The Guardian
Dust cloud sparked explosion in primitive life on Earth, say scientists
2 min · · Smashing of monster asteroid half a billion years ago thought to have caused mini ice age · Shared by 13, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Atlantic
A Rare Universal Pattern in Human Languages
2 min · · Some languages are spoken more quickly than others, but the rate of information they get across is the same. · Shared by 136, including Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, hiten.eth, Howard Getson, Rick Powell, Liliane Ferrari ™, Tauno, Antonio Vieira Santos, Faik Ersoy, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon
The Atlantic
A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked
9 min · · For decades, a landmark brain study fed speculation about whether we control our own actions. It seems to have made a classic mistake. · Shared by 657, including Daniel Dennett, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, George J Huba PhD, Matthias Lampe, Christopher Allen, Liv 😷, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Moheb Costandi, Vaughan Bell, Brian Ahier, Damian Madray, David Pearce, Jennifer Ouellette, Gabriele, Miguel Angel Escotet, Jane, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Gerd Leonhard, Timothy Lomauro, justin caouette
Scientific American
New Insights into Self-Insight: More May Not Be Better
4 min · · An innovative study technique yields surprising results that counter the popular idea that knowing yourself is good for you · Shared by 191, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Roney Lacerda, Mark Kaigwa, Nope, Liliane Ferrari ™, hiten.eth, Martina Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tauno, Ward Plunet
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
11+ min · · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth · Shared by 150, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Vaughan Bell, Gregg Caruso, hiten.eth, Liliane Ferrari ™, Liv 😷, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Anita Leirfall, Lluís Codina, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gabriele, Jennifer Ouellette, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Niklaus Gerber
The Guardian
'Neural revolution': Royal Society calls for inquiry into new wave of brain implants
2 min · · Scientists think devices could allow people to communicate telepathically or the paralysed to walk in the next decades · Shared by 23, including Matthias Lampe, Ward Plunet, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
We scientists must rise up to prevent the climate crisis. Words aren’t enough
3 min · · Our profession has been great at raising awareness. But this alone won’t succeed against the might of the oil and gas lobbyists, say Claire Wordley and Charlie Gardner · Shared by 29, including Thomas Pleil, Ray Monk, Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Spektrum
Gesellschaft: Die Utopie - Geschichte eines Missverständnisses
4 min · · Der Begriff der Utopie hat sich über die Jahrhunderte mehrfach in sein Gegenteil verkehrt · Shared by 7, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Pentagon seeks 'ethicist' to oversee military artificial intelligence
3 min · · General says ‘We are thinking deeply about the ethical, safe and lawful use of AI’ as US seeks to catch up with China’s early lead · Shared by 106, including Rick King, Neira Jones, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Dominik Grolimund, Aníbal M. Astobiza, John Tasioulas, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Iain Brown, PhD, Pippa Malmgren, Dean Anthony Gratton, Mike Tamir, PhD, Joanna J Bryson
nature
First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
3 min · · In a small trial, a cocktail of drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’. · Shared by 275, including Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Martina Grolimund, Alain, The Crypto Dog🫐, Martina Pugliese, Rick Powell, Thomas Power, Martin Varsavsky, 瑞拿頭, Eric Topol, Matt Turck, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Warren Whitlock, Marc Eglon, Roger Highfield, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Mark_Sisson, Balaji, slumos, Luca M. Sergio
Scientific American
The Neuroscience of Reality
13+ min · · Reality is constructed by the brain, and no two brains are exactly alike · Shared by 180, including Faik Ersoy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Yvette Dubel, Miguel Angel Escotet, Matthias Lampe, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Dr. Price-Mitchell, Jonathan Kogan, Ward Plunet, Rich, Tauno, Liliane Ferrari ™, John Maeda, Thomas Power
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Alcohol really is no excuse for bad behaviour – research reveals you’re still the same person after a drink
3 min · · You've no one to blame but yourself, according to science. · Shared by 28, including Gideonro, SSA, Lee Keyes, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Scientific American
A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created
4 min · · The growing science of memory manipulation raises social and ethical questions · Shared by 164, including Miguel Angel Escotet, 瑞拿頭, Dominik Grolimund, Noah Smith, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Power, Ronald van Loon, John Nosta, Faik Ersoy, Ward Plunet, Fern, Yvette Dubel, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Scott Williams, Nige Roberts-Willson, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
Fast Company
Mind-reading technology is closer than you think
3 min · · Companies and governments are getting closer to mind-reading technology, and right now, no laws prevent the NSA from spying on our brains or from companies collecting brain data and selling the… · Shared by 188, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Claudia Sommer, Remy Bataille, John Hagel, Scott Williams, Gideonro, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jennifer Hurst, Ines Bieler
Scientific American
Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder
10 min · · Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation · Shared by 201, including ExApologist, Thomas Power, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ste Davies, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Matt Navarra, Mark Little, Dr. Alec Couros, Leonardo Sumulong, davidabrock, Steve Haroz 📊👁️🧠, Katja Evertz, John Nosta, Casie Gillette, Chris Messina
Quanta Magazine
A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision
7 min · · Mathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible. · Shared by 305, including Matthias Lampe, ExApologist, Ward Plunet, Roland Sailer, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Lukas Stickelberger, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Jane, Faik Ersoy, Christopher Mims 🤌, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, sircharlsxavier