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Michael Levin: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | TED

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Michael Levin: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | TED

Biologist Michael Levin explains the bioelectric layer that coordinates cells to build organs and bodies, showing footage of two-headed worms and introducing xenobots. He discusses implications for medicine and the nature of life.

HN commenters use it as the accessible 20-minute entry point to Levin's bioelectricity research whenever regeneration or cell signaling comes up.

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