Losing Exeter philosophers of science would be devastating to our field and to the international standing of U.K. universities. Please help us publicise this letter and put pressure to the Exeter execs. Their work as teachers and researchers is irreplaceable #philsci #HigherEd

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➡️ New article out! ⬅️ What Lives? A Meta-Analysis of Diverse Opinions on the Definition of Life by Reed Bender, Karina Kofman, Blaise Agüera y Arcas & Michael Levin (@blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social) Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Robert Northcott’s “Science for a Fragile World” is pretty good imho ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/scie... #philsci

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Does the ocean 'have' a metabolism, and does it really matter if so? I spent some time in a marine microbial lab exploring this, and our co-authored paper is now out: link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41292-026-00391-8 (Many thanks to the Bertrand Lab, OFI, and Evo. Gaia Project at Dalhousie!)

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Had fun writing this with @glyptocrinus.bsky.social! If multicellularity is ancient and so easy to achieve, then what is it exactly that makes few the multicellular clades that dominate ecosystems today -- plants, animals, fungi -- stand out?

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