Humpback whales are forming super-groups(bbc.com)

193 points by andsoitis 6 months ago | 98 comments

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation(smithsonianmag.com)

179 points by bookofjoe 2 months ago | 134 comments

Why the brain’s connections to the body are crisscrossed(quantamagazine.org)

279 points by rolph 3 years ago | 122 comments

How much information is in DNA?(dynomight.substack.com)

76 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 60 comments

Scientists have 20-minute "conversation" with a humpback whale(earth.com)

63 points by aforelight 2 years ago | 37 comments

What does it mean to be thirsty?(quantamagazine.org)

107 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 75 comments

Why is the human body so crap except for the liver?(dynomight.net)

9 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 0 comments

A Dynomight blog essay asking why many parts of the human body seem poorly designed while the liver is remarkably robust and regenerative.

Why the AI future will be awesome(nullpaste.org)

5 points by samstress 18 days ago | 6 comments

A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

Why Haskell?(gtf.io)

387 points by mesaoptimizer 2 years ago | 533 comments

A long personal essay arguing why Haskell is a practical, productive language for building real software like web servers, covering fewer mistakes and easier reasoning.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.