Single brain cell looking for connections: #neuroscience

"Free Agents - How Evolution Gave Us Free Will" will be out on October 3rd, from Princeton University Press 😊 amazon.com/Free-Agents-Ev…

Spider #silk is an amazing material that scientists have often tried to copy 🕸️ RIKEN used precise #microfluidics housed in an “#artificial gland” to get closer to achieving that goal 🕷️ New Atlas #biomimicry #bioinspiration newatlas.com/materials/arti…

This is a ring made of resin / epoxy mixed with strontium aluminate powder, whose main property is phosphorescence: a glow that lasts relatively long after being exposed to light [📹 secret.wood] x.com/i/status/17095…

Think you know what the human brain is made of? Think again! Neuroscientists keep discovering strange new types of cells that defy all their expectations. newscientist.com/article/mg2613…

Small “prices” to pay for a vastly improved life 5 min cold shower - alert 10 min sunlight - better sleep 15 min run - stress gone 20 min walk - calmer mind 25 min sauna - relaxed 45 min workout - more energy 2 hr meal prep - food for the week Small sacrifices pay big dividends

Human brain anatomy: #neuroscience

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I'm off to Korea tomorrow to participate in the sequel of the British International AI Safety Summit. You're all welcome to this livestreamed pre-summit event with Yoshua Bengio and others: lu.ma/1ex04fuw

Borrowing the idea of ‘bug bounties’ from the technology industry could provide a systematic way to detect and correct the errors that litter the scientific literature, says Malte Elson go.nature.com/4dIi1Nv

Brain Breaks

Breaking: Google just published a Personal Health Large Language Model - Fine-tuned on Gemini - Reads your wearable data to find personalized insights and recommendations - Outperformed professional sleep and fitness experts on certification exams

The future is already here. It is just not evenly distributed

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How leg strength correlates with brain health youtube.com/shorts/9TULHUl… via YouTube

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This is what Christmas is all about.

Human Body like you probably never seen before ~ A Thread 🧵 (Don't open this if you're sensitive) ⚠️ 1. Here is what a fully dissected nervous system looks like:

Simple amazing

Second life second brain