🧪 Reviewing a year in biology reveals memory in brainless cells and a 540 million year carbon cycle. New insights map the complex neurons behind touch and distinguish the molecular complexity of brains from AI.
The Year in Biology | Quanta Magazine
Take a jaunt through a jungle of strange neurons underlying your sense of touch, hundreds of millions of years of animal evolution and the dense neural networks of brains and AIs.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🧪 Reviewing a year in biology reveals memory in brainless cells and a 540 million year carbon cycle. New insights map the complex neurons behind touch and distinguish the molecular complexity of brains from AI.
Great story about the power law that describes how prices on average move with buying and selling on the #stock market by the one and only Jean-Philippe Bouchaud.
#physics #complexity
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physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
#physics #complexity
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physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great story about the power law that describes how prices on average move with buying and selling on the #stock market by the one and only Jean-Philippe Bouchaud.
#physics #complexity
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physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
#physics #complexity
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physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
A #NZ summer in February and an intimate short conference - in depth conversation, meet the speakers, build research connections. This one will be rich and multi-layered! See you there 🧪 #complexity
We're very excited to be bringing the one and only @carlbergstrom.com to Aotearoa for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium in February 🧪
Will you join him there? www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
Will you join him there? www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A #NZ summer in February and an intimate short conference - in depth conversation, meet the speakers, build research connections. This one will be rich and multi-layered! See you there 🧪 #complexity
I had a great conversation w/ K-12Dive on why the scientific method isn’t just for 🧪science class — it’s a framework to help students think critically, reason with evidence, and navigate complexity across subjects: www.k12dive.com/news/scienti...
#Teaching #EdReform @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org
#Teaching #EdReform @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org
The scientific method: It’s not just for science anymore
The same exercises in logic and reason can extend to assignments in the social sciences, humanities and more.
www.k12dive.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I had a great conversation w/ K-12Dive on why the scientific method isn’t just for 🧪science class — it’s a framework to help students think critically, reason with evidence, and navigate complexity across subjects: www.k12dive.com/news/scienti...
#Teaching #EdReform @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org
#Teaching #EdReform @aaascsew.bsky.social @aaas.org
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It’s wild to see some making grandiose truth claims about human behaviour without the existence of skilled scientific theories of mind.
Gender is so complex, how could some people understand gender when the complexity of climate is beyond their capability? 🧪
It’s wild to see some making grandiose truth claims about human behaviour without the existence of skilled scientific theories of mind.
Gender is so complex, how could some people understand gender when the complexity of climate is beyond their capability? 🧪
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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It’s wild to see some making grandiose truth claims about human behaviour without the existence of skilled scientific theories of mind.
Gender is so complex, how could some people understand gender when the complexity of climate is beyond their capability? 🧪
It’s wild to see some making grandiose truth claims about human behaviour without the existence of skilled scientific theories of mind.
Gender is so complex, how could some people understand gender when the complexity of climate is beyond their capability? 🧪
Neutrinos as Cosmic Memory Probes
🧱 matter = cosmic memory
P_int ∝ ∫ρ_m · Ξ_dim dx
🧪 Ar = high equilibrium
(low χ_noise)
🔀 flavor = path history
Φ_osc = (Δm²L/2E)[1+ε·C_dim]
🌌 “random” = complexity gap
🧱 matter = cosmic memory
P_int ∝ ∫ρ_m · Ξ_dim dx
🧪 Ar = high equilibrium
(low χ_noise)
🔀 flavor = path history
Φ_osc = (Δm²L/2E)[1+ε·C_dim]
🌌 “random” = complexity gap
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Neutrinos as Cosmic Memory Probes
🧱 matter = cosmic memory
P_int ∝ ∫ρ_m · Ξ_dim dx
🧪 Ar = high equilibrium
(low χ_noise)
🔀 flavor = path history
Φ_osc = (Δm²L/2E)[1+ε·C_dim]
🌌 “random” = complexity gap
🧱 matter = cosmic memory
P_int ∝ ∫ρ_m · Ξ_dim dx
🧪 Ar = high equilibrium
(low χ_noise)
🔀 flavor = path history
Φ_osc = (Δm²L/2E)[1+ε·C_dim]
🌌 “random” = complexity gap
The Mismeasure of Neanderthals 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Among other aspects, this discusses Neanderthals as figures of alterity in debates on biodiversity and coexistence.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Among other aspects, this discusses Neanderthals as figures of alterity in debates on biodiversity and coexistence.
