Links for 2021-11-14
Using optogenetics, scientists pinpoint the location and timing of memory formation in mice https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/11/using-optogenetics-scientists-pinpoint-location-timing-of-memory-formation-in-mice/
The last great mystery of the mind: meet the people who have unusual – or non-existent – inner voices https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/25/the-last-great-mystery-of-the-mind-meet-the-people-who-have-unusual-or-non-existent-inner-voices
Star System With Right-Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers: Two planets orbit the poles while another revolves around the star’s equator, suggesting a mysterious, undetected force. [NYT] https://archive.md/8egmM
Scientists in the Czech Republic have designed a nanoparticle that works as a universal, non-toxic transporter of DNA and RNA into cells. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-discovery-universal-nucleic-acids-cells.html
Strengthening the second law of thermodynamics: “Computing systems are designed specifically to lose information about their past as they evolve…What is that energy cost of erasing information for a given system?” https://phys.org/news/2021-11-law-thermodynamics.html
CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons youtu.be/GR1glNhcGIY
Women’s perceptions of breast size, ptosis, and intermammary distance: Does breast morphology play a role in women’s intrasexual competition? — "They are also less likely to introduce their current partners to women that display attractive breast features, suggesting that women’s breasts are perceived to be important in competing with other women." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-85502-001
“The key development will be this: To the extent that the work can be done online, companies can hire the best workers from around the world.” [Bloomberg] https://archive.md/uU8eU
A child’s partial skull adds to the mystery of how Homo naledi treated the dead https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-child-skull-hominid-cave-discovery
A timeline of technologies described in science fiction through the years http://technovelgy.com/ct/ctnlistPubDate.asp
Hackers Are Stealing Data Today So Quantum Computers Can Crack It in a Decade https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/03/1039171/hackers-quantum-computers-us-homeland-security-cryptography/