From co-authoring seminal research papers to co-founding the research organization that developed ChatGPT, few people have been as influential in shaping the…
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The NLRP3 inflammasome in microglia regulates repetitive behavior by modulating NMDA glutamate receptor functions
In this study, Jung et al. investigate the effect of excessive NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation on synaptic functions and behaviors using Nlrp3D301N-conditional knockin mice. Strikingly, excessive NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation causes NMDAR hyperactivation, leading to abnormal behaviors. Treatment with IL-1β receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) or NMDAR antagonist reverses the pathological phenotypes.
Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure
For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become a staple of astronomy documentaries, textbooks and popular science writing.
But in our new study published in Nature Astronomy, led by Till Sawala from the University of Helsinki, we find the Milky Way’s future might not be as certain previously assumed.
By carefully accounting for uncertainties in existing measurements, and including the gravitational influence of other nearby galaxies, we found there is only about a 50% chance the Milky Way and Andromeda will merge in the next 10 billion years.
Langton’s Ants and Turing Machines
Ant Simulator: https://evolvecode.io/turmites/index.html.
Source code: https://github.com/MaxRobinsonTheGreat/turmites.
This is a video about Langton’s ants, turmites, and turing machines. On and on and on it goes, will it halt? Nobody knows.
~ LINKS ~
Pezzza’s Ant Sim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTHpEF_jcu4
Discord (see langtons-ants channel) https://discord.com/invite/GZWd2qySce.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emergentgarden.
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/emergentgarden.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_romana.
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emergentgarden.bsky.social.
~Timestamps~
(0:00) Langton’s Ants.
(3:32) Turmites.
(7:26) Emergent Patterns.
(10:13) Busy Beavers.
(11:56) Evolving Ants?
The ability to detect background sounds varies from person to person, study finds
A study led by Northeastern University professor Jonathan Peelle with researchers from across the globe has confirmed that people’s ability to detect background sounds varies from person to person, and is influenced by the noise that came before the sounds.
Peelle’s large-scale replication of a 10-year-old study involved 25 labs across 10 countries and included 149 participants. The findings are published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
About a decade ago, a research paper suggested that some people are better at picking out background sounds than others, and that this ability depends on the surrounding noise. But the study’s findings were based on data from just five participants, each completing a five-hour task.