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Mismeasure of Neanderthals 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Among other aspects, this discusses Neanderthals as figures of alterity in debates on biodiversity and coexistence.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Among other aspects, this discusses Neanderthals as figures of alterity in debates on biodiversity and coexistence.
Diminished spatial dynamics and maladaptive spatial complexity link resting brain network disruption to cognition in schizophrenia #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692856v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692856v1
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Diminished spatial dynamics and maladaptive spatial complexity link resting brain network disruption to cognition in schizophrenia #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692856v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692856v1
Navigating tough terrain: how UNB researchers engage with complexity to reinvent off-road vehicles 🧪https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2025/12/reinventing-off-road-vehicles.php
Navigating tough terrain: how UNB researchers engage with complexity to reinvent off-road vehicles
They may look like hobby cars, but two scaled-down electric vehicles in a lab at UNB’s engineering faculty in Sir Edmund Head Hall are doing significant work. These machines test ideas that may reshap...
blogs.unb.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Navigating tough terrain: how UNB researchers engage with complexity to reinvent off-road vehicles 🧪https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2025/12/reinventing-off-road-vehicles.php
🌸 Flowering Newsletter Review 🌸
López-Gómez et al. review the role of protein–protein interactions in flower and fruit development and discuss the latest techniques to study them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @defolter-lab.bsky.social
López-Gómez et al. review the role of protein–protein interactions in flower and fruit development and discuss the latest techniques to study them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @defolter-lab.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🌸 Flowering Newsletter Review 🌸
López-Gómez et al. review the role of protein–protein interactions in flower and fruit development and discuss the latest techniques to study them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @defolter-lab.bsky.social
López-Gómez et al. review the role of protein–protein interactions in flower and fruit development and discuss the latest techniques to study them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @defolter-lab.bsky.social
Research in Nature Communications suggests that Atlantic grey seal milk rivals human breast milk in sugar complexity. These findings challenge the previously held assumption that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. go.nature.com/4p2hYRW 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Research in Nature Communications suggests that Atlantic grey seal milk rivals human breast milk in sugar complexity. These findings challenge the previously held assumption that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. go.nature.com/4p2hYRW 🧪
📰Published📰Lithology modulates soil priming effects via resource limitations and microbial network complexity🦠
buff.ly/edZhGrC
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buff.ly/edZhGrC
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Lithology modulates soil priming effects via resource limitations and microbial network complexity
Xinyu Hou, Peilei Hu, Juan Li, Kelin Wang, Wei Zhang This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Soil priming effect (PE) is a process where r…
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📰Published📰Lithology modulates soil priming effects via resource limitations and microbial network complexity🦠
buff.ly/edZhGrC
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buff.ly/edZhGrC
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#Medsky🧪 #oncosky #publichealth When considering the complexity of cancer & the immunological response it invokes, cancer can be viewed as a systemic disease. The mobilization of the systemic immune response,
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Medsky🧪 #oncosky #publichealth When considering the complexity of cancer & the immunological response it invokes, cancer can be viewed as a systemic disease. The mobilization of the systemic immune response,
Why are low-complexity domains (LCDs) in proteins important?
#LaskerAward winners Dirk Görlich & Steven McKnight showed that they are critical for intracellular transport and organization. #Lasker2025 🧪
#structuralbiology #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
#LaskerAward winners Dirk Görlich & Steven McKnight showed that they are critical for intracellular transport and organization. #Lasker2025 🧪
#structuralbiology #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
Low-complexity domains: structures & functions
The 2025 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors Dirk Görlich and Steven McKnight for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein…
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Why are low-complexity domains (LCDs) in proteins important?
