Cannabis pollen dispersal across the United States(nature.com)

71 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 67 comments

Mummy of juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from Upper Pleistocene(nature.com)

46 points by bryanrasmussen 1 year ago | 17 comments

Loss of moist broadleaf forest in Africa has turned a carbon sink into source(nature.com)

57 points by PaulHoule 10 months ago | 16 comments

The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)(nature.com)

110 points by bushwart 19 days ago | 53 comments

Open-access 2020 Scientific Reports paper studying how cats' slow-blink eye narrowing movements function in communication with humans.

Acceptance of entomophagy among Canadians at an insectarium(nature.com)

10 points by PaulHoule 7 months ago | 8 comments

Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc(nature.com)

68 points by Archelaos 1 year ago | 15 comments

Cold-blooded software(dubroy.com)

499 points by arbesman 2 years ago | 198 comments

Patrick Dubroy's blog essay using cold-blooded animals as a metaphor for software that can sit untouched for long periods and still work when revived.

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.

Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study(news.northeastern.edu)

439 points by tosh 3 years ago | 200 comments

Northeastern Global News article on research showing pet parrots learned to make video calls to other parrots and formed friendships.

Crows are even smarter than we thought(nautil.us)

443 points by dnetesn 2 years ago | 236 comments

Nautilus article by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry on new evidence that crows and other corvids have surprising mental abilities.

Scientists are teaching birds to sing lost songs(e360.yale.edu)

42 points by speckx 12 days ago | 5 comments

Yale Environment 360 digest item, republished from The Guardian, about scientists teaching birds to sing songs their populations have lost.

What does the cerebellum do?(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

406 points by scrambled 2 years ago | 184 comments

A Substack essay by Sarah Constantin on the Rough Diamonds blog explaining the functions of the cerebellum beyond balance.