Happy to announce two new papers out in Nature today! One is on octopus sleep, where Neuropixels recordings shows a wake-like stage of 'active sleep' accompanied by rapidly changing skin patterns that match those of waking behavior rdcu.be/dfAQt

Why are power laws and heavy-tailed distributions so widespread in animal behavior? We show how behavioral plasticity might be the minimal necessary ingredient w/ M Vergassola @LP_ENS_, Gautam Sridhar Wyart Lab Claire Wyart rb.gy/184fke (thread below) 1/12

🐟 Researchers created a 3D tracking system to capture male #zebrafish movements during dominance battles. They observed unique behaviors: losers often ramp up attacks at the end, while winners more often face their opponents. Read the paper in PRX Life:

A very significant world event is happening today, January 20th. I am defending my PhD thesis on the fighting behavior of zebrafish! Check out the live stream, starting at 13:45 CET youtube.com/c/VUBeadlesOff…