#LaskerAward winners Dirk Görlich & Steven McKnight showed that they are critical for intracellular transport and organization. #Lasker2025 🧪
#structuralbiology #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
#LaskerAward winners Dirk Görlich & Steven McKnight showed that they are critical for intracellular transport and organization. #Lasker2025 🧪
#structuralbiology #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
Research in Nature Communications suggests that Atlantic grey seal milk rivals human breast milk in sugar complexity. These findings challenge the previously held assumption that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. go.nature.com/4p2hYRW 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Research in Nature Communications suggests that Atlantic grey seal milk rivals human breast milk in sugar complexity. These findings challenge the previously held assumption that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. go.nature.com/4p2hYRW 🧪
“The solution to the problem wasn’t immediately obvious, but simple in the end.”— 2025 #LaskerAward winner Dirk Görlich on figuring out the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences. 🧪
#LaskerLaureate
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
laskerfoundation.org/winners/stru...
#LaskerLaureate
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
laskerfoundation.org/winners/stru...
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“The solution to the problem wasn’t immediately obvious, but simple in the end.”— 2025 #LaskerAward winner Dirk Görlich on figuring out the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences. 🧪
#LaskerLaureate
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
laskerfoundation.org/winners/stru...
#LaskerLaureate
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
laskerfoundation.org/winners/stru...
From single cells to whole organs. Leading edge article in @cp-cell.bsky.social explores “mesoscale modules” as key building blocks of tissue function. Conceptual network motifs for multicellular dynamics. A nice mind model for tackling complexity in biology: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 🧪
Bridging single cells to organs: Mesoscale modules as fundamental units of tissue function
Recent studies at molecular and genomic scales have enriched our understanding of life’s most fundamental building block: the cell. However, bridging …
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
From single cells to whole organs. Leading edge article in @cp-cell.bsky.social explores “mesoscale modules” as key building blocks of tissue function. Conceptual network motifs for multicellular dynamics. A nice mind model for tackling complexity in biology: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 🧪
Spring green-up is fragile. In a five-level grazing test, soil biota stability increased with intensity, but ecosystem multifunctionality peaked at low–medium grazing and then plunged. Diversity/complexity decoupled; stability showed a negative tie. Management takeaway: keep grazing moderate. 🌐🧪
Changes in soil multifunctionality under different grazing intensities in spring are mainly influenced by the stability of soil biota networks
Revealing the relationship between soil biota and soil multifunctionality is crucial for understanding the mechanisms underlying changes in soil funct…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Spring green-up is fragile. In a five-level grazing test, soil biota stability increased with intensity, but ecosystem multifunctionality peaked at low–medium grazing and then plunged. Diversity/complexity decoupled; stability showed a negative tie. Management takeaway: keep grazing moderate. 🌐🧪
Interesting article on the role of reticulation in evolution:
"...review tries to draw attention to evolutionary processes that lead to the origin and growth of diversity and complexity in biological systems by reticulations...‘Biology’s Second Law’"
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
🧪 #EvoBio
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"...review tries to draw attention to evolutionary processes that lead to the origin and growth of diversity and complexity in biological systems by reticulations...‘Biology’s Second Law’"
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
🧪 #EvoBio
1/2
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Interesting article on the role of reticulation in evolution:
"...review tries to draw attention to evolutionary processes that lead to the origin and growth of diversity and complexity in biological systems by reticulations...‘Biology’s Second Law’"
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
🧪 #EvoBio
1/2
"...review tries to draw attention to evolutionary processes that lead to the origin and growth of diversity and complexity in biological systems by reticulations...‘Biology’s Second Law’"
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
🧪 #EvoBio
1/2
Human pluripotent stem cells allow scientists to model human tissues & organs without using animals, but labeling cell types & states accurately can be tricky.
Wang et al. propose a “stem cell-relevant manifold”—a large reference map combining human tissue & stem cell-derived data.
