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Bee colonies make decisions the same way the human brain does - implications not only for neurology and entomology, but robotics and A.I. as well.

Do you want rogue swarms? Because this is how you get rogue swarms.

TIL New Caledonian crows create their own hooks to pull out insects from hard to reach crevices. They are the only non-primate that manufacture their own tools.

Yale Study: Sad, Lonely Introverts Are Natural Born Social Psychologists: Introverts prone to melancholy are exceptionally good at accurately assessing truths about human social behavior, without formal training or tools.

Plant Fats Are Healthier Than Animal Fats, Study Says

Poor grades tied to class times that don’t match our biological clocks, study finds

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TIL that the ancient Romans used concrete with volcanic ash mixed in, which allowed for much stronger crack-resistant concrete

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even with income, education, and other correlates controlled, intelligent people drink more alcohol.

How a blind artist is challenging our understanding of colour

Digital Nomad forums and communities you should know about to make the most of location independence

Let’s stop pretending Facebook cares. It’s time to flip the script.

Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks (2018)[CC]

TIL a medieval English recipe was found to cure MRSA, an infection characterized by a resistance to antibiotics. It consists of wine, garlic, leek, and oxgall standing in a brass vessel for nine days. Each step 'was crucial for its efficacy'.

TIL that Japanese researchers have discovered that administering an electrical shock that simulates a lightning strike can increase mushroom yields -- leading to more and bigger mushrooms.

Drew Carey did an AMA a few years ago and was asked for his very best life advice. This was his answer.

Ferrofluid inside of a rotating magnetic field creates amoeba-like structures

TIL About Dysthymia also known as high functioning depression. Where someone might feel constantly tired, hopeless, irritable, and use unhealthy coping habits while still being able to work or go to school

Physicists have discovered what makes neural networks so extraordinarily powerful

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African philosophy not only challenges the universal claims of Western philosophy, but also offers unique insights into personhood | Katrin Flikschuch

Social anxiety is related to a preoccupation with making mistakes, finds a new study that monitored children’s brain activity.

Rather than Buddhism's 'no-self', David Bowie's fluid personas are best understood through Hume's notion of the mind as a theatre

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