
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
Joined January 2020
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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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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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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Delighted to see this piece out in the @nytimes by the amazing Toby Kiers.
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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The incredible new album by @CosmoSheldrake is out now!! Eye to the Ear. It's such an astonishing body of work.
The first part of a little chat with @MerlinSheldrake. My new album Eye to the Ear is out at midnight
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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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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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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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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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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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So so excited to see this! Congratulations to.@Giulifungi and the incredible team at the @fungifoundation !.
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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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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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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