Structure vs Freedom: How Humans Are Like Water

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How are humans are like water? Water is usually seen as a solvent, the background against which the reactions of life play out. But sometimes, water can form nearly invisible, orderly structures at cellular surfaces. Structures that are strong enough to govern biological behaviors - yet are always on the verge of falling into chaos and allowing something new to grow. This biphasic process of stability and renewal can be seen as a metaphor for larger patterns in nature, and even in humans, where social interfaces shape culture in unseen ways.

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Citations:

Dissolving pills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rY3X4xafs0

Dandelion:
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Biomaterials Do this In general:
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Bacterial Spores in Space:
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Hexagonal Water in Cells: Shiotari, A., Sugimoto, Y. Ultrahigh-resolution imaging of water networks by atomic force microscopy. Nat Commun 8, 14313 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14313

Hexagonal water layering at inorganic surfaces: Kei Kobayashi, Noriaki Oyabu, Kenjiro Kimura, Shinichiro Ido, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Takashi Imai, Katsunori Tagami, Masaru Tsukada, and Hirofumi Yamada , "Visualization of hydration layers on muscovite mica in aqueous solution by frequency-modulation atomic force microscopy", The Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 184704 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803742

Spinning seeds:
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Spore Machines:
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Sporulation: https://sporeweb.molgenrug.nl/index.php

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DeLay, Michael (2018). The physical state of water in dormant bacteria.
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Cut cells in half and they survive:
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Water amounts in the body: https://foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Ch03_1.html

Pets release oxytocin: Nagasawa M, Mitsui S, En S, Ohtani N, Ohta M, Sakuma Y, Onaka T, Mogi K, Kikusui T. Social evolution. Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds. Science. 2015 Apr 17;348(6232):333-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1261022.