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Bits of Wonder
Personal blog · bitsofwonder.cophilosophyscience
Bits of Wonder is a personal blog at bitsofwonder.co about philosophy and science. Since 2024, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “A Revolution in Biology?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-19, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for popular-science writing on cell biology, including bioelectricity and cells using neuron-like signalling, and on Leonard Rome's 1980s discovery of vaults in cells.
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Most-linked posts?
- A Revolution in Biology?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-06-09
What Hacker News says?
There was an interesting article recently about research in bioelectricity, on how each cell is equipped with the same mechanisms of data transfer and storage as a neuron is. Definitely big if true, the implications of that are crazy: https://www.bitsofwonder.co/p/a-revolution-in-biology
Comment linking /p/a-revolution-in-biology
on “Mitochondrial signal transduction (2022)”Submitted A Revolution in Biology? as a story · 298 points
HN discussion> We usually think of neurons as the only cells in our body that produce intelligent behavior by communicating in large networks. Neurons are constantly communicating with each other in the form of electrical patterns on their membrane and neurotransmitters, which are chemicals that transfer messages between cells. But it turns out that cells throughout the body have the exact same building blocks for such communica…
Comment linking /p/a-revolution-in-biology
on “Leonard Rome's lab discovered an odd component of cells in the 1980s: Vaults”Submitted Conquest Impulse and Aesthetic Impulse as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted If only you could be so lucky as to feel regret as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Give your friends a chance to abandon you as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to transform your social life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can we build GPT-4 but for scientific data? as a story · 1 points
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