How the brain learns to find its next reward: Warm, warmer, hot!
alleninstitute.org/news/how-the-brain-learns-to-find-its-next-reward-warm-warmer-hot/
Dec 29, 2023
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Delving into the science of a mystifying optical illusion: visual masking
alleninstitute.org/news/delving-into-the-science-of-a-mystifying-optical-illusion-visual-masking/
Dec 29, 2023
1
A Physical Theory For When the Brain Performs Best | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/a-physical-theory-for-when-the-brain-performs-best-20230131/?mc_cid=e3cd238e33&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 29, 2023
3
How the microbiome changes our idea of what it means to be human
www.newscientist.com/article/2395303-how-the-microbiome-changes-our-idea-of-what-it-means-to-be-human/
Dec 29, 2023
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Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034711-800-why-tending-your-oral-microbiome-is-the-secret-to-a-long-healthy-life/?utm_source=nsnew&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nsnew_281223&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSNEW_Weekly
Dec 29, 2023
2
Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-use-quantum-mechanics-to-pull-energy-out-of-nothing-20230222/?mc_cid=1f2d3264d6&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 29, 2023
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How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/how-our-reality-may-be-a-sum-of-all-possible-realities-20230206/?mc_cid=1f2d3264d6&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 29, 2023
2
A New Kind of Symmetry Shakes Up Physics | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-kind-of-symmetry-shakes-up-physics-20230418/?mc_cid=1f2d3264d6&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 28, 2023
2
Smaller Primary Visual Cortex Is Associated with Stronger, but Less Precise Mental Imagery
academic.oup.com/cercor/article/26/9/3838/1753970?login=false
Dec 28, 2023
1
The evolution of the human pelvis: changing adaptations to bipedalism, obstetrics and thermoregulation
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305164/
Dec 28, 2023
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Daydream believers: Is imagination our greatest skill?
www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329870-400-daydream-believers-is-imagination-our-greatest-skill/
Dec 28, 2023
4
Complex technology
australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/complex-technology/
Dec 28, 2023
9
How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness
www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232330-300-how-people-with-extreme-imagination-are-helping-explain-consciousness/
Dec 28, 2023
4
Simple webcam test could show whether you lack a mind's eye
www.newscientist.com/article/2318746-simple-webcam-test-could-show-whether-you-lack-a-minds-eye/
Dec 27, 2023
1
Measuring the Frequency of Inner-Experience Characteristics - Russell T. Hurlburt, Christopher L. Heavey, Leiszle Lapping-Carr, Alek E. Krumm, Stefanie A. Moynihan, Cody Kaneshiro, Vincent P. Brouwers, Dio K. Turner, Jason M. Kelsey, 2022
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691621990379?journalCode=ppsa
Dec 27, 2023
1
What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?
www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033420-700-what-is-consciousness-like-for-other-animals-and-when-did-it-evolve/
Dec 27, 2023
1
What you experience may not exist. Inside the strange truth of reality
www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-800-what-you-experience-may-not-exist-inside-the-strange-truth-of-reality/
Dec 27, 2023
1
Can physics explain consciousness and does it create reality?
www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033420-600-can-physics-explain-consciousness-and-does-it-create-reality/
Dec 27, 2023
2
What forms can consciousness take and can we see it in our brains?
