@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
How does the brain work? Someday, we'll figure it out.
Group Leader, MRC LMB, and Professor, University of Cambridge, UK.
#neuroscience #Drosophila #ScientificPublishing #academia #TrakEM2 #FijiSc #CATMAID #connectomics #connectome #vEM #iNaturalist #entomology
Born at 335 ppm.
Brains, signal processing, software and entomology: there will be bugs.
Replying to @doctormo@floss.social
Bees are wasps that forgot how to eat meat [1]; ants are wasps that forgot to fly; sawflies don't know that they are wasps. It's wasps all the way down ...
[1] Except for vulture bees, also known as carrion bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee
en.wikipedia.orgVulture bee - WikipediaHappy anniversary to the NHS, founded on July 5th, 1948. Employs "one in every 25 adults in England", which is rather very little for a healthcare system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service#Employment_and_waiting_lists
en.wikipedia.orgNational Health Service - WikipediaWe live when we support each other. As summarized by @manlius :
"the strongest predictor of a long, healthy and fulfilling life is not wealth, intelligence, talent or professional achievement. It is the quality of close relationships."
Commentary on the Harvard Study of Adult Development:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/02/work-out-daily-ok-but-how-socially-fit-are-you/
The longitudinal study project page:
https://www.lifespanresearch.org/harvard-study/
Harvard GazetteRelationships make us happy — and healthyHarvard Study of Adult Development director details what research says about value of relationships to physical and mental health.