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Really intriguing talk coming up by @annaciaunica.bsky.social
on whether you need a body to be somebody, a self ?
FREE Online access Artificial General Intelligence (AGI25 ) Conference August 10-13 AGI sign up. agi-conf.org/2025/
Also a link to @AnnaCiaunica paper.
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Just reposted. Let me know. I only post open access. So thanks for the heads up. I think it is so important to share science without journal paywalls.

The breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore.

Breakthrough! After 50 years, a monumental proof in abstract mathematics is bringing us closer to a Grand Unified Theory! This quiet revolution is one of science's biggest stories. #Mathematics #ScienceNews #GrandUnifiedTheory #AbstractMath
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hepatitis C found in the brain lining of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder suggesting link between HCV infection and these psychiatric conditions. hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/… #HepatitisC #MentalHealth #Schizophrenia #BipolarDisorder

YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder Meet the Scientist Creating New Forms of Synthetic Life! Dr Michael Levin

Dive into the incredible world of Xenobots! 🐸 These living robots challenge our understanding of life, intelligence, consciousness. youtu.be/LTBZRVKUwyM?si… @drmichaellevin @Evan_mcgl
#Xenobots #Bioengineering #AI #Consciousness #Science

Exploring cognitive diversity. Timely and valuable reframing.

This tiny brain molecule could hold the key to learning, memory—and Alzheimer’s treatment A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and communicate, which is crucial for learning and memory. By uncovering how cypin...

Researchers discovered that a protein called cypin can help brain cells connect and communicate. This could be a game-changer for treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, traumatic brain injuries. #BrainHealth #Research #Science #Memory #TBI #Neurodegeneration share.google/QkMxGPt6DQbb...

Selection shapes diverse animal minds | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences This special issue explores the evolution of cognitive diversity across the animal kingdom, challenging the value of approaches that have a basis in human psychology in favour of a perspective that em...

How are animal minds shaped by evolution? 🧠 Explore cognitive diversity across the animal kingdom, moving beyond human-centric views. Reframes cognition as a set of diverse solutions to environmental challenges. #AnimalCognition #Evolution doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Liquid biopsies are paving the way for a new era of cancer screening. Detecting tumor-derived analytes in body fluids, these non-invasive tests could provide early diagnosis for everyone! #LiquidBiopsy #CancerScreening #EarlyDetection #PrecisionOncology t.co/z60uD5OzmV

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CNS and immune system are deeply connected! Continuous crosstalk regulates #homeostasis and #neuroinflammation. Disruptions can drive #neurodegeneration, impacting cognitive function. Key areas: #gutbrainaxis #bloodbrainbarrier #circadianrhythms #Neuroscience #Immunology #Alzheimers t.co/LGun6OuCjX

Scientists Merged 3 Human Brains by Thought Alone And they’re not stopping there.

Scientists successfully transmitted information directly between two human brains over the internet, creating the first brain-to-brain interface- could revolutionize communication!
#BrainToBrain #BCI #FutureOfCommunication #Neuroscience #TechRevolution www.popularmechanics.com/science/a652...

Emergent functional dynamics of link-bots Link-bots, single-stranded chains of active bots, exhibit emergent dynamic behaviors driven by geometric constraints.

No batteries, no computer, 'link-bots' are simple chains of V-shaped particles that, when vibrated, exhibit incredible collective behavior—moving, exploring, and even carrying objects together. youtu.be/Xki6XiA-lAI
#robotics #swarmintelligence #emergentbehavior www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists at EPFL have created MammAlps, a multi-view, multi-modal video dataset that captures how wild mammals behave in the Swiss Alps. A game-changer for wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts. #MammAlps #WildlifeMonitoring #Conservation #DataScience #SwissAlps #Science t.co/MRZ5DIX2sf

Organoids: tiny 3D tissue cultures with HUGE potential for modeling human biology & cancer! From drug discovery to understanding tumor development, organoids offer exciting avenues. x.com/IHB_Research...
#Organoids #CancerResearch #BiomedicalResearch #Science

Ha! Thanks, you one of the only ones to make the connection.

