ideasthesia

Sign in Subscribe

science

Token-space geometry, organoid intelligence, constructor theory, active inference frontiers — where silicon and biology begin to share the same manifold. Explore the lattice → [M=T/C](/tag/m-t-c/) • [Theory](/tag/atom-theory/) • [Neurodiversity](/tag/neurodiversity/)

Morphogenetic Fields: How Bodies Know Their Shape

Morphogenetic Fields: How Bodies Know Their Shape

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 4 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: morphogenetic fields, pattern formation, bioelectric gradients, positional information, developmental biology Here's a question that seems simple but is actually profound: How does a developing organism know what shape to become? Genes encode proteins. Proteins do things.

The Voltage of Life: Membrane Potential and Cell Fate

The Voltage of Life: Membrane Potential and Cell Fate

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 2 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: membrane potential, Vmem, depolarization, hyperpolarization, cell fate, differentiation In the 1930s, researchers discovered something curious about cancer cells: their membrane potential was different from normal cells. Cancer cells were depolarized—their voltage was less negative than healthy tissue.

Your Cells Are Batteries: The Electrical Nature of Life

Your Cells Are Batteries: The Electrical Nature of Life

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 1 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: bioelectricity, membrane potential, ion pumps, cellular electricity, Vmem When you think of electricity in biology, you probably think of neurons firing, hearts beating, eels shocking prey. These are the dramatic electrical events—action potentials, the stuff of neuroscience

The Bioelectric Future: A Synthesis

The Bioelectric Future: A Synthesis

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 7 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: bioelectricity, regenerative medicine, developmental biology, Michael Levin, biological computation, coherence Every cell in your body is running a voltage. This isn't metaphor. It's physics. Ion gradients across cell membranes create electrical potential differences—typically

Cancer as Bioelectric Breakdown

Cancer as Bioelectric Breakdown

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 6 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: cancer, bioelectricity, depolarization, tumor microenvironment, ion channels, oncology Cancer cells don't just grow wrong. They communicate wrong. The standard narrative frames cancer as genetic chaos: mutations accumulate, oncogenes activate, tumor suppressors fail, cells proliferate without restraint.

Ion Channels and Gap Junctions: The Bioelectric Hardware

Ion Channels and Gap Junctions: The Bioelectric Hardware

Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 3 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: ion channels, gap junctions, connexins, bioelectric signaling, cell communication The bioelectric code is written by molecules. Ion channels and gap junctions are the hardware—the proteins that create and transmit electrical signals across cells and tissues. Understanding this

Xenobots and Anthrobots: Biological Robots

Xenobots and Anthrobots: Biological Robots

In 2020, researchers announced they had created the first living robots. Not robots made of metal and silicon. Robots made of frog cells. They called them xenobots, after Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog whose skin cells they used. The cells were scraped from frog embryos, arranged into novel configurations