on Earth, with some estimates at around 80,000 members. Several of these are well known: Myrcene is the most abundant terpene in many strains of cannabis and discussed in detail elsewhere. Limonene, the major component in orange peel oil, which also gives the fruit its distinct smell, serves as an industrial solvent, and potential biofuel.

Since the number of terpenes is so vast, we’ve devised a way to break them down into categories. One such category is called triterpenes, of which cholesterol is a classical example. I won’t go into any more detail into what the categories are here, but for reference, myrcene and limonene are both monoterpenes.

At first glance, myrcene and cholesterol don’t have similar chemical structures and pooling them into the same category of molecules might not make much sense. What isn’t obvious is that nearly all terpenes have the same molecular origins. In other words, they have the same chemical great-great-great grandparents. Cholesterol and myrcene are distantly related. And so are all the other terpenes found in nature.

It gets better. Specifically, cholesterol serves as precursor for the sexual hormones in humans (e.g., testosterone and estrogens).

Steroids contain the same four-ring core structure as cholesterol. Strength training and anti-inflammatory drugs might come to mind when thinking of steroids, but another steroid, dexamethasone, is currently on many of our minds because it’s used to treat COVID-19 infections at stages when supplemental oxygen is required.

Despite looking similar to cholesterol, dexamethasone is synthetically made. In other words is does not occur in nature. We made it up! Kind of.

Chemical approaches that scientists have invented to develop new terpene-like molecules, and their contributions to medicine and society are fascinating in themselves. And a topic for another day.
COMMUNICATION IN ANIMALS
By: Universe Of Zoology
Tags: Life Sciences, Animals, Biology, Science, Zoology

Communication

‘’when information is transmitted from one organism to another is known as communication’’

Zoosemiotics

The study of animal communication is known as zoosemiotics.

Means of communication

Visual, chemical, auditory, tactile, electrical communication.

Visual communication

It indicates animals identity (specie, age or sex).Change in color and posture are the major means through which visual communication occurs.

There is rapid transmission of information in it.

If the sender is not seen these signals are useless.

These signals cannot be used for long distances.

They cannot be used at night.

Chemical communication

This communication is used for attracting opposite sex as well as marking territory.

Chemicals used for this communication are called pheromones.

Pheromones are released in air, water and deposited on ground.

Pheromones remain in the environment for a long time.

It is well developed in bees, wasps, termites , ants .

Bombykol (pheromone ) produced by female moths can be detected by male moths in several meters.

Sharks have a very efficient olfactory system, and can smell drops of blood in the ocean.

Cats and dogs urinate for marking their territory.

Dung is a source of scent used by animals (e.g. rabbits and hippopotamuses).

Chemical signals are used in low visibility situations.

Auditory communication

sound signals transmitted to long distances. Frequency of sound signals can be changed per desire.

Sound signals are species specific.

Low frequency sounds are used for long distance communication.

Sounds signals are not limited between sender and receiver.

Sound signals help animals in food collection, reproduction etc.

Examples: crickets and cicadas are famous for their loud sound production.

Crickets

Cicadas

Electrical communication

Fishes uses electrical signals for orientation and communication

Knife fish

Elephant nose fish

Electric signals are generated by electric organs. Electric organs are formed from muscle cells in many fishes but in gymnotid(knife fish) from nerves.

Platypus and Echidna have the ability of electroreception.

Tactile communication

It requires close body contact between individuals. This is more developed in social insects.

Copulation involves most widespread use of tactile communication.

Examples:

In termites the blind workers communicate through tactile communication.

Blind fishes know the presence of other fishes in groups by creating disturbance in water.

Dance of honey bees is the most remarkable means of tactile communication.
Can biology fix it?
Tags: Changemaker, Designer, Biology, Entrepreneur, Textile

A tree is a miracle. As children we had an intuitive understanding of that miracle, unaware that its name was biology. While we played with the leaves, we were also quite incidentally exploring their nature: noticing their fine veins, the sap that dripped from them when torn, the holes chewed by a hungry ­insect, the tiny black dots that would later hatch into aphids. Sometimes we took the leaves home, pressed them in books or simply put them down and forgot them; they dried out and changed their appearance, rustling when we returned to them. As children we were often closer to nature and its fascination than we would ever be later in our adult lives. In the world of adults, trees are quickly relegated to the status of mere decoration, with the sole purpose of inspiring rapturous praise of green and leafy streets. In urban settings, trees are often hemmed in by rigid architectural corsets of concrete and steel. And, indeed, so are we dissociated from the true force that, together with chemistry and physics, brings motion, ­vitality and cohesion to the world: biology.

Eleven years ago, when Natsai Audrey Chieza stood in the office of John Ward, professor of synthetic biology at University College London (who I just googled and found, grins Natsai), the fascination of nature once again struck her like a bolt of lightning.