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Wang et al. propose a “stem cell-relevant manifold”—a large reference map combining human tissue & stem cell-derived data.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Human pluripotent stem cells allow scientists to model human tissues & organs without using animals, but labeling cell types & states accurately can be tricky.
Wang et al. propose a “stem cell-relevant manifold”—a large reference map combining human tissue & stem cell-derived data.
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Wang et al. propose a “stem cell-relevant manifold”—a large reference map combining human tissue & stem cell-derived data.
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Characterizing sleep stages through the complexity-entropy plane in human intracranial data and in a whole-brain model #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09243
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09243
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Characterizing sleep stages through the complexity-entropy plane in human intracranial data and in a whole-brain model #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09243
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09243
This #WorldPneumoniaDay, let's talk pneumonia research modernization. 💡
Despite widespread use, animals cannot replicate the severity or complexity of pneumonia in humans.
To make real progress, we must support human-relevant, non-animal preclinical models.
#IDsky #microbiology 🧪 🧵
Despite widespread use, animals cannot replicate the severity or complexity of pneumonia in humans.
To make real progress, we must support human-relevant, non-animal preclinical models.
#IDsky #microbiology 🧪 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This #WorldPneumoniaDay, let's talk pneumonia research modernization. 💡
Despite widespread use, animals cannot replicate the severity or complexity of pneumonia in humans.
To make real progress, we must support human-relevant, non-animal preclinical models.
#IDsky #microbiology 🧪 🧵
Despite widespread use, animals cannot replicate the severity or complexity of pneumonia in humans.
To make real progress, we must support human-relevant, non-animal preclinical models.
#IDsky #microbiology 🧪 🧵
#Medsky🧪 #neurosky #publichealth @eurekalert.bsky.social
A recent study shows anti-amyloid therapy does not change short-term waste clearance in #Alzheimer’s. Their findings show the complexity of the disease &
A recent study shows anti-amyloid therapy does not change short-term waste clearance in #Alzheimer’s. Their findings show the complexity of the disease &
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Medsky🧪 #neurosky #publichealth @eurekalert.bsky.social
A recent study shows anti-amyloid therapy does not change short-term waste clearance in #Alzheimer’s. Their findings show the complexity of the disease &
A recent study shows anti-amyloid therapy does not change short-term waste clearance in #Alzheimer’s. Their findings show the complexity of the disease &
I'm thinking of starting a monthly(?) online #complexity science/big questions book club for women and nonbinary people.
Is this something you or people in your (-gasp- offline) network would be interested in? 🧪
Is this something you or people in your (-gasp- offline) network would be interested in? 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm thinking of starting a monthly(?) online #complexity science/big questions book club for women and nonbinary people.
Is this something you or people in your (-gasp- offline) network would be interested in? 🧪
Is this something you or people in your (-gasp- offline) network would be interested in? 🧪
“The Enigma of Protein Domains of Low-Sequence Complexity”
#LaskerAward winner S. McKnight writes about “these ugly duckling proteins” that turned out to be vital for cellular function. 🧪
#RNAbiology #phaseseparation #Lasker2025 #UTSWMedicalCenter #JAMA
ow.ly/klVz50WY5Hf
#LaskerAward winner S. McKnight writes about “these ugly duckling proteins” that turned out to be vital for cellular function. 🧪
#RNAbiology #phaseseparation #Lasker2025 #UTSWMedicalCenter #JAMA
ow.ly/klVz50WY5Hf
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“The Enigma of Protein Domains of Low-Sequence Complexity”
#LaskerAward winner S. McKnight writes about “these ugly duckling proteins” that turned out to be vital for cellular function. 🧪
#RNAbiology #phaseseparation #Lasker2025 #UTSWMedicalCenter #JAMA
ow.ly/klVz50WY5Hf
#LaskerAward winner S. McKnight writes about “these ugly duckling proteins” that turned out to be vital for cellular function. 🧪
#RNAbiology #phaseseparation #Lasker2025 #UTSWMedicalCenter #JAMA
ow.ly/klVz50WY5Hf