Michael Levin's voltage-perturbed embryos grew eyes; peers thought he'd lost it
TOEwithCurt · x · 2026-10-20
A podcast teaser recounts how Michael Levin's plan to alter embryo cell voltage got his mentor told he'd had a mental breakdown—membrane voltage was considered mere housekeeping. Then a grad student found the embryos covered in black dots: they were eyes. Full episode linked.
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