Jo Nagai was raising swallowtail butterflies at his home in Kobe, Japan, when he noticed something odd. The ones he had looked after as caterpillars seemed to recognize him. Wild butterflies fled. His didn't.
He was in second grade. He wrote a four-page letter to Dr. Martha Weiss, an entomologist at Georgetown University who had studied whether moths could retain memories through metamorphosis. He asked if she could help him design a version of her experiment for butterflies.
She said yes.
Using a muscle therapy device, Jo trained caterpillars to associate the scent of lavender with a mild vibration. When the caterpillars became butterflies, 70 per cent of them still avoided the lavender. Their brains had been completely rebuilt during metamorphosis. The memory survived anyway.
Then he bred them.
The offspring, which had never been trained, also avoided lavender. So did their grandchildren. Without ever experiencing the vibration, two generations of butterflies inherited an aversion to a scent their grandmother had been taught to fear.
Jo documented it all in a 33-page research paper and presented his findings at the International Congress of Entomology in Kobe in 2024. He was 10.
A second grader wrote a letter to a Georgetown professor, and together they found evidence that butterflies can pass memories down through generations.
-Wilderness Whisper
Shaq caught wind of this 7-foot-3 kid in Kemah, Texas who powered through the police academy only to fall one point short on the state exam. His whole dream of becoming an officer looked like it was slipping away right there.
Then Shaq jumped in and covered the guy’s living expenses for the next five months so he wouldn’t have to juggle a second job and could zero in on passing that test. Because of that extra push, Jordan Wilmore got back in, nailed it, and just got sworn in as a Kemah police officer.
Teddy Brown’s 1930 live performance of "Amy, Wonderful Amy" is an extraordinary masterclass in the psychology of percussive flow and historical velocity. 🥀 In an era where modern short-form design relies on quantized editing software and automated samples to force rhythm, this archival footage commands a state of absolute psychological awe through raw human accuracy. From a neuro-musical perspective, Brown’s rapid mallet manipulation acts as an immediate cognitive pattern interrupt; by delivering an unhurried, incredibly swift succession of acoustic pitches, his movements synchronize our brain's motor cortex with the physical geometry of the instrument. 🧠 Handling the performance with pristine, joyful composure, he strips away the distance of a century, exposing a timeless sanctuary of artistic execution. It serves as an insightful reminder that the performances that alter our perspective permanently are not those that rely on digital correction, but those that carry the weight of a person giving everything to their craft. 🕯️ Some melodies don't sound modern. They remind your brain of what it looks like when human capability breaks a boundary. ✨🏛
"If there’s one constant in this country besides death and taxes, it’s how quickly descendants of immigrants, and sometimes immigrants themselves, forget how loathed their ethnic group was and how they proved the haters wrong."
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In the late 1980s my science teacher, also the head of the A/V department showed me this film (I was an A/V volunteer why I have so much of this stuff).
This is The City from 1939 and it is a very powerful film. It blew me away. And changed me.
I convinced him to show it to all his classes and it was loved.
I love everything about this movie. But especially the part where it said we could do better.
This movie was shown at The World’s Fair and influenced many. However Cronyism and corruption took our good senses and responses it to tribalism that nullified the will of those that saw this film and saw a healthy path.
Take the 45 minutes and know this was 1939.
“Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet was recorded 67 years ago today.
Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever.
Bill Maher, I’ve always been a white supremacist. Just from the left.. he because he fucked a few black women over the years that given him the right to use the N word. And promote white supremacist propaganda against the black community. I never liked him from day one never trust him.
El capitán de la Selección de Irán, Mehdi Taremi, explotó contra la FIFA y la organización de Estados Unidos.
“Esta es una Copa del Mundo desastrosa. Como jugadores profesionales no podemos jugar una competición en estas condiciones, no está bien ni es justo. Si la FIFA piensa que esto es justo, tema de ellos, pero no lo es. ¿Quién debería solucionar este problema por nosotros? ¿La FIFA? ¿EE.UU.? ¡No sé! Díganme un nombre. El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, vino a nuestro vestuario después del primer partido contra Nueva Zelanda y dijo que iba a resolver todos los problemas, pero en realidad, la FIFA no hizo nada. Respondiendo la pregunta de: "¿Sienten que los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo, incluidos la FIFA y los funcionarios estadounidenses, prefieren que Irán sea eliminado de la competencia?", digo: Tenemos que luchar contra absolutamente todo. No podemos quedarnos en el país, viajamos y nos sometemos a controles migratorios cada vez que queremos jugar, ahora no podemos quedarnos en Seattle y tenemos que volver a Tijuana. Han hecho todo lo posible para eliminarnos, entonces desde nuestra perspectiva, sí, creo que lo quieren así, nos quieren afuera”.
Over 800,000 people gathered at the Angel de la Independencia in Mexico City to celebrate Mexico’s third win at the World Cup.
Words can’t describe this feeling. 🇲🇽🤯
"It's just super special honestly to be here. I'm blessed. I have no words."
Karim Lopez speaks on how it feels to be the first Mexican-born player ever selected in the first round of the NBA draft 🇲🇽