Blooming Flowers Timelapse Daily Neuron 2019-08-22 | A collection of various types of flowers blooming.dailyneuron.com
AI Rebuilt This Video From Brain Activity Alone Daily Neuron 2026-08-11 | A mouse watched a short film while a microscope recorded about 8,000 cells flickering on the surface of its visual cortex. Then the film was thrown away, and AI rebuilt it out of nothing but the flickering. The footage in this video is that real reconstruction.Sources:Bauer J, Margrie TW, Clopath C. Movie reconstruction from mouse visual cortex activity. eLife 2026;14:RP105081. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.105081Recordings from the public Sensorium 2023 dataset: Turishcheva P, et al. arXiv:2305.19654. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.19654Footage from the paper's supplementary videos, CC BY 4.0.
Nerves Didnt Invent the Electrical Signal Daily Neuron 2026-07-30 | Oyster mushrooms send slow electrical signals that travel through the fungal network in one consistent direction at a fixed speed — about 40 centimeters an hour. Fungi split from animals over a billion years ago, so nerves may not have invented electrical signalling at all.SourceAdamatzky, A. (2026). Propagation of electrical spike trains in substrates colonised by oyster fungi. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-47035-2
Therapy Dogs Are The Most Stressed Daily Neuron 2026-07-28 | Therapy dogs pass their hospital test by staying still but dogs go still when they're calm, and when they've given up. Two out of three tasks in that test put the dog's welfare at risk.SourceFoltin, S. (2026). Agency denied: PADA and the perils of paternalistic dog care. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1767922Full write-up: dailyneuron.com/therapy-dog-welfare-testing
How Your Brain Builds the Reality You See Daily Neuron 2026-07-27 | Everyone agrees memory shapes what you see. The fight is over how. Is memory backstage, quietly tuning the feed or is it on the canvas, painting strokes into what you took for a photograph? Four recent papers, two philosophical and two neuroscientific, circle that question, and a 7-Tesla fMRI study finally catches a confident brain doing two things at once: firing its prediction harder at the visual cortex while closing a gate on the senses. You don't so much receive the world as build it.Read the full essay at daily neuron:dailyneuron.com/perception-and-memory-share-brain-circuitsSOURCES01. Pinna, Porcheddu & Šķilters — From the Visible to the Invisible: On the Phenomenal Gradient of Appearance. Brain Sciences, 16(1), 114 (2026). doi.org/10.3390/brainsci1601011402. Barkasi, M. — Memory as Sensory Modality, Perception as Experience of the Past. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 14, 791–809 (2023). doi.org/10.1007/s13164-021-00568-z03. Colomina-Alminana, J. J. — Memory in Perception, Not as Perception: A Reply to Barkasi. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 17, 323–333 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s13164-026-00809-z04. Kok, A. — Representationalism can connect neuroscience and philosophy. Frontiers in Cognition, Volume 4 (2026). doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2025.162371205. Tao, Steward, Corbett, Glarin, Sava & Garrido — Effective Connectivity Reveals Dual-Route Mechanism of Visual Prediction Precision via Insula and Pulvinar. Human Brain Mapping (2026). doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70455More neuroscience, explained properly: dailyneuron.com
Exploring The Animal Mind Daily Neuron 2019-09-22 | Exploring the animal mind and tracing consciousness across the evolution of species.website: dailyneuron.comSourcesThe origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mindhttps://books.google.com.lb/books?id=3eQd-x-cxPwCFunctional Vocalizations by an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1981.tb01265.xCognition in the African Grey parrot: Preliminary evidence for auditory/vocal comprehension of the class conceptlink.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03199646Grey parrot numerical competence: a reviewlink.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-006-0034-7Lexicon size and its relation to foot preference in the African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393297000109Extraordinary large brains in tool-using New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides)sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394008000608Brain imaging reveals neuronal circuitry underlying the crow’s perception of human facespnas.org/content/109/39/15912.shortTool-Making New Caledonian Crows Have Large Associative Brain Areaskarger.com/Article/Abstract/295151Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognitionjournals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060202Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australiadoi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-37.4.700Convergent evolution of the red- and