It was this moment that made her into the prestigious designer she is today, laying the foundations for rethinking the entire fashion industry: with bacteria that dye textiles. And that moment began with a cactus.
Structural Complexity and Intertidal Organisms: A Quick Thought
By: Hadie Artiel
Tags: Marine, Biology, Intertidal Organisms, Structure

Recent advances in science and comparative methods have allowed deeper evaluation and investigation of different measures in structural complexity, notably among intertidal organisms and systems. Previous studies have identified positive correlation between density and resource availability (Mackay and Underwood 1977). In these experiments data was used and collated among various group across the location of interest focused on ascertaining the relations between the small- and large-scale rugosity and multiscale measures amongst Cellana and Nerita, both prominent molluscs, by utilising random quadrats, estimations of surface complexity and computational data analysis. The study was able to find positive correlation between rugosity and increase in density. The amount of each species in the study increases as rugosity increases. Furthermore, small-scale rugosity has been found to be more accurate in this study. Finally, there is possible connection between rugosity as a predictor of size, and different species appear to respond to increases I rugosity differently. Unfortunately, there are so many confounding factors (such as one species possibly just outcompeting another) to definitively draw this conclusion but this would be an interesting area of study in future.

References
We have two of the most interesting people in the private community for donors to Unity is Strength.
By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Peacebuilding, Politics, Biology, Early Childhood Education, Intelligence

We have two of the most interesting people in the private community for donors to Unity is Strength. Idan Solon is a polymath who has published professionally about biology and intelligence, invests in Bitcoin, and writes about politics here on Medium. N. AR is a brilliant writer and an early childhood education expert. I recommend you follow Idan here and Nadia on Quora. Subscribe and you can chat with them and with me live.

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#JustStart
By: Sadiq Hussain
Tags: Cells, Biology, Amal Fellowship, Book Readers, Amal Academy

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Nature’s Mirrors and our Sense of Taste and Smell
By: Andrea Castillo
Tags: Nature, Food, Biology, Science, Chemistry

I am not a scientist but lately I’ve been fascinated by food science and from time to time I enjoy nerding out on chemistry with my friend Matt. Last night I called him for a stereochemistry 101 lesson.

In a nutshell, seterochemistry explores how atoms in molecules are arranged. On one hand, molecules can be exact replicas so if you superimposed one on top of the other, everything lines up perfectly. On the other hand, those molecules can also be like… well, our hands: they’re mirror images of each other and do not line up when you place one on top of the other. Matt had me look at an amino acid: they can have the exact same atoms but instead of, say, a hydrogen being to the left of a carbon, it’ll be to its right. That arrangement then gives molecules a right-handed or left-handed nature, also known as chirality. And in biology, atomic arrangements matters.

For example, there’s a famous drug, Thalidomide, that was used to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. The left-handed Thalidomide worked well, but the right-handed version was highly toxic and resulted in birth defects.

In food, chirality impacts how we smell or taste. Our smell receptors are chiral and respond to chiral molecules in fantastically different ways. Carvone, a chemical compound found in some herbs and spices, smells like spearmint if it’s right-natured or like caraway seeds if it’s left-natured. That’s a pretty big difference for such a tiny tweak.
My World by Viktor Grebennikov: Dedication and Preface.
By: Diana Thoresen
Tags: Anti Gravity, Biology, Science, Viktor Grebennikov, Theoretical Physics

Dedication

I dedicate this work to Anatoly, my dear brother who died fighting for my beloved homeland of Crimea in 1942. It was a year filled with agony and terror.

Preface

Many wonderful people have helped me to publish this book. Unfortunately, I only have enough space to express my gratitude to a few of them. I’d like to thank:

Vladimir Yartsev, my chief editor and Alissa Tobuch and Vladimir Minko, my literary editors. Thank you for getting the book ready for publication.

Maria Cherkasova, Socio-Ecological Union Director, and Svyatoslav Zabelin, Socio-Ecological Union Coordination Division Director (based in Moscow). Thank you for your moral, financial and logistical support.

Aman Tuleev, the Chairman of the Council of People’s Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast and member of the Federation Council. Thank you for printing colorful ads necessary for publication and your precious spiritual guidance.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Thank you for your generous 30,000 USD donation. I wholeheartedly support your stipulation this book gets distributed to children for free.

Olga Shiganova, EnSi Group Director from Novosibirsk. Thank you for taking care of all the logistics involved in this project: business trips, paperwork, office supplies, etc.

My son Sergey, my wife Tamara, my grandson Andrey. Thank you for all the ways you’ve helped me throughout the years and putting up with me (most of my writings and drawings were produced at home). This book only exists because of you.

I absolutely must thank all entomologists who shared their collections (some of them are very rare) with me:

V. Ivonin,Y. Korshunov, V. Dubatolov, P. Ustyuzhanin from Novosibirsk.

V. Kuznetsov from the Far East.

L. Slavgorodskaya, Y. Budashkin, S. Ivanov from Crimea.

P. Marikovsky from Almaty.

A. Osychnuk, M. Nesterov, N. Scherbak from Ukraine.

G. Petere from Germany.

P. Gallant from France.

Occasionally you’ll see two dates on my drawings. This means I had to make a particular drawing twice: before my arrest in 1947 and after my release in 1953 during the Khrushchev Thaw.

