The Siberian rhinoceros, or Elasmotherium sibiricum, lived alongside humans, Neanderthals, and other Ice Age species until around 39,000 years ago. Native to Eastern Europe and western Asia, this massive creature, often called the "Siberian unicorn," was known for its enormous horn and thick fur, adapted to harsh climates. Its survival into the era of early modern humans offers fascinating insights into prehistoric ecosystems and interactions between species.

Groundbreaking experiments suggest they might be living, thinking, and even feeling entities. Grover Cleveland Backster Jr., a former CIA interrogation specialist, conducted experiments with plants using polygraph machines. To his surprise, plants seemed to respond to human thoughts and emotions. For instance, when Backster merely imagined setting a dracaena plant on fire, the polygraph registered a surge of electrical activity, indicating stress. Backster believed this suggested plants could perceive human thoughts, leading him to conclude, “Plants can think!”Backster’s experiments extended to various plants, like lettuces and bananas, which showed responses to human emotions and actions, even over long distances. In one astonishing test, a plant that had “witnessed” another being destroyed could identify the "killer" from a group of suspects. Plants also displayed stress responses to interspecies violence, such as when eggs were cracked or shrimp boiled nearby. These findings, though published in the International Journal of Parapsychology, remain controversial but continue to spark curiosity about plant perception.Monica Gagliano, an animal ecologist at the University of Western Australia, took these ideas further by demonstrating plant learning and memory. In her study, Mimosa pudica plants initially curled their leaves when dropped repeatedly from 15 cm, a typical stress response. Over time, however, they stopped reacting, recognizing the drops posed no real harm. Remarkably, a month later, the plants still “remembered” the drops were harmless, retaining their learned behavior.These studies challenge the assumption that brains and neurons are essential for consciousness. If plants can learn, remember, and respond intelligently to their environment, what defines consciousness? Why do we assume it requires a brain? These findings invite us to reconsider our understanding of life, intelligence, and awareness, expanding our perspective on what it means to be conscious.#Illuminatekokoro #consciousnessisobservingitself #interesting #educational #consciousness #life

The ancient nematode, identified as Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, was found 130 feet underground near a river, where it had remained in suspended animation since the time of the earliest known cave paintings.In a discovery straight out of science fiction, scientists have revived the microscopic worm species that was frozen for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost.Once thawed, the worm sprang back to life, fed on bacteria in a lab dish, reproduced asexually, and passed away, leaving behind a new generation of descendants for biologists to study.The remarkable survival abilities of this nematode rival those of the more familiar Caenorhabditis elegans, a species known to survive harsh conditions by drying out and producing a sugar called trehalose.Researchers are now studying how P. kolymaensis managed to endure for tens of thousands of years. This discovery, detailed in a paper published in PLOS Genetics, could offer new insights into evolutionary processes, suggesting that species could survive extreme conditions for millennia, potentially reviving extinct lineages.As one author noted, the worm’s ability to survive such a long “sleep” shatters previous records, opening new questions about the limits of life’s resilience.Gaetan Borgonie of Belgium’s Extreme Life Isyensya Institute says the worms’ survival under such extreme conditions hints that life might exist in similarly hostile environments beyond Earth.Learn more: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010798

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The study titled “High Shear Stresses under Exercise Conditions Destroy Circulating Tumor Cells in a Microfluidic System”, conducted by Sagar Regmi, Afu Fu, and Kathy Qian Luo, and published in Nature Scientific Reports, investigates how forces mimicking exercise impact circulating tumor cells (CTCs).

Using engineered breast cancer cells, the researchers observed that lower shear stress levels (15–30 dynes/cm²) had minimal effects on CTCs, whereas higher levels (45–60 dynes/cm²) significantly reduced cell viability. At 60 dynes/cm², nearly all CTCs were destroyed within 9–18 hours.

This research underscores the potential role of high shear stress, similar to that induced by intense exercise, in eliminating CTCs. While exercise holds promise, it is crucial to pair it with a comprehensive health strategy for cancer prevention and overall well-being.

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