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khleedril

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Recreational maths and computing, sci-fi reading and writing, appreciation of fine art and planet Earth.

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bibliolater , to biology group
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The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?

“Scientists working in the emerging field of epigenetics have discovered the mechanism that allows lived experience and acquired knowledge to be passed on within one generation, by altering the shape of a particular gene. This means that an individual’s life experience doesn’t die with them but endures in genetic form.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/17/the-big-idea-can-you-inherit-memories-from-your-ancestors

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khleedril ,
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@bibliolater @science @biology If I close my eyes and think really hard I can vividly remember my grandfather being born.

NerdsofaFeather , to bookstodon group
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Review: The Unfinished Land by Greg Bear

Bear’s final novel returns to a subgenre he is not well known for writing: fantasy

@Princejvstin has our review for your Monday at the NOAF blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/review-unfinished-land-by-greg-bear.html

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khleedril ,
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@NerdsofaFeather @bookstodon Good review. It sounds like a fairly typical Bear: interesting big ideas but not much personality.

jason_w_karpf , to Religion group
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The 11 Movies That Paved The Way for Ridley Scott's Alien | Den of Geek

Excellent analysis. The list shows how sci-fi stories build on one another. The epic “Alien” had its predecessors and influences.

@bookstodon @religion https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/movies-paved-way-for-ridley-scott-alien/

khleedril ,
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@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion Hmm, the Odyssey link is a bit tenuous.

khleedril ,
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@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion Yes, I know. But I still think it is tenuous.

patchworkbunny , to bookstodon group
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I don't see @bookstodon being used much. Is everyone still using @bookstodon or have you given up on groups?

khleedril ,
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@patchworkbunny @bookstodon @bookstodon I go almost entirely by hashtag.

CultureDesk , to bookstodon group
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Until high school, Kate Feiffer believed that her mother Judy's novel, "A Hot Property," was about real estate. Then a boyfriend plucked the book from the shelves, started reading passages aloud, and revealed it was a piece of 1970s erotica. From then until just a few years ago, Kate considered "A Hot Property" to be her literary Waterloo — the book she'd hoped to conquer but never been able to. But on her mother's death, she picked up the novel and — between bouts of screaming and cringing — found something more thoughtful and reflective than she was expecting. Here's what she wrote for LitHub.

https://flip.it/cbERa2

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khleedril ,
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@CultureDesk @bookstodon I think that truly understanding our parents is the hardest thing in the world to do, and we only feel like we ever knew them when we've passed through all the ages of life ourself.

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