Dive into the fascinating world of #Neuropsychoanalysis! Learn about its foundations and exciting advancements in this talk by the brilliant @Mark_Solms #Psychology #Neuroscience #MarkSolms
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YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content "Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond" by Michael Levin

Great talk by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social on reviewing ideas around the scaling of intelligence in unconventional substrates
youtu.be/FzFFeRVEdUM?...

YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content "Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond" by Michael Levin

Great talk on bioelectricity & regenerative-medicine: birth defects, injury repair, cancer, and a model system for learning to communicate with unconventional collective intelligences @drmichaellevin.bsky.social youtu.be/FzFFeRVEdUM?...

YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content "Three mechanisms of language comprehension - implications for human evolution" by Andrey Vyshedskiy

Fascinating talk on the origin of language in humans by neuroscientist Andrey Vyshedskiy. Academic Content @drmichaellevin.bsky.social at Tufts University Center. youtu.be/Au4LBi7K4Yc @language @evolution @originoflanguage @syntactic @phenotypes

What Lives? A meta-analysis of diverse opinions on the definition of life The question of "what is life?" has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries, producing an array of definitions that reflect both the mystery of its emergence and the diversity of discipli...

"What is life?" New study uses LLMs analyzing expert definitions shows continuous themes: life isn't a binary but a spectrum of perspectives. A computational bridge across disciplines! #WhatIsLife #Science #Philosophy #LLMs @drmichaellevin.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2505.15849

Do you need a body to be intelligent or to be "somebody"? 🤔 Exploring selfhood & intelligence in embodied vs. disembodied (AI) systems. @AnnaCiaunica
#NoBodyProblem #AI #Consciousness #Selfhood #Intelligence #Philosophy #Neuroscience @annaciaunica.bsky.social
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Single-cell epigenomic reconstruction of developmental trajectories from pluripotency in human neural organoid systems - Nature Neuroscience The mechanisms underlying human cell diversity are unclear. Here the authors provide a single-cell epigenome map of human neural organoid development and dissect how epigenetic changes control cell fa...

🔬 Huge news in human neural development!  The single-cell epigenomic atlas of human neural organoids is OUT NOW in @NatureNeuro!  @EpiGN_lab, @josch_f, tinyurl.com/5n8cd9pv @ETH_BSSE @IHB_Research #NeuralDevelopment #Epigenomics #Organoids #Neuroscience

The promise and limitations of organoids for scientific research Organoids are a promising breakthrough that scientists have been exploring over the past 15 years. These three-dimensional tissue cultures grown from human stem cells stand to revolutionize some aspec...

Organoids, 3D tissue cultures from human stem cells, are a promising breakthrough in biomedical research over the last 15years!https://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-promise-and-limitations-of-organoids-for-scien/ #Organoids #BiomedicalResearch #StemCells #AnimalTesting

Robotic hand moves objects with human-like grasps! #softrobotics #epfl #creatlab
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A step towards understanding machine intelligence the human way EPFL researchers have discovered key ‘units’ in large AI models that seem to be important for language, mirroring the brain’s language system. When these specific units were turned off, the models got...

A step towards understanding machine intelligence the human way actu.epfl.ch/news/a-step-... #epfl #machinearning #neuroAI

New research shows LLMs develop specialized units for language processing, similar to the human brain! 🧠 Ablating these units significantly impairs language tasks. #LLMs #LanguageProcessing #AI #Neuroscience #ComputationalLinguistics aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-l...

Bioelectricity is a universal multifaced signaling cue in living organisms | Molecular Biology of the Cell The cellular electrical signals of living organisms were discovered more than a century ago and have been extensively investigated in the neuromuscular system. Neuronal depolarization and hyperpolariz...

Cellular electrical signals are in ALL living cells! From development to disease (including cancer), bioelectricity acts as an instructional cue. Exciting research ahead! #Bioelectricity #CellSignaling #Physiology #EmergingScience
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Fascinating Josh! Living robots at work! @Xenobots @doctorjosh.bsky.social

youtu.be/ZK16Z3Haz80?...

Recent AI discussions miss crucial insights from diverse intelligence (DI), synthetic morphology, & developmental biology and requires understanding the spectrum of possible beings. @drmichaellevin.bsky.social #AI  #DiverseIntelligence #DevelopmentalBiology