WIRED is looking for freelance pitches!!! Specifically:
- In *science* (quirky ideas from Arxiv, BioRxiv & elsewhere);
- In *business* (original takes on what's in the news/startups/innovation...)
Please email me on katia(AT)wired(dot)co(dot)uk. Please Retweet & alert others!
With imminent threat, by activating an inhibitory central amygdala pathway, the rodent and human basolateral amygdala play a key role in adaptively selecting and executing active escape responses rather than passive freezing behaviors https://t.co/zuGmXNs57N
Human neurons are so much bigger than other species, they have to divide their activity into compartments. A reminder that rodent models can't tell us everything about our own brains: https://t.co/lPFvUvaPPn
“But once a quantum computer can perform computations a classical computer can’t, how will we know if it has done them correctly? ...Mahadev became captivated by this problem, for reasons even she doesn’t fully understand.”
Missing Cat, Please Help!!
My friend's cat went missing last night in JP, near the Stony Brook orange line stop. Her name is Bumble and she's a plump, black-and-white tuxedo cat with short hair, tiny white paws, and an oval face.
If you see her, please reply or message me!
In 2014, Boston marathon winner Rita Jeptoo was stripped of her title and prize money when post-competition blood work tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone commonly abused for blood-doping, @SarahESWells reports.
https://t.co/FYqsIWh2Ol
In case you missed it: Science journalist @SarahESWells reminds us that cacti need pollinators too! Check out our recap of Tom Sullivan's bee talk at the #BostonFlowerShow at https://t.co/usQFB6CvQj #BUBees#jo704#icymi https://t.co/vITKgahlgc
To create more habitat, why not replace your yard with a garden of native plants? Even converting 10% of your yard helps, says Tom Sullivan #BUBees#bostonflowershow