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Why Life Does Not Really Exist (2013)
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/why-life-does-not-really-exist/
#ycombinator #Evolution #Mind_Brain #More_Science #alien #alien_life #animate #death #definition_of_life #DNA #epistemology #exobiology #inanimate #life #NASA #nature #ontology #philosophy #reality #ribozyme #RNA #RNA_world_hypothesis #virus #viruses
Why Life Does Not Really Exist

I have been fascinated with living things since childhood. Growing up in northern California, I spent a lot of time playing outdoors among plants and animals.

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 Hacker NewsJul 8, 2023
Cows Learn Better with Friends (2014)
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/cows-learn-better-with-friends/
#Mind_Brain #More_Science #cattle #cow #domestication #enrichment #farming #hoofstock #human_animal_relationship #livestock #welfare
Cows Learn Better With Friends

My schoolteachers took effort to separate close friends when arranging their classroom seating charts. The idea was that we’d pay more attention to our lessons if we were distracted by our buddies.

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 Hacker NewsJul 8, 2023
Cows Learn Better with Friends
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/cows-learn-better-with-friends/
#Mind_Brain #More_Science #cattle #cow #domestication #enrichment #farming #hoofstock #human_animal_relationship #livestock #welfare
Cows Learn Better With Friends

My schoolteachers took effort to separate close friends when arranging their classroom seating charts. The idea was that we’d pay more attention to our lessons if we were distracted by our buddies.

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