I’d also like to mention V. Zolotarev, a physicist from St Petersburg. He greatly contributed to elucidating my discovery of the Cavity Structure Effect which led to so many more fascinating findings.

And most of my gratitude goes to my dear students, both young and old. Had it not been for you, I would have become another hardened cog in the bureaucratic machine a long time ago. I especially dedicate my humble — yet perhaps somewhat extraordinary — work to my young students.
Muscles Movement in invertebrates vertebrates Quiz
By: Multimedia Channel
Tags: Cbsc, Biology, Neet, Quiz, Mcqs

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By: Abdul Hayee
Tags: Nature, Biology, Immortal, Species, Immune

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Humans are Walking Ecologies participating in a Culture
By: Carlos E. Perez
Tags: Biology, Humanity

Photo by Adrian Lange on Unsplash

It’s a very different perspective when we realize that our bodies consist of an entire ecology of bacteria and viruses that are also passed to our ancestors. Mammals rear their young and as a consequence transfer the microbiome and virome to their offspring.

What does it mean to treat our individuality as ecologies? We are all ecologies existing in other ecologies. Nature is constantly performing a balancing act across multiple scales of existence.

There are bacteria and viruses that are unique to your ancestry as that of your own DNA. They have lived in symbiosis with your ancestor and will do so for your descendants.

It is an empirical fact that the microbiome in our stomach can influence not only our own moods but also our metabolism and thus our weight and health.

It is also intriguing to know that brains evolved out of stomachs and that our stomachs contain hundreds of millions of neurons. Humans can literally think with their gut.

But when we think with our gut or if our gut is influenced by the microbiome and virome, then we can’t really claim that we act completely independently of the ecology we carry.

When we claim that the mind is inextricably connected to the body, do we also mean that it is also connected to the microbiome and the virome. That is organisms that have evolved independently of our DNA?

When we speak of the epigenome that expresses traits based on its environment, are we not also talking about the environment that also includes the microbiome and virome?

This also places in question the tired debate of nature vs nurture. Can we truly create a crisp boundary between the two ideas. Is there really such a thing as a core nature now that we realize that it’s more than our DNA that generates who we are?

We are the holistic sum of a milieu of processes, processes that our epigenome is in constant interaction with. These processes include our local ecology and the much wider culture that we live in. This happens at a multitude of scales and thus under an unimaginable complexity.

The discovery of quantum mechanics revealed the fuzziness of the most elementary of things. It also revealed the inescapable subjectivity of reality. The discovery of the complexity of biology also has revealed both but at the scale of our individuality.

We are walking ecologies analogous to the fuzziness and subjectivity intrinsic in every atom that we consist of. It is irreducible complexity and subjectivity all the way down.
How much does it cost to be a biologist? For some: an awful lot.
By: Canadian Science Publishing
Tags: Biology, Money, Science, Research

Science is an expensive endeavour. Whether research occurs in the lab, in the field, or at a computer, we have to buy equipment and pay for many different things that enable us to work in our discipline. Normally, research grants pay for these expenses. But this is not always the case.

Many of us have heard stories of people having to use their personal funds to pay for some of the costs of doing science (a phenomenon we discuss on social media with the hashtag #SciSpends). These stories take many forms.

Read this open access paper on the FACETS website.

A supervisor refuses to pay per diems for students attending conferences. An early-career researcher uses their salary to pay for office furniture. A senior scientist pays a student directly, as it is faster than getting a grant to do so.

But is this practice widespread? And what types of costs do scientists incur to do research?

In this study, we conducted an online survey asking scientists who self-identified as biologists how much money they spent out of pocket that was not reimbursed.

We asked about a wide range of different types of costs, which are roughly broken down into those costs that would be incurred just once when starting a new position (e.g., relocation, buying office furniture) and those that were incurred over the past 12 months and are likely to recur (e.g., conference attendance or fieldwork costs). We also asked respondents to report their career stage, from undergraduate to senior scientist.

We found that the median biologist incurs US$2,700 in unreimbursed expenses to start a new position and spent US$1,680 over the past 12 months on things that would be likely to recur.

For all types of costs, we found that most people spent relatively low amounts, but a substantial minority incurred very high expenses. Further, we found that as a proportion of income, unreimbursed expenses are highest for those earliest in their career.

We cannot be sure that these results generalize to all biologists — maybe people who were most upset about this were more likely to opt in and do the survey. But our large sample size implies that this may indeed be a widespread issue, and one that could be having major impacts particularly for those individuals who experience very high costs.

The egalitarian ideals of science can only be realized if the discipline is inclusive, and that includes inclusive to people that are not rich. If some scientists have to incur big out-of-pocket costs, and others don’t, that is an obvious inequity that we have to fix.

