Alligator lounging on log

How many alligators does it take to change a lightbulb? Maybe only one if it uses its snout. Alligators have densely packed mechanoreceptors around their mouths (located in grid-like pigmented domes). Something cool I learned while canooing in Okefenokee recently
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Spontaneous behavior is a succession of self-directed tasks Weinreb et al. reveal a hierarchy of timescales in mouse behavior, including low-level syllables and high-level behavioral states. States and syllables are encoded in different brain areas. Prefrontal...

Have you ever wondered why mice do what they do when they are free to do whatever they want? Check out our latest (and this slightly delayed thread about our recent paper, led by Caleb Weinreb and friends...) www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

How Sir David Attenborough Got His Start YouTube video by Nature on PBS

Good to know 😊
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I remind myself: I don’t know everything! Never will. Nor will anybody else. And that’s fine! I root my sense of worth/ego more in my drive & curiosity & compassion - I’m the right person to work on the complex problems I do because I’ll always strive to understand *more* & help more people.

So beautiful, made my day!

Against fitting in Between dissolution and crystallisation

I'm just a grain of sand, but I'm in @jksteinberger.bsky.social: jksteinberger.medium.com/against-fitt...
"I mean that we should hold on to our core values, our beliefs and principles, the things that make us resist compliance with pressures of power."

Happy Thanksgiving! We finally have a blue sky in Zürich after many days of rain. So here are some other blue-ish things I'm grateful for today :)

- "Ocotillo" by Floating Points, the UK-based electronic producer (and neuroscience PhD): youtu.be/H7Dr-qwWEqk?...
- "Blue Night" by Matthew Wong

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

Getting Rosalind Franklin’s story right is crucial, because she has become a role model for women going into science

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Check out our latest profile! Dr. Eve Marder studies the stability and flexibility of neural circuit function. Follow the link below to learn more!

www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

#StoriesofWiN #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInNeuro

Three horizontal bars and two vertical lines, similar to the top part of the Empire State building? But I'm actually just a transformer 😄

How to communicate the value of curiosity-driven research The burden of proof is on us, as researchers, to explain why what we do is valuable to society.

We must learn to showcase the practical significance of basic research, demonstrating how seemingly arcane investigations yield transformative applications, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/outreach/how...

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

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