Stated Clearly
Genetics, Evolution, Biology, and Chemistry: These animations are aligned with NGSS standards for use in U.S. classrooms.
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A spot opened on the evolution tour! Here's the sign up page: scibugs.wetravel.com/trips/evotour-2025-nancy-mior…
Here's a video about it: https://youtu.be/g_r9B05wV0U?si=ZH5AZ...
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Here I sit down with origin of life researcher, Ram Krishnamurthy.
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Dr Michael Levin has responded to my slime mold experiment. Members (on the Stated Casually channel) get to see it and comment now, non-members will get to see it later this week: https://youtu.be/2Thytf95wGU?si=IRVuL...
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I did an experiment to test a 25 year old claim made in the journal, Nature:
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This is a wonderful conversation on origin of life research! ‪@thegiantsshoulder‬ asks a great questions at 12:08 "How does you get the local (prebiotic chemistry) not to dissipate to zero [before life kicks in]".
This is the core question in origin of life research!
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The repurposing of old traits for new functions is so important in evolution (but so rarely taught) that scientists keep independently "discovering" and renaming it. The first 4 are synonyms. The last 3 are important special cases:
- Trait conversion (Charles Darwin, 1859)
- Preadaptation (George Gaylord Simpson, 1953)
- Co-option (I'm not sure who coined this or when)
- Exaptation (Stephen Jay Gould, 1982)
- Neofunctionalization (Hermann Joseph Muller 1936)
- Moonlighting (Constance J Jeffery, 1999)
- Recruitment (Refined in 2020 by Morgan Beeby et al.)
"Moonlighting" is when a trait still performs both the old and new function. "Recruitment" (2020 definition) is when two traits merge and gain a new function in the process, or enhanced one of the original functions.
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What is your third favorite fish? https://youtu.be/On2V_L9jwS4?si=K-QAY...
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I made the first version of this video 7 years ago with my nephew. It's my favorite video on the Stated Casually channel.
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Here I sit down with entomologist, Nancy Miorelli, to talk about cicada drama and evolution.
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