www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033420-400-what-forms-can-consciousness-take-and-can-we-see-it-in-our-brains/
Dec 27, 2023
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How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228/?mc_cid=3f0bc80c10&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 27, 2023
1
In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-guts-second-brain-key-agents-of-health-emerge-20231121/?mc_cid=3f0bc80c10&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 27, 2023
2
How a DNA ‘Parasite’ May Have Fragmented Our Genes | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-dna-parasite-may-have-fragmented-our-genes-20230330/?mc_cid=3f0bc80c10&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Dec 27, 2023
1
Assembly Theory Explains and Quantifies the Emergence of Selection and Evolution
arxiv.org/abs/2206.02279
Dec 27, 2023
1
Brain Evolution Unlocked: Over 100 Genes That Make Us Uniquely Human
scitechdaily.com/brain-evolution-unlocked-over-100-genes-that-make-us-uniquely-human/
Dec 25, 2023
4
Discovering faster matrix multiplication algorithms with reinforcement learning - Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05172-4
Dec 25, 2023
1
Nonsense Mutation
www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Nonsense-Mutation
Dec 25, 2023
1
Missense Mutation
www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Missense-Mutation
Dec 25, 2023
1
Accurate proteome-wide missense variant effect prediction with AlphaMissense
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg7492
Dec 25, 2023
2
CO2 per Capita: Top 15 Countries 🏭
posts.voronoiapp.com/climate/CO2-per-Capita-Top-15-Countries--311?utm_source=Visual+Capitalist+Infographics+%28All%29&utm_campaign=3da0f2457f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31b4d09e8a-3da0f2457f-47002834
Dec 24, 2023
1
Humans: Unusually Murderous Mammals, Typically Murderous Primates
www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/humans-are-unusually-violent-mammals-but-averagely-violent-primates/501935/
Dec 23, 2023
3
Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old
www.newscientist.com/article/2392894-earliest-evidence-of-buildings-made-from-wood-is-476000-years-old/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_121223&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story
Dec 13, 2023
2
The myth that men hunt while women stay at home is entirely wrong
www.newscientist.com/article/2380011-the-myth-that-men-hunt-while-women-stay-at-home-is-entirely-wrong/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_121223&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story
Dec 13, 2023
2
Women and men throw spears equally well using ancient atlatl tool
www.newscientist.com/article/2388999-women-and-men-throw-spears-equally-well-using-ancient-atlatl-tool/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_121223&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story
Dec 13, 2023
2
The societies proving that inequality and patriarchy aren't inevitable
www.newscientist.com/article/0-the-societies-proving-that-inequality-and-patriarchy-arent-inevitable/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_121223&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story
Dec 13, 2023
3
Unexpected Discovery About the Body’s Temperature Sensors Could Lead To Better Pain Relievers
scitechdaily.com/unexpected-discovery-about-the-bodys-temperature-sensors-could-lead-to-better-pain-relievers/
Dec 13, 2023
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Craniometric variation among modern human populations - PubMed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7527996/
Dec 8, 2023
2
Harmony and Ethics: Unraveling the Bond Between Musical Tastes and Morality
scitechdaily.com/harmony-and-ethics-unraveling-the-bond-between-musical-tastes-and-morality/
Dec 4, 2023
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In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-guts-second-brain-key-agents-of-health-emerge-20231121/?mc_cid=9eb65deac2&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Nov 25, 2023
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Get started with Power Automate in Windows 11 (contains video) - Power Automate
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/getting-started-windows-11
Nov 23, 2023
1
Rats may have power of imagination, research reveals
www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/02/rats-may-have-power-imagination-research
Nov 23, 2023
1
“I have to translate the colours.” | BPS
www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/i-have-translate-colours
Nov 23, 2023
3
Predicting Archaic Hominin Phenotypes from Genomic Data
www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-genom-111521-121903
Nov 21, 2023
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AFRICAN GENETIC DIVERSITY: Implications for Human Demographic History, Modern Human Origins, and Complex Disease Mapping
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953791/
Nov 21, 2023
2
During Pregnancy, a Fake ‘Infection’ Protects the Fetus | Quanta Magazine
www.quantamagazine.org/during-pregnancy-a-fake-infection-protects-the-fetus-20231114/?mc_cid=6c5aee96fa&mc_eid=a2d2b35b51
Nov 20, 2023
3
Self-promotion, but not antagonism, in narcissism linked to testosterone | BPS
www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/self-promotion-not-antagonism-narcissism-linked-testosterone
Nov 20, 2023
3
Food tastes better if you look at it before you smell it | BPS
www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/food-tastes-better-if-you-look-it-you-smell-it
Nov 20, 2023
1
Blind and sighted people understand colour similarly | BPS
www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/blind-and-sighted-people-understand-colour-similarly
Nov 20, 2023
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Odors modulate color appearance
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175703/full
Nov 20, 2023
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