What if Competition Isn’t As “Natural” As We Think?

By John Favini

Scientists are slowly understanding collaboration’s role in biology

The Physicist’s New Book of Life

By Michael Brooks

Jeremy England says spiritual ideas can inform our scientific quest for the origin of life.

Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is

By Jeremy England

The origin of life can’t be explained by first principles.

29:00 – FREE

Our Embryonic Development: The Universe Within

With Tina Lindhard

Tina looks at the developing embryo through the eyes of Dr Jaap van der Wal

19:00 – FREE

Mimicking Nature's Relationships - SAND19 US

With Sara Aly El Sayed

Biomimicry is not just about emulating; it is also about reconnecting and rekindling our relationship with nature.

49:00 – FREE

Heart-Mind Consciousness

With Tina Lindhard

Zaya Benazzo interviews Tina Lindhard at SAND19 Italy

RNA Modifies DNA

By Louise Lerner

A surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression

34:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Being Human through the Engine of Creation

With Bruce Damer

21st-Century science is on the verge of recreating the processes that may have brought life into being

34:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Mushrooms, Mycelium & The Mycology of Consciousness - Part I

With Paul Stamets

An "immersion" lecture into the world of psylocibin, mycelium and evolution of consciousness

20:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Being Human in the Engine of Creation

With Bruce Damer

A four-billion-year-old cycling evolutionary engine of creation lifted us improbable and beautiful human beings into existence.

28:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Are We Just Another Primate?

With Robert Sapolsky

Is there any behavior that we can say for certain is unique to humans?

If music breathes new life into old blood...play on!

By John Stuart Reid

Testing a 2,500-year old hypothesis

Can Humans Directly Observe the Quantum World? Part V

By William C. Bushell Ph.D. and Maureen Seaberg

New human multisensory integration model for its exploration.

Can Humans Directly Observe the Quantum World? Part IV

By William C. Bushell Ph.D. and Maureen Seaberg

Could crossmodal senses be one key to unlock the true nature of physics?

Can Humans Directly Observe the Quantum World? Part III

By William C. Bushell Ph.D. and Maureen Seaberg

Why adept meditators would be invaluable to studies

Can Humans Directly Observe the Quantum World? Part II

By William C. Bushell Ph.D. and Maureen Seaberg

It would be useful to add adept perceivers to the studies.

Can Humans Directly Observe the Quantum World? Part I

By William C. Bushell Ph.D. and Maureen Seaberg

Some of physics' remaining secrets may actually relent through the human senses.

7:00 – FREE

Biomimicry

In the quest for innovative and functional designs, many scientists are now turning to nature for inspiration.

Scientists Map the Wood Wide Web

By Shawn Radcliffe

Underneath the ground exists a vast “social network” that connects trees and other plants to each other.

17:00 – FREE

TEDx talk: Epigenetics

With Moshe Szyf

The study of epigenetics has changed how we look at the effect that our genetic inheritance has on our physical and mental health, as well as on that of our children and grandchildren.

Quantum Biology: Photosynthesis - An Interview with Chris Fields

Q:  How do quantum phenomena take part in photosynthesis and why is it important?

Can the Effects of Trauma Pass Down Generations?

By Shawn Radcliffe

New research shows that the physical effects of trauma can be passed down to children and even to grandchildren