green-like visual pigment genes in fish, Astyanax fasciatus, and humanpnas.org/content/87/23/9315.shortMind the fish: zebrafish as a model in cognitive social neurosciencefrontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2013.00131/fullInterspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Seajournals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431Interspecific feeding associations of groupers (Teleostei: Serranidae) with octopuses and moray eels in the Gulf of Eilat (Agaba)link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00002584Three-dimensional spatial cognition: freely swimming fish accurately learn and remember metric information in a volumesciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213004181Fish intelligence, sentience and ethicslink.springer.com/article/10.1007/S10071-014-0761-0The effects of the acetic acid “pain” test on feeding, swimming, and respiratory responses of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159107004170The evidence for pain in fish: the use of morphine as an analgesicsciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159103001138The Evolution and Ontogeny of Nestmate Recognition in Social Waspsdoi.org/10.1146/annurev.en.31.010186.002243
The Palm Oil Catastrophe Daily Neuron 2019-09-08 | The history of palm oil production and how it lead to a climate catastrophe.website: dailyneuron.comSourcesUse of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Changescience.sciencemag.org/content/319/5867/1238Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemmascience.sciencemag.org/content/325/5938/270Global human appropriation of net primary production doubled in the 20th centurypnas.org/content/110/25/10324.shortBiofuels and the need for additional carboniopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/024007/metaCorrecting a fundamental error in greenhouse gas accounting related to bioenergysciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512001681Avoiding bioenergy competition for food crops and landagrilinks.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/WRI%20Avoiding%20Bioenergy%20Competition%20for%20Food%20Crops%20and%20Land.pdfBioenergy: how much can we expect for 2050?iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/031004/metaDo biofuel policies seek to cut emissions by cutting foodhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.897.7180&rep=rep1&type=pdfHigh carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to croplandnature.com/articles/nclimate2584Biofuels: environmental consequences and interactions with changing land useci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10025405904Crop‐based biofuels and associated environmental concernsonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01182.xEstimating greenhouse gas emissions from soy-based US biodiesel when factoring in emissions from land use changehttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49099/files/Estimating%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions%20from%20Soy-based%20US%20biodiesel%20when%20Factoring%20in%20Emissions%20from%20Land%20Use%20Change.pdfHighland cropland expansion and forest loss in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first centurynature.com/articles/s41561-018-0166-9Replanting of first‐cycle oil palm results in a second wave of biodiversity lossonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.5218Biodiversity Impacts of Some Agricultural Commodity Production Systemsconbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.01803.xIs oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity?conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00011.xUnderstory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Benefits Soil Biodiversity and Decomposition Ratesfrontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2018.00010/fullEstablishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asiaroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2011.0041Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm productionenvironmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2047-2382-3-4Palm oil and biodiversityiucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/palm-oil-and-biodiversity
Is Consciousness Fractal? Daily Neuron 2019-08-25 | The idea of consciousness is notoriously obscure and difficult to analyze. It’s not even clear what the word stands for, an entity, quality, process, or something else. New analysis, however, may shed some light on the subject by telling an evolutionary tale of our subconscious attraction and fascination with fractals.website: dailyneuron.comSourcesThe Fractal Nature of the Brain: EEG Data Suggests That the Brain Functions as a "Quantum Computer" in 5-8 Dimensionsneuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/article/view/279Fractal dynamics in physiology: Alterations with disease and agingpnas.org/content/99/suppl_1/2466The Fractal Patterns of Words in a Text: A Method for Automatic Keyword