Therefore, we argue that science needs a code of best practices to determine what should and should not be reimbursed within a scientific career — and those best practices should be applied widely so that everyone knows what they are getting into financially when they embark in a career in science.

Read the paper — SciSpends: an exploratory survey investigating nonreimbursed expenses in biological sciences by Brett Favaro and Edward Hind-Ozan.
Plant Kingdom Bryophytes& Basic Classification Macq’s with Answers
By: Multimedia Channel
Tags: Biology, Exam, Mcqs, Plants, Bryophyte

1.All bryophytes share certain characteristics. These are:

a) Cuticle, true leaves with a waxy cuticle

b) Protection of the reproductive structure by waxy cuticle and chamber

c) Vascular bundle, leaves, and cuticle

d) Vascular tissues and a waxy cuticle.

ANS: b) Protection of the reproductive structure by waxy cuticle and chamber

2.The male gametophyte of an angiosperm is the:

a) Anther

b) Embryo sac

c) Microspore

d) Germinated pollen grain

ANS:c) Microspore

3.Which is not a COMMON characteristic of seed plants?

a) Wind or insect pollination not through water

b) Transport of water through vascular tissues

c) Dispersal of new plants by seeds

d) Protection and nourishment of the embryo within the seed

ANS:b) Transport of water through vascular tissues

4.Kingdom planate include non-motile organisms which develop from__________.

a) Ovary

b) Mycelium

c) Embryo

d) All of them

ANS:c) Embryo

5.Known species of plants are about:

a) 3600

b) 36000

c) 360000

d) 3600000

ANS:c) 360000

6.Plants can be divided into____broad categories.

a) 2

b) 4

c) 6

d) 8

ANS:a) 2

7.______are vascular plants.

a) Hornworts

b) Liverworts

c) Mosses

d) Club mosses

ANS:d) Club mosses(LYCOPSIDA))

8.Pick the odd one:

a) Whisk ferns

b) Mosses

c) Lycopsida

d) Horsetails

ANS:b) Mosses

9.Bryophytes are ________plants.

a) Vascular

b) Non-vascular

c) Both a & b

d) None of them

ANS:b) Non-vascular

10.Tracheophyta have_________plants.

a) Vascular

b) Nonvascular

c) Both a & b

d) All of them

ANS:a) Vascular
blue tiger
By: Kopjes Kattenoppas
Tags: Survival, Biodiversity, Random, Biology, Evolution

“If you had braved the jungles of China’s Fujian province in the early 20th century, various accounts say you could have witnessed a stunningly unexpected animal: a blue tiger. These tigers were described as “marvelously beautiful” with bodies “a deep shade of Maltese, changing into almost deep blue on the under parts.” As late as the 1950s, hunters reported spotting their blue hairs alongside the traditional orange fur of other South China tigers on trails.

Then the blue tigers disappeared. The last reported sighting was in 1953, and blue tigers were soon the stuff of legends, with not so much as a preserved hide to prove they ever existed. Why did they go extinct?”

artist: Bill Watterson

Transmogrify into a blue tiger to read more:
PHYLUM Platyhelminthes (Flat worms)
By: Universe Of Zoology
Tags: Biology, Science, Medical, Education, Zoology

There are 2000 species of phylum platyhelminthes. 1st phylum has an organ system level of organization. And evolutionary advancement in tissue level of organization.

Adult size is 1mm or less than 25 m in length

Parenchyma

Loose tissue formed from mesoderm it fills the empty spaces in tissues, organs, and body wall.

Functions of parenchyma

· Provides skeletal support

· Nutrients

· Storage

· Motility

· Contains of regenerative cells

· Transport of material

· Acts as a tissue for morphogenesis

· Oxygen storage

Characteristics of platyhelminthes

1) flattened dorsoventrally flattened, triploblastic, acoelomates, bilaterally symmetrical.

2)Unsegmented worms (except class cestoidea are strobilated )

3) incomplete gut system is present, and gut absent in cestoidean)

4) Strobilation is present, and up to some extent they are cephalized

5) have anterior cerebral ganglion with longitudinal nerve cord

6) contains protonephridia which help in excretion and is osmoregulatory structure.

7)Hermaphrodite and have complex reproductive system.
Classification of phylum platyhelminthes
By: Universe Of Zoology
Tags: Animals, Biology, Worms, Science, Zoology

Platyhelminthes have 4 classes.

Classification of platyhelminthes (Flat worms)

PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES

Flatworms, bilateral ,and aceolomates ,

Class turbellaria (3000 species)

Flatworms of this class are mostly free living and aquatic .

External surface of body is usually ciliated ,

they are predaceous

They have rhabdites.

