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Merlin Sheldrake

@MerlinSheldrake

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Biologist and bestselling author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures

London, England
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Merlin Sheldrake
2 years
Thrilled that a beautiful new illustrated edition of Entangled Life is now available! These images continue to surprise and amaze me. All are the result of the vision and skill of a group of exceptional photographers and microscopists.
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Here is a helpful discussion of the study in @Nature 'News & Views' - And a visual exploration of the paper in the @nytimes – 
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4 months
Our latest research on plant-fungal trade is out as the cover story of @Nature. The study is led by a team from VU, Princeton University, SPUN and AMOLF, and describes how mycorrhizal fungi build networks as self-regulating travelling waves. [1/2]
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4 months
Thrilled to announce a set of tour dates. I'm having fun developing the show: an immersive experience where science meets storytelling, exploring the many ways that thinking about fungi makes the world look different. Join me in October. Tickets here.
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Merlin Sheldrake
1 year
I had fun on the 'Poetry Off the Shelf' podcast from the @PoetryFound, talking about fungi, the symbiotic way of life, arts and sciences, metaphor, creativity in the living world, and much more. You can listen here.
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1 year
RT @KiersToby: Field work is challenging. But imagine sampling fungi in a war zone. Together w/@HFSP & @spununderground, Dr. Prylutskyi (@o….
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1 year
Delighted to see this piece out in the @nytimes by the amazing Toby Kiers.
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Toby Kiers
1 year
Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist. Intense & exciting to have my essay published in @nytimes exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance. Mapping fungi w/family @spununderground @nytopinion: (photo 2011, Kenya)
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Merlin Sheldrake
1 year
Fungi: Web of Life, narrated by Björk, is coming to non-IMAX cinemas across the UK via the Demand platform. These scheduling screenings will only go ahead if a minimum number of tickets are sold. Please book & share if you are keen!
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Merlin Sheldrake
1 year
The incredible new album by @CosmoSheldrake is out now!! Eye to the Ear. It's such an astonishing body of work.
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Cosmo Sheldrake
1 year
The first part of a little chat with @MerlinSheldrake. My new album Eye to the Ear is out at midnight
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1 year
Fungi: Web of Life, narrated by Björk, is showing in 3D on a giant screen at the Glasgow Science Centre until Saturday 13th April! Buy tickets here.
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1 year
I enjoyed my time on the ZOE podcast (@Join_ZOE) talking with @TimSpector and Jonathan Wolf about the importance of fungi in the biosphere and in human life. You can watch the whole episode using this link.
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1 year
Fungi: Web of Life is showing in Oxford on April 25th! Tickets available here:
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1 year
I had a fun and wide-ranging conversation with @RickRubin, link below & in bio. We talked about the roles of fungi in the living world, ancient alcohol brewing practices, jazz as a metaphor for evolution, improvisation and imagination in the arts and the sciences, and much more.
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1 year
RT @fungifoundation: Do you want to be fungi-friendly within your organization but don’t know how? Start by adopting mycological language.….
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1 year
RT @fungifoundation: Not only one but two different covers! After +130 years of history, fungi have taken over the latest issue of @natgeo….
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1 year
RT @sheldrakesauce: New batch of Sheldrake & Sheldrake fermented hot sauce, made by Merlin and Cosmo Sheldrake, is ON SALE at https://t.co/….
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Merlin Sheldrake
1 year
So so excited to see this! Congratulations to.@Giulifungi and the incredible team at the @fungifoundation !.
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Giuliana Furci
1 year
1st cover story on fungi in @natgeo's +130 year history! Edition features 4 articles on fungi & commitment by @insidenatgeo to fungal research grants. It also includes a story on the 3F Initiative led by @FungiFoundation NYU MOTH Rights & @MerlinSheldrake So proud of this 🍄✊🏾😊
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Merlin Sheldrake
1 year
Delighted to see this article out by César Rodríguez-Garavito in which he explores the way we can push the boundaries of legal imagination better to include the wild wet world of which we are a part.
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1 year
A wonderful short video about the pioneering work of Amanda Feilding and @BeckleyResearch, which has done so much to advance psychedelic research.
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1 year
New single by @cosmosheldrake out now! I love both these songs so much.
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Cosmo Sheldrake
1 year
Out now!
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1 year
I had a wide-ranging and exploratory conversation with cultural ecologist David Abram about how ways we might deepen and expand our legal frameworks to better protect the living world. Here it is, published in Emergence Magazine (@emergence_zine).
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