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Robust Soldier Crab Ball Gate - A study that shows how swarm behaviors can be Turing complete
“Soldier crabs Mictyris guinotae exhibit pronounced swarming behaviour. The swarms of the crabs tolerant of perturbations. In computer models and laboratory experiments we demonstrate that swarms of soldier crabs can implement logical gates when placed in a geometrically constrained environment.”
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Photobiology is the scientific study of the beneficial and harmful interactions of light in living organisms. The field includes the study of photophysics, photochemistry, photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, visual processing, circadian rhythms, photomovement, bioluminescence, and ultraviolet radiation effects.
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Chronobiology is a field of biology that examines timing processes, including periodic (cyclic) phenomena in living organisms, such as their adaptation to solar- and lunar-related rhythms.
Read more:
- Landmarks of circadian research
- Rütger Wever was a scientist, known for his significant contributions to the field of Chronobiology, including the first experiments on humans in time isolated environments.
- Electromagnetic Fields and Circadian Rhythmicity (1992)
- Influence of Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields on the Circadian System: Current Stage of Knowledge (2014)
- Circadian Rhythm Influences the Promoting Role of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields on Sciatic Nerve Regeneration in Rats (2017)
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Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos in a Mechanical Womb (nyt)
In the future, Dr. Tesar said, “it is not unreasonable that we might have the capacity to develop a human embryo from fertilization to birth entirely outside the uterus.”
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“If you have a peaceful mind and peaceful thoughts, water becomes more peaceful.” – M.Emoto
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The Most Accurate Image of a Human Cell Ever Taken
This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. “Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.” - by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.
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Parrots Will Share Currency to Help Their Pals Purchase Food
In an experiment, African grey parrots were taught to buy food using tokens. When paired up, without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their partners which had no tokens, so that everyone could eat.
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Scientists identify over 140,000 virus species in the human gut, half of which new to science
Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the human gut, more than half of which have never been seen before. The paper published in Cell, contains an analysis of over 28,000 gut microbiome samples collected in different parts of the world. The number and diversity of the viruses the researchers found was surprisingly high, and the data opens up new research avenues for understanding how viruses living in the gut affect human health.
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Frequencies of sound and average range of hearing
In physiology, sound is produced when an object’s vibrations move through a medium until they enter the human eardrum. In physics, sound is produced in the form of a pressure wave. When an object vibrates, it causes the surrounding air molecules to vibrate, initiating a chain reaction of sound wave vibrations throughout the medium.
Infrasound - sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of audibility (20 Hz)
"Animal communication: whales, elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, giraffes, okapis, peacocks, and alligators are known to use infrasound to communicate over distances—up to hundreds of miles in the case of whales."
"One study has suggested that infrasound may cause feelings of awe or fear in humans. It has also been suggested that since it is not consciously perceived, it may make people feel vaguely that odd or supernatural events are taking place."
- Infrasound, human health, and adaptation: an integrative overview of recondite hazards in a complex environment - Research by Michael A. Persinger
- The psychoacoustic effect of infrasonic, sonic and ultrasonic frequencies within non-lethal military warfare techniques - Research by Littlefield
- Infrasonic Vibrations in Humans - Research by George Rajna
- Infrasound, human health, and adaptation: an integrative overview of recondite hazards in a complex environment - Research by Michael A. Persinger
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Memory Without a Brain: How a Single Cell Slime Mold Makes Smart Decisions (scitechdaily)
Article about the paper: Encoding memory in tube diameter hierarchy of living flow network: "We follow experimentally the organism’s response to a nutrient source and find that memory about nutrient location is encoded in the morphology of the network-shaped organism."
Slime Molds: When Micro Becomes Macro
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The Green-Haired Mary River Turtle that breathes through its genitals is endangered
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Minakata Kumagusu (1867 - 1941) was a Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist.
The English Essays of Minakata Kumagusu – Centering on his Contributions to “Nature”
