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Artist and Long Now council member Katie Paterson has spent the last decade building the Future Library in Oslo, Norway. Over the next 100 years one writer every year will contribute a text. A forest was planted to supply paper for the books when they’re ready to publish in 02114.

Harlequin Shrimp form long-lasting, monogamous relationships and devote themselves to one mate for life. Their diet consists primarily of starfish. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #scuba #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #shrimp #photography

Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.

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Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io): This colourful butterfly species is native to temperate Asia and Europe, it has a wingspan of 55mm (2.16in) and hibernates in trees or buildings during winter, it can use its eye-spots as an anti-predator deterrent. Beautiful photo taken by Ellena Bailey in the UK.

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How do our cells organize their “second genome”? Scientists solved a century-old mystery: a temporary shape change called "mitochondrial pearling" evenly distributing mitochondrial DNA. Could unlock new insights into aging and neurodegenerative diseases! actu.epfl.ch/news/how-mit...

Meg Shriber on fiction and technology, discussing the Pygmalion myth in American SciFi and technology-making and concluding with a comparison with other cultural traditions - Japanese, Latin American, Afrofuturism. www.harbus.org/post/monkey-...

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A baby whale is born with 10 female whales and one male helping. During the most beautiful event that happens in life—birth—whales were very chatty. We found vowels during the birth event as well. @projectceti.bsky.social The paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gorgeous capture! 😊

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I'm glad to see this paper and happy to see Sheila Heti and Ken Liu mentioned as "distinguished novelists [who] have already begun experimenting with these tools." We need to approach narration and AI both through literature and through literary studies.

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Final version of this paper with Richard Watson is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Machines all the way up and cognition all the way down: Updating the machine metaphor in biology" (quite a bit different than the original preprint at osf.io/preprints/os...).

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Fourteen 8K cameras will track figure skaters at the 2026 Winter #Olympics. Real time #AI measures jump heights, air times, landing speeds, and body position in three dimensions. Spectators will see heat maps and performance overlays as events unfold. #SportsTech

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Wow, so amazing. Thanks Manuela.

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AI collaboration. Multiple Autonomous AI Systems Spontaneously Collaborate to Advance Materials Research | National Institute for Materials Science, Japan www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Cougar (Puma concolor): There are 40 species of cat around our planet and this large cat is native to the Americas, from the Yukon in northern Canada to the southern Andes in South America. Neat photo taken by Phil Gould of this Big Cat of the Americas #mountainlion #puma #cougar #wildlife #nature

To hug or not to hug, that is the question… 😊🤗🤔

From Cells to Selves…

When work is life, it's all the more important to celebrate #NationalCleanOffYourDeskDay. Find inspiration in Stephen Wolfram's productivity setup: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure

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Starting with an online session today!

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Algorithms induce "Cognitive Drift" gradually resetting our mental baselines. A neuro-anchored protocol to audit how AI curation reweights user attention and emotion over time. t.co/1kSlt1Ujut #AI #Neuroscience #DigitalEthics #MentalHealth #AlgorithmAuditing #ResponsibleAI #ActiveInference

Happy & Healthy New Year!

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Thanks for sharing 2025 with us! Here's to another great year full of computation. 🥂