This is way too cool: Octopuses and fish team up to hunt. "... fish (particularly goatfish) drive environmental exploration, deciding where, while the octopus decides if, and when, the group moves." Also, the octopus punches the fish if they don't listen. #science#biology

Multidimensional social influence drives leadership and composition-dependent success in octopus–fish hunting groups - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Using three-dimensional field-based tracking and field experiments, the authors find that octopus–fish collective hunting groups exhibit complex functional dynamics and composition-dependent propertie...

Rejection is okay; it's part of the game. In fact, it's a sign that you're trying. It's good! Rejection sensitive dysphoria: "Hi."

Regardless of how you feel about 'AI' (yes, with quotation marks), this 'creative accounting with emissions' should make you feel uneasy. "AI is far more energy-intensive on data centers than typical cloud-based applications..." #technology#society#ethics

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures

For everyone slamming Ozempic. Please consider doing resistance training. #science#dietwww.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Muscle matters: the effects of medically induced weight loss on skeletal muscle

The importance of skeletal muscle mass is increasingly being recognised in the medical field.1 The crucial roles of skeletal muscle have come to the forefront of public attention due to data on the us...

New post is out! cognitivewonderland.... Talking about consciousness and "philosophical zombies", and why we should be skeptical of concluding too much from our intuitions and introspection about the mind.

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One tiny brain twister (www.patreon.com/posts/februa...www.frivolouscomma.com/solaris-and-...) Thanks for doing this! Stories often feel like blips before they fade, so any excuse to mention them is heartwarming.

Wild sexism in Google's new AI podcast creator. Man: You know, I will say, the article doesn't leave us completely high and dry. It actually...there's this thing...it's called metacognition. Woman: Meta-whatnow? Man: [tipping fedora] MetacogNITION. It's a BIG word. Woman: It IS a big word.

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