They have proboscis

Frontal gland and mucous glands are also present

They are mostly hermaphrodite

EXAMPLES

Convoluta

Notoplana

Dugesia

Convoluta ,Notoplana ,Dugesia

Class Monogenea (1,100 species)

Monogenetic flukes

Most of them are ectoparasite on vertebrates including (Fishes, Turtles, frogs, Copepods, squids)

Copepod

Squid

One life cycle is present in one host

Have opisthaptor(posterior and usually complex adhesive organ of a monogenetic trematode).

Examples.

Gyrodactylus

Disocotyle , Gyrodactylus , Polystoma .

Polystoma

Class Trematoda (10,000 species)

Trematodes all are parasitic .

Holdfast is present.

Have complicated life cycles have both sexual and asexual reproduction.

Subclass Apidogastrea (32 species)

Most of them are endoparasite of mollusks .

Have large opisthapter .

They don’t have oral suckers

Examples.

Apidogaster

Cotylaspis

Apidogaster , Cotylaspis , Multicotyl

Subclass Digenea (1350 species)

All adult forms are endoparasites in vertebrates

They have two life cycles in two or more hosts

Have oral sucker and acetabulum(any cup-shaped structure, especially a sucker).

Examples

Schistosoma

Schistosoma,

Fasciola

Fasciola , Clonorchis .

Clonorchis

Class cestoidea (3500 species)

All worms of this group are parasitic having no digestive tract.

Have great reproductive potential (Tape worms)

Subclass Cestodaria ( 15 species)

Body is not divided into proglottids .

proglottids

Larval form live in crustaceans

Adult form is present in fishes.

Examples

Amphilina

Amphilina , Gyrocotyle .

Subclass Eucestoda ( 1000 species)

True tapeworms

Body parts

1 head

Scolex

Neck

Strobila( consist of many proglottids )

Both male and female reproductive systems are present In each proglottids.

Adult forms live in digestive tract of vertebrates

Examples

Protocephalus

Protocephalus ,Taenia , Echinococcus , Taeniarhynchus ,Diphylobothrium

Taenia

Echinococcus
Planting a trillion trees really can help us fight climate change
By: Thomas Crowther
Tags: Biodiversity, Biology, Science, Climate Change, Trees

A trillion new trees isn’t the only climate solution, but it is the cheapest and it would make a huge difference if we do it right, says ecologist Tom Crowther

TWO years ago, British ecologist Tom Crowther set up a lab at ETH Zurich in Switzerland with the aim of doing high-impact science to show how and where we can restore the planet. His 30-strong team is already making waves. Crowther’s lab typically starts by counting things — from trees to nematodes — before bringing the numbers together to see global trends and quantify the effects of potential interventions.

Last July, his team made headlines around the world for claiming we have space to plant a trillion trees in areas of new forest amounting almost to the size of the US, and that doing so would be one of the most effective ways to address climate change.

The media loved it, but pushback from Crowther’s fellow academics was huge. Some grassland ecologists feared that the “tree counter” wanted to plant over their savannahs. Others said his proposed forests could end up having a warming effect by altering how sunlight is reflected, or that he had got his carbon numbers wrong. Crowther recognises these concerns, and is working to address them with ambitious new research.

Fred Pearce: Where did the trillion trees idea come from?

Tom Crowther: A friend of mine was working for an organisation that wanted to plant a billion trees to save the climate. But they didn’t know if that was a lot or a little. So we started collecting data on tree density around the world. In 2015, we published the first ever attempt to answer a seemingly obvious question. We found there were probably 3 trillion trees on the planet today, nearly …
The Consistent Biologist
By: Sumon Basak
Tags: Rejection, Biology, Science, Sbk456, Writing

Lynn’s consistency helped her revolutionary paper survive 15 rejections, followed by a publication.

Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash

Did you know that our cell organelles are evolutionary products of bacteria?

That’s true, according to science.

Is that hard to grasp?

Maybe. That’s why Lynn Margulis’s paper was rejected many times in a row.

Lynn’s ideas were hardly appreciated when they surfaced initially.

Those ideas were criticized & often disregarded.

One grant committee even referred her research to be ‘crap’ & advised her not to apply again.

Back in 1967, she was a young faculty member of Boston University.

She hypothesized that Eukaryotic cell components are descendants of Prokaryotic cells.

It means, mitochondria, nucleus, have originated from bacteria & archaea.

The concept is termed endosymbiotic theory.

Lynn’s paper was rejected roughly 15 times by different publishing houses.

Finally, it was accepted by the Journal of Theoretical Biology.

Later she went on receiving the National Medal of Science from the US president in 1999.

After 15 rejections, instead of feeling crestfallen & stop, she sent it to another journal.

Takeaway? Never give up & be persistent.
A Tyrant Scientist
By: Sumon Basak
Tags: Biology, Science, Sbk456, Writing, Racism

‘The Father of DNA’ Watson’s views about some of the real-life issues are truly offensive.

Photo by Breanna Louise on Unsplash

Scientists are brilliant & genius people.

Credible fact analysis & data-driven comments are their specialties.

But not every scientist has these qualities.

Take the example of James Watson, ‘the father of DNA’.

