REFLECTION- 1. On “The Man who planted Trees” by Jean Giono
Last month I began my journey to find inspiration and texts for my thesis project. Even though the understanding of a scientific exploration is clear, I have started my research in the poetic or...
View ArticleREFLECTION- 2. THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
The Secret Life of Plants – Tompkins and Bird by TheOccultTruth.com The Secret Life of Plants (1973) is a book by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. The book, which is generally regarded as a...
View ArticleREFLECTION- 3 Bioluminescence General
I was born and grew up in Puerto Rico. An island full of natural wonders, and we happen to have some “bio bays”. Saltwater bays surrounded almost completely by mangrove plants. They (the mangrove)...
View ArticleINFO 1- PYROCISTIS LUNULA AND HACKING CIRCADIAN RYTHMS
Pyrocystis fusiformis and pyrocystis lunula is a marine dinoflagellate. Dinoflagellates are marine unicellular planktonic organisms. A few species are found in freshwater environments, however 90% of...
View ArticlePROCESS-1. The Algae are here / Emergency Incubator
The algae arrived on Saturday by surprise from the Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Goettingen (EPSAG). They arrived faster than I thought. For now I will...
View ArticlePROCESS 2- THE TRANSPLANT
As a procedure after having maintained my algae in small flasks and a fan pointed to them, here is the process of the transplantation into bigger flasks, with more space, filtered air and clean salted...
View ArticlePROCESS 3- THE BASIC STIMULATION- MOVEMENT
After the process of growing algae at my home for the first time, and waiting almost a week. I can finally start investigating how actually these half plant half animal glow at “night”. But there is...
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