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Fewer Insect Bodies, Size Matters, Weed For Aging?, New Naledi Find, “I’d rather die”, Cuttlefish Love, Dirty Kitchens, Flies, Flies, Flies, Beavers And Oysters, World Robot Domination, Ghostbusters Dino, And Much, Much More…
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will prepare you for what comes next.
Often…
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It may still surprise you…
Despite the fact that you knew it was coming…
But not for long…
There’s a little bit of permeating mental apathy in all of us,
That thinks every what’s next
Looks just like the last what’s it that came and went…
And there’s nothing you can do about it…
It comes from the steady state of object permanence in a predictable universe…
There is however a way to get mental apathy to put its predictive powers on pause…
Dance across the mind like mental floss stories of unimagined reality,
Insights…
outside of current knowledge,
And a rapid unveiling of riveting mysteries,
that at times solve puzzles millions of years old…
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Fewer Insect Bodies
A group of mainly amateur entomologists in Germany has been recording insect numbers and types for over 30 years, and is now working with scientists to report their recent findings of dramatic population decreases.
Size Matters
An analysis of overall brain size versus size of 30 discrete brain areas in 58 songbird species representing 20 taxonomic families decreed that overall all size matters most and came first in the evolution of cognitive abilites.
Weed For Aging?
We’ve helped out mice again. This time we’ve discovered that getting them pretty pipped on pot keeps the brains of again mice on par with the young.
New Naledi find…
helps round out the picture
“I’d rather die”
That’s what the female dragonfly said to the male at his advances, and then she did. Or did she??
Cuttlefish love is messy
They aren’t concerned about causing a scene! For the first time in the wild, researchers saw a first-hand instance of male competition, sizing each other up for combat, just like many vertebrates.
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The joy of eating in a kitchen with severe health violations…
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Human Fly Brains
A brain circuit controls protein cravings in flies according to a new NIH-funded study.
Fly Eyes
They’ve got a newly discovered light-sensing molecule!
Human Fly Genes
A new study provides more evidence to the reason why sex is so great – it’s all about the negative selection! We are not so different from flies.
Beavers and Oysters and global warming…
This is GOOD news!!!
World Robot Domination
Robots teaching robots, thanks to humans.
Ghostbusters Dino
Named after the demon Zuul from Ghostbusters, the well-preserved specimen of Anklyosaur found in Montana, probably used its clubbed tail to defend its 2500 kg self.
Babies And Boobies
A recent study in JAMA found that 30% of babies’ gut bacteria came from their mother’s breastmilk, and only 10% from the skin on the breast and nipple.
Warm Lizard Bellies
Increasing temperatures might wreak havoc on lizard digestion.
Sometimes evolution is a fickle mistress.
Fruit flies immune to pesticides are also garbage in the sack. Sorry boys, mother nature will show you out…
Ancient bacterial beauty secret
On your face!
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