After winning the Nobel Prize in 1962, he’s been mostly in news for his offensive & abhorrent views.

Sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-semitic & fat-shaming remarks have been bolstered by him.

This started back in 1968 & continued uninterruptedly.

Watson’s book ‘The Double Helix’ included a sexist depiction of Rosalind Franklin.

Derogatory comments were made on her, pertaining to dress-code & feminine majesty.

Rosalind was referred to as ‘Rosy’, a nickname she never used.

In 1997, he opined to Sunday Telegraph that women should be allowed to abort fetuses with gay genes.

That led to the lambasting of his stance by the LGBTQ community.

In 2000, he stated about the unhappiness of thinner people compared to thicker counterparts.

In 2007, he denounced about lower IQ of black people relative to white peers.

In 2019, he reiterated his view on that racist statement once again during a documentary shoot.

Post that event, Cold Harbour Spring lab completely severed its ties with this scientist.
Covid Love Despite Trump Loses (Artist own image)
By: Sally Jaguar
Tags: Women, Artist, Life Lessons, Relationships

Covid Love Despite Trump Loses (Artist own image)

The short chubby older woman who still had some sexy about her, vacuuming in her little bra and cross strapped overalls, lips pouted and crimson as she moved all the messages back out of archives into his new folder how can you be so in love and enchanted like this feeling the artist motivation nearing a call to paint quite likely soon, thrilled maybe her country wasn’t going to collapse into fascism after all and more forgiving of it’s bloody greedy history given how much worse it was becoming and could she had so much mixed up ancestral blood in her heart crying for being in love grateful for so much abundance when so many had little living in makeshift tents all over the streets of Portland….
Who is Lil Truth
By: Bill Tan
Tags: Entertainment, Artist, Biography, Music, Pop Music

Brandon Hack, known professionally as Lil Truth, is a profound singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. The genre bending artist appeals to many, with his smooth vocals and punchy lyrics that capitalize on all sub-genres of pop and rnb music. He is a romantic man of music that can make you reminisce the feelings you’ve had for a former lover while pushing you forward to find new ones. Truth’s music pays homage to the likes of Michael Jackson, George Michael, and fellow Canadian, Drake. The self taught singer is also a vocal engineer and producer. Diving into the messages within his music, it’s clear that he’s emphatic on love while understanding it also can be horrific. “Love is yin and yang, something that appears to be bright and beautiful can end up being dark and atrocious. Someone can love you for the weird things you do then hate you for those exact things.” — Lil Truth

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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
By: Alison Acheson
Tags: Artist, Creativity, Self-awareness, Books, Reading

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

photo: by Alison Acheson

These words are a gift of validation, to the artist. Especially in these times, though written more than a quarter-century ago.

This is the second book I have read by Lewis Hyde, a man of eclectic thought and wisdom, yet all his words are imbued with humility that is heart-opening.

Each chapter begins several steps aside from its promise, and then circles (the whole does remind me of my Irish poetry instructor, once upon a time, and his story-telling…it does cause me to miss him). The closing paragraphs of each chapter require — from me anyway — a second or third close reading, with the impact. When Hyde arrives at what he is saying — it is all such a process of discovery — the result has a physicality to it; be prepared to have to right yourself, sit up, or get back on your feet.

He opens the early pages with the idea that “the gift must always move.”

“The gift leaves all boundary and circles into mystery… The passage into mystery always refreshes… If when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies.” (Lewis Hyde, The Gift, page 25)

The second half — in which he scrutinizes the lives and gifts (“careers”) of Whitman and Pound — serves to gather together the earlier chapters. And in the conclusion, he speaks to how the journey of writing this book has changed his own mind in certain ways. The changes are not surprising; perhaps it is more about quiet and thoughtful acceptance of certain realities.

On a personal note, he causes me to long for another time and place. But he has given me insight into “how it is.”

“In a land that feels no reciprocity toward nature, in an age when the rich imagine themselves to be self-made, we should not be surprised to find the interior poverty of the gifted state replicated in the actual poverty of the gifted.” (Lewis Hyde, The Gift, page 195)

I can’t say the book has changed me, so much as it has caused me — as a writer — to feel seen and heard in the ways that are useful to feel seen and heard.
I think we’re ready to have that talk about how quickly digital art is replacing traditional art.
By: Angelina Rosaria
Tags: Artist, Traditional Art, Art, Digital Art

I think we’re ready to have that talk about how quickly digital art is replacing traditional art. There is nothing wrong with traditional art, and it’s good just like traditional art but traditional art shows raw talent. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think traditional art erases whatever talent you have but it does make it easier to make art. You would barely have to put in any effort especially with the stabilizer. There are no beautiful flaws in the art, everything is perfect and that truly takes away from the art, but who am I to say what art is? Art can be whatever you make of it, but flaws are usually apart of it. Squiggly, crooked lines and sometimes mistakes you have to paint over or just make apart of the art.

