# Philip Ball

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Is Water the Bosom of Life Itself? Water, Memory, Consciousness & the Mystery of Life.

What if the most ordinary thing in your house is also one of the least understood?In our next episode of Transition Radio Show, Mark and Lynna start with a simple glass of water and follow the question farther than either of them expected. Inspired by the work of Veda Austin, we explore hydroglyphs…

#95 Inventing Temperature, Operational Coherence, Articles of Faith, Clarity & Care: A Discussion with Cambridge philosopher of science and history Hasok Chang

A research conversation with Hasok Chang and Andrea Hiott Love & Philosophy · Research Conversations series: This episode is part one with philosopher of history and science Hasok Chang of the University of Cambridge Episode summary Philosopher of science Hasok Chang (University of Cambridge) join…

Collectivity, Love and How Life Works Beyond Genes

Andrea Hiott in conversation with British science writer Philip Ball (former Nature editor; trained chemist and physicist) to discuss his book How Life Works and why the popular idea “it’s all in the genes” is untenable. Ball argues biology is shifting beyond mechanistic, bottom-up “blueprint” meta…

How Life Works Beyond Genes: a New Biology of Meaning with scientist and author Philip Ball

Philip Ball on How Life Works: Beyond Genes, Toward Context & Meaning Andrea Hiott in conversation with British science writer Philip Ball (former Nature editor; trained chemist and physicist) to discuss his book How Life Works and why the popular idea “it’s all in the genes” is untenable. Ball arg…

The art of being a Zombie Ant Fungus

An ant becomes infected by a fungus which takes over its nervous system, turning the ant into a vehicle for the fungus’s reproduction and killing the ant in the process. It sounds like science fiction, but it is happening in rainforests around the world. It is a parasitic relationship that has insp…

#159 - No. 1 Biopsychist: Michael Levin's Platonic Minds & Cognition All The Way Down

🧠 JOIN THE GIANT'S SHOULDER FAMILY Become a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇 https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/join John Vervaeke is an award-winning cognitive scientist at the University of Toronto, where he directs the Cognitive Science programme …

#167 - Meet The Greatest Plant Neurobiologist You've Never Heard Of

🧠 JOIN THE GIANT'S SHOULDER FAMILY Become a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇 https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/join František Baluška is the cell biologist who helped turn plant intelligence from a fringe idea into a field. At the University of Bonn…

#1325 Philip Ball - The Man Who Broke Reality: Niels Bohr and the Making of Modern Physics

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