Extractionjournals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130617A fractal topology of time: implications for consciousness and cosmologyhttps://www.academia.edu/245209/A_Fractal_Topology_of_Time_Implications_for_Consciousness_and_CosmologyFractals: A Resonance between Art and Natureresearchgate.net/publication/226130687_Fractals_A_Resonance_between_Art_and_NatureThe facts about Pollock’s fractalshttps://blogs.uoregon.edu/richardtaylor/2017/01/04/the-facts-about-pollocks-fractals/Fractal patterns in nature and art are aesthetically pleasing and stress-reducinghttp://theconversation.com/fractal-patterns-in-nature-and-art-are-aesthetically-pleasing-and-stress-reducing-73255Entanglement and Phase-Mediated Correlationsin Quantum Field Theory. Application toBrain-Mind Statesresearchgate.net/publication/335016260_Entanglement_and_Phase-Mediated_Correlations_in_Quantum_Field_Theory_Application_to_Brain-Mind_StatesFractals, coherent states and self-similarity induced noncommutative geometryarxiv.org/abs/1206.1854
White Holes could explain some of the weirdest aspects of our universe Daily Neuron 2019-08-15 | Even though scientists still haven’t been able to show that white holes exist yet, some think that they could explain the weirdest aspect of our universe.website: dailyneuron.comSources:Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Holealmaobservatory.org/en/press-release/astronomers-capture-first-image-of-a-black-holeLIGO Detection Papershttps://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/detection-companion-papersQuantum bounce could make black holes explodenature.com/news/quantum-bounce-could-make-black-holes-explode-1.15573Our Universe Was Born in a Black Hole, Theory Saysspace.com/8293-universe-born-black-hole-theory.htmlMicrolensing constraints on primordial black holes with the Subaru/HSC Andromeda observationarxiv.org/pdf/1701.02151.pdfThe Birth of Wormholes: Einstein-Rosen Bridgephysics.aps.org/story/v15/st11
How Plants See and Experience the World Daily Neuron 2019-08-12 | Plants are more like us than we think. They are often disregarded and relegated to the background as part of the furniture. However, plants experience and recognize the world just as animals do.website: dailyneuron.comSources:The Unscientific Method: By Ignoring Accepted Rules of Evidence, the Authors of a Popularized Book on Plants Reach Many False Conclusionsacademic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/24/7/415/311108?redirectedFrom=fulltextCan your plants really hear you if you sing to them?http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160118-can-your-plants-really-hear-you-if-you-sing-to-themWhat A Plant Knowsbooks.google.co.uk/books?id=ynHjH6pjiBMC&pg=PA99&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=falsePlants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insect herbivore chewinglink.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-2995-6Exposure of Solidago altissima plants to volatile emissions of an insect antagonist (Eurosta solidaginis) deters subsequent herbivorypnas.org/content/110/1/199Tomato plants that have been damaged by herbivorous insects emit airborne chemicals that warn neighbours of an impending attack. It emerges that the receiving plants transform these signals into defensive weapons.nature.com/articles/510221aVolatile Chemical Cues Guide Host Location and Host Selection by Parasitic Plantshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1131371Structure and Function of Plant Photoreceptorsdx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112259The Role of PIEZO2 in Human Mechanosensationnejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1602812How do plants read their own shapes?nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.14143Regulation of organ straightening and plant posture by an actin–myosin XI cytoskeletonhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.31Real‐time, in vivo intracellular recordings of caterpillar‐induced depolarization waves in sieve elements using aphid electrodesnph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.12807Research progress on electrical signals in higher plantssciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002007109000161?via%3DihubBurdon-Sanderson, John Scotthttp://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/data?id=per59Venus's Fly-Trap (Dionæa muscipula)nature.com/articles/010127a0Plant intelligencetandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/psb.4.5.8276Swiss 'dignity' law is threat to plant biologynature.com/news/2008/080423/full/452919a.htmlPlant neurobiology: no brain, no gain?cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(07)00056-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1360138507000568%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
How reliable is the polygraph at detecting lies? Daily Neuron 2019-08-09 | Just how reliable is a polygraph at identifying who’s lying and who’s telling the truth?website: dailyneuron.com