Me and My friend had talked about this quite some time ago and I thought it wasn’t much to worry about, but what about the artists that put all their heart and soul into their art? this isn’t even just about drawings or paintings of people but also landscape, carvings, statues, and much more. There are various forms to traditional art and sometimes people forget that.

If traditional art starts to die or go out of style, where will you find hand made paintings to hang up on your wall? Or what museums will you go to? And i’m nor trying to sound like an old person when I say this, but some experiences are better in person than they are over phone.
How To Turn Around A Failing Film Career — Dui Jarrod [FULL INTERVIEW]
Tags: Artist, Life, Film, Careers, Filmmaking

Film Courage: Did you really move to New York with $60.00 in your pocket?

Dui Jarrod, Writer/Director: I did. I went to New York with $60.00 and 2 bags. I just knew that I wanted to become a better writer and I was totally disappointed and disenfranchised by my feature film and how that went. So I was like I’m just going to go there and I’m just going to be a great writer. A friend of mine had an extra room in his house and so I stayed in his extra room. About a year later I had enough money to get my own place.

Film Courage: What were in your two bags?

Dui: Just clothes! I had these Pumas that I needed to throw away. They had holes in them, the tread was worn down on them but because those were the shoes I had carried on my journey I just never wanted to get rid of them so it took me forever to get rid of those Pumas. They were in one of those two bags.

Film Courage: I have something like this too and it’s a reminder. There’s a history behind it.

Dui: Where you have been, you don’t want to forget.

Film Courage: How did you travel, by plane?

Dui: I did…I didn’t pay for the flight…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
Beat Creative Block With These 7 Simple Steps
By: Riva Hamilton
Tags: Creativity, Artist, Art, Creative Block

Image by the author

Creative block is the worst, it creeps up on us when we least expect it and can last for hours, days or even months. Here are 7 simple steps that have helped me to kickstart my creative practise when I’m feeling totally stuck:

1 — Take a break!

Maybe you’ve just finished a big project? or you’re trying to balance your artistic practise and your full time job? The first step is to take a break. Get out and experience the world around you; go for a walk, chat to friends, watch your favourite TV show, cook something new. The first step to relieving creative block is to stop thinking about it, stop forcing the ideas into existence and instead get out and experience something new.

2 — Start with the basics.

What material do you enjoy working with? it could be clay, paint, paper, pencil, video. Pick a medium that you find enjoyable, or something new that you have always wanted to try. Maybe you are a photographer? Try sketching with pencil. Maybe you are a painter? Buy a bag of clay and start sculpting.

3 — Stop thinking, start making.

Put all your worries about technique and concept aside and just focus on making. Don’t fret about whether something is good or bad, try finding satisfaction in the process of creating something without thinking about the final outcome. Keep making, exploring any ideas that arise during the process.

4 — Refresh.

Remind yourself what it is that makes art important to you. Who are the artist’s or artworks that inspire you the most? Get out and explore art galleries and museums, or search their collections online (the Tate and moma have extensive digitised collections and archives that you can explore online). Seek out artworks that inspire you, make a list of them, write down what it is about them that appeals to you.

5 — Lay the foundations.

Start a digital or physical collection; of images, words, music, videos, anything that excites or inspires you, this could be anything, from a photograph of a sculpture to a brightly coloured leaf you find in the park. Create your own personal collection, this is your safety blanket, when you feel blocked you can return to this collection to refresh and be re-inspired.

6 — Reflection

Sometimes you feel so stuck that all you can do is look back. Flick back through old sketchbooks and explore old pieces of your own finished work; assess them, what worked and what didn’t? What would you do differently if you were to make it again?

Maybe you’ll find an idea that you had previously dismissed that sparks your creativity.

7 — Perseverance

Making art is hard, but always remember creativity is a practise, it is something that requires constant work and nurturing. It is natural for our creativity to ebb and flow and to sometimes need to work harder to create.

The key is to not give up, to keep working on your creativity through the easy times and the hard! Keep practising these seven steps and with perseverance artist’s block will become less frightening and easier to overcome.
The No Longer Ignored Anthology — Call for Submissions
By: Cendrine Marrouat
Tags: Open Call, Artist, Artist Features, Call For Artists, Art

Submission guidelines: https://abpoetryjournal.com/no-longer-ignored-anthology

The No Longer Ignored Anthology has a simple (yet important) goal: Gathering art, photography, poetry, stories and testimonies from people who have risen above their experiences with social injustice, including racism, discrimination, and xenophobia. People who wish to give a voice to those who think they don’t have any. And people who have pledged to make the world a better place, even in small ways.

We look forward to reading you!
I really dont know how to start this I think this is gonna be just basically a journal or other…
Tags: Lgbtqia, Artist, True Crime

I really dont know how to start this I think this is gonna be just basically a journal or other things along those lines please follow for more if you would like
New Spain leads the tattoo industry in Latin America
Tags: Tattoo, Artist, Skincare, Art, Statistics

The increase in skin cartoonists is attributed to the fact that taboos regarding tattoos have been relaxing and that social networks, such as Instagram, allow them to present their work.

