Sagan discusses the story of the Heike crab and artificial selection of crabs resembling samurai warriors, as an opening into a larger discussion of evolution through natural selection (and the pitfalls of intelligent design). Among the topics are the development of life on the Cosmic Calendar and the Cambrian explosion; the function of DNA in growth; genetic replication, repairs, and mutation; the common biochemistry of terrestrial organisms; the creation of the molecules of life in the Miller–Urey experiment; and speculation on alien life (such as life in Jupiter's clouds). In the Cosmos Update ten years later, Sagan remarks on RNA also controlling chemical reactions and reproducing itself and the different roles of comets (potentially carrying organic molecules or causing the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event).

Cosmos Part II - One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue

Right Around the Corner w/Rob Sproule

Dear friends, the oxygen molecule is talking here!
As far as I know, oxygen is only produced by the greenery - and if all forests burn up it will be the last nail in the coffin of life on earth!
So - take care of all our plants and plant trees on every feasible place on earth!

Lyrics:
Need Me

You can not see where I am - You can only guess me
I am whizzing around You each day - but if I leave
You all alone - You can not survive
I am born by the plants and the greenery around
So please start to protect what we have got in our hands

I am what they call oxygen - and I know that You need me
cause the cells in Your bodies require me - but if I leave
You will be sick - and maybe You will walk
on the streets with a feeling that the air ain’t so fresh
So please start to protect what we have got in our hands

It is common that You take - me for granted
but it is not the truth at all - and if I leave
You must act - and take care of our plants
so our children can breathe the fresh air that they need
So please start to protect what we have got in our hands

Need Me

Time for a little funking around...this one hit #1 on Soundcloud's Hot and New in the Jazz and Blues category!

Joined by the always tasty Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski on guitars and Jeff Volkman on bass and percussion
https://soundcloud.com/pinner
https://soundcloud.com/jeffvolkman

And for a playlist of the 100+ tunes Pinner and I have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Come On Come On - Stephan Lipinski / Jeff Volkman / Jamie Rhind

Two - Faced

Swinging Door's # 02, Gene Jumper, Merle Haggard ,( cover)

Swinging Door's ,# 02, Gene Jumper, Merle Haggard, ( (cover)

4/10 2021
Photo Särö Gothenburg

Synthezisers:
Moog Voyager XL
Moog model D
Moog sub 37
Roland TR8

Relentless

When you want to tell the other person you're sorry, but you're not sure IF they'll accept that... Here's a love arrow to their heart, IF they accept!
<3 & peace >>

I Will Always Love You

Sorry

The "Croisière du monde", our collaborative album in progress with Roberto B (@user-55822457 and @robertoiib) that focuses on film music but with much variation and cross-genre influences, continues here with its 4th track, "Pourquoi je n'arrive pas à dormir ?" - or, in (our preferred) English translation, "Why Can't I Sleep?". This is another longer track but we hope that the progression and variations in the beauty of the music will entice the listener to the end.

The track was created in collaboration on 28 September 2021 (initial mix and recording in MAGIX by Roberto B), 15-16 October 2021 (subsequent additions, mix and recording in GarageBand and Logic Pro by Alex M) and 18 October 2021 (final mix in Logic Pro by Alex M), and posted on SC on 22 October 2021 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the album and all its constituent tracks was designed and implemented by Alex M on 29 June 2021 (in Tayasui Sketch in Mac OS), cropped by Alex M (in Mac OS Preview) on 30 June 2021, and annotated with text by Alex M (in Mac OS Preview) on 2 October 2021 - in coordination and agreement with Roberto B.

Thank you so much, Roberto - for the beautiful musical ideas that inspire again our new collaborations in this ongoing "musique de film" - and more - album, "Croisière du monde"!

Duration: 11:44 minutes

Pourquoi je n'arrive pas à dormir ? - Roberto B & Alex M

Дождь (Unplugged)

I made this music six months ago.
I tried to post it somewhere but forgot all about it lol.
This Instrumental.

Never Say Good-bye Won’t You

FIRST OF ALL, I WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO MY SONGS - LOVE YOU ALL!!

Dear friends, I worry more and more about the state of the earth! More and more wars flare up, the climate is worrying with natural disasters as a result! Strong malevolent rulers emerge and succeed in egging the population of the respective countries. History has shown how it goes - I think of such men as Hitler and others! The war causes huge emissions of greenhouse gases! Instead, use the soldiers to plant trees and fight the terrible forest fires!

The Baltic Sea is living dangerously right now! Scores of ships in deplorable condition transport oil across the sea. The risks are great for extensive oil disasters! I have made some songs for the Baltic sea just to make people understand the problems.

I have recently published some of my songs on YouTube - search for Bengt Roth.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bengt+roth
I write almost all of my songs, and I sing my songs and play the guitar and the harp - no more. My recording equipment is quite modest with a Furch guitar, Alhambra guitar, Röde microphone, Focusrite and Garageband. My studio is our guest room in our house.
I was young during the 1960s when Dylan became famous. I was a member of a folk song group during that time. I love Dylan´s music!! I was also a big fan of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas and the Papas and several more singers. I like folk music and the old protest songs. I love the music of Eva Cassidy. I was also a big fan of Björn Afzelius, and I love the music of Tom Petty. I am very inspired of the music of John Denver.
Bengt and certainly several 100 million people are intensively protesting against all evil around the world!
I love to sometimes write songs that are a bit weird and self-ironic!
You know that I am a novice in the "recording business", and sometimes I have to revise the songs.
My whole grown up life was occupied by my profession as a doctor in intensive care and anesthesiology. I was head of the department of Intensive and perioperative Care in Lund, Sweden the last years. After that I have got the possibility to be dedicated to music. 
My songs are a matter of extreme happiness and extreme sadness. I write all the music and lyrics except "As tears go by", "House of the Rising Sun", and songs by Evert Taube.
I love to leave some message with my songs!
I have no previous experience of writing fiction. I have, however, some experience in writing non-fiction. I wrote my thesis, and some chapters in a textbook in anesthesiology. I was also member of a group who introduced an education program in pediatric cardio pulmonary resuscitation for laymen in Sweden.
I have created a repost page "Bengt Erik Roth Repost Page".

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bengt+Roth

Need Me

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