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Class Discussion: "Eating with the Ecosystem" Here's a great  article  I found detailing how Monterey High School, Oakland Unified, and Berkeley added Pacific Grenadier to their cafeteria menus.  The grenadier is local by-catch from black cod fishing, with little to no mainstream market.  Pacific Grenadier [from fishsource.org ] I figured it would be helpful to share a recipe, in case anyone else is interested in trying this local fish: Grenadier Tacos & Mexican Slaw (adapted from seaforager.com, subbing grenadier for chilipepper rockfish) Grenadier tacos & Mexican slaw Ingredients: For the tacos: Pacific grenadier (also called Black Snapper) ground cumin Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, as you like it Fresh corn tortillas For the fish taco sauce – stir together: Equal parts plain yogurt & mayonnaise Juice from ½ a lemon or lime ½ tsp cumin a couple dashes of tapatío hot sauce For th...

Class Discussion: "From bionics to brain chips, hacking humanity has never been more ethically fraught"  I tried to research a bit deeper into the Belgian company Orionis Biosciences.  Unfortunately, their website is down.  My understanding is that the company is focusing on drug design at the genomic scale, especially for autoimmune-related cancers.  The statement from Sabatini that "the immune system is one of the most advanced and evolved weapons that we know today" particularly interested me - sort of a loaded statement, excuse the pun.  The company is based on monetizing tech developed by Prof. Jan Tavernier of Ghent University and the Cytokine Receptor Lab he established there.  Cytokines are likened to 'software' that run the immune system, which is why the company was included in the 'bionic hacking' article.  I thought the line between gene therapy and nanowarfare was particularly apt here. Cytokines [from  Worldofmolecules.com ]...

Examine your own diet for the coming week and use the four NOVA Food Classifications: I eat from all four of these food groups, and I am fine with that.  I keep mostly to the unprocessed or minimally processed group, which I think is mostly beneficial to maintaining a healthy diet.  I love hot sauces, which helps keep the processed food industry in the kitchen at all times. “ Researchers have identified some 700 microbial species that inhabit the human mouth": It doesn't seem to matter how diverse, or what percentage of what species is there, there's going to be around 6 billion bacteria in your mouth.  It's estimated that the biodiversity of the bacteria is about 700 species.  The percentage of healthy bacteria should counteract the unhealthy, to stay healthy, and the ones that like cane sugar aren't always the healthiest.  So we should probably think about which ones we're feeding.  This article discusses how some of these bacteria may relea...

Went online to research Dr. Yan Xing because the links to the articles posted are completely self-referential, which hints toward poor research science. This article clarifies my point: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/stephaniemlee/external-qi-cancer-cells-studies I’m not saying qigong isn’t valuable, but this research is suspect.