In New Spain, about 12 million people are tattooed, estimates the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (Conapred). That places the country as number one in Latin America, with income, for those dedicated to this activity, exceeding 450 million dollars (mdd), according to the consulting firm Ibis World. For an image of up to four centimeters, Mexicans pay the equivalent of 35 and even 100 dollars.

The United States is one of the global paradises for skin artists, with an industry valued at $ 1.6 billion.

Mexican (New Spain PEOPLE) organizations of tattoo artists estimate that the number of cartoonists would have doubled in the last decade, reaching just over 6,000 today, but they also recognize that these are only estimates, as there is no official registry.

The increase is attributed to the fact that taboos regarding tattoos have been relaxing, say tattooists consulted by Forbes Mexico, but also to the growth of social networks, such as Instagram, which allow them to present their work to the world.

“There is more and more a positive assessment of this work,” says Luis Quintero, a tattoo artist for 20 years. The boom is accompanied by a wide variety of styles, from traditional to new school. We present five outstanding exponents.
Artists Are The Purest People On Earth — Walid Azami
Tags: Artist, Life, Film, Writing, Photography

Film Courage: What’s the job of an artist?

Walid Azami, Photographer/Youtuber: To make people feel, that’s like the simplest. If you’re a musician, composer whatever your job is, to amplify whatever people are feeling, to amplify it, that’s it. You read a good book to escape, to make them feel safe or anchored to something. That if their life is chaotic, your job or my job as a photographer if I am taking pictures is to show people the beauty in something they cannot see. You are a cinematographer, make them feel something and that’s what your job is…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

Related videos:

It Takes Courage To Be An Artist — Dar Dixon

Power Of A Work Of Art — Dr. Ken Atchity

Keep Waiting… Or Make Art Now? — Josh Yeo

Worst Thing An Artist Can Do Is Be Mediocre — Orson Oblowitz

A Writer’s Job Is To Voice Things That People Can’t Say by David Willis
Qoute by Durga Lakshmipathy
By: Durga Lakshmipathy
Tags: Durga Lakshmipathy, Artist, Durga

"what’s the greatest strength of man ?”

It is not never failing or falling, but in rising every time we fail or fall.
Hunkins Goes Viral on Tiktok
By: Jeane Marie
Tags: Hunkins Tiktoker, Artist, Hunkins, Tiktok App, Instagram Influencers

Hunkins Goes Viral on Tiktok

Hunkins

Hunkins is one of the fastest-growing influencers on Tiktok. His videos have garnered so much attention in such a short period of time whether he is interviewing strangers or giving compliments to people on Omegle.

We wanted to know more about his life and how he got this far.

We are excited to interview him!

Hi Hunkins! Welcome to Medium!

How did you get to where you are today:

Hard work and dedication! Straight out of high school I knew college wasn’t for me so I started to graphic design and styling for many brands and artists, learning from YouTube as I went along. I was blessed to have connections through my brother and cousin who are big names in the LA fashion industry. I began TikTok in the beginning of 2020 and created viral content which led to friendships and collaborations with some of TikTok’s biggest creators.

What challenges have u had to overcome? There have been many challenges in my career so far but I feel blessed to be young so mistakes can be made at this age. When challenges cross my path I embrace them- they motivate me to try harder and grind even more.

Why should someone work with you over someone else?

I consider myself a jack of all trades- I am a graphic designer, stylist, content creator. My skills are constantly developing every single day. My graphic design skills have led me to some great projects with some big names, and my content creating skills has gone viral. When I make content it’s not about views, I honestly just like having fun and hanging out with friends. I make and create what I like and if people like it then it makes it even more rewarding.

Speaking of success what does that word mean to you? I believe success isn’t determined by money or fame. It is determined by the goals you set for yourself and achieve. I write down goals consistently that I would like to reach, like writing down dates and deadlines or people I hope to create with. I push myself to the max and once they are achieved it is the most amazing feeling in the world. A successful feeling. That’s what I believe success is.

What’s next for you?

I am constantly creating and making content daily. Two of my biggest inspirations that I have been watching as long as I can remember are Mr. Beast and David Dobrik. If you have seen my content I love being goofy, messing around, but spreading positivity is also big for me. And these guys have fun and make changes in people's lives daily. I plan to start a YouTube channel showcasing a day in the life of Hunkins, his journey, his friends, his lifestyle, and more importantly making people’s days better.

How can people connect with you to learn more?
Attention All Poets, Artists, Writers & Creatives
By: M. Campbell
Tags: Anthology, Artist, Submission Guidelines, Martin Luther King, Poet

Seeking contributors for Martin Luther King Jr.s Dream theme Anthology. All creatives welcome. Deadline is MLK holiday Monday, January 18, 2021. For more details, questions or to submit your work, email: maryannesbookshelf@yahoo.com