Did you know that chemosensitive motile E. coli can efficiently explore nontrivial mazes in times much shorter than a no-memory (Markovian) walk would predict, and can collectively escape from a fractal topology? Now you do. Amazing! #ComplexSystems 🦠🧪🌐💡 journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

My new article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@dalianassar.bsky.social hi, I am interested in the idea of educating perception that came out in your book. Do you have a shorter piece that would be appropriate for students on this?

Superb. (And full marks to @nature.com for publishing a commentary critical of a paper it is also publishing - though of course that raises questions in itself...)

The ecology of sublimity, new article (nice xmas gift): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My new book, Slime Mould and Philosophy, is now available — and for the next month, you can download it for FREE here: doi.org/10.1017/9781... Thanks to everyone who made this book come to life and shared the rather intense journey with me. Enjoy!

Thoughts? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Temperature change perception (even without actual temp change) leads to inherited epigenetic modifications:

New article on some of my antics when teaching: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just one week until our workshop on plants in history, philosophy and society!🌷 You can still register to participate - it is completely free and open to everyone interested! Just send a message through our contact form: rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora/contac.... #PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

Hi! I am a philosopher working in education interested in environmental, ecological and biology education, and aesthetic and alternative pedagogies. Based at university of Edinburgh