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Brainless Brittle Stars Learn by Association - Neuroscience News Researchers discovered that brittle stars, brainless marine creatures, can learn through experience, a finding that challenges our understanding of learning and intelligence.

The Maya constructed wetlands to store water as early as 400 BCE, taking advantage of the ability of aquatic plants to clean water. These sophisticated water systems offer lessons for modern water management. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/So2V50PVKTS

Europe spent €600 million to recreate the human brain in a computer. How did it go? Nature News & Comment

If AI becomes conscious, how will we know? Scientists and philosophers are proposing a checklist based on theories of human consciousness

Nature research paper: The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

: Research from University of Calgary used the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study of approximately 11,000 9-10 year-old children in the US to investigate longer-term impacts of early birth on brain structure.

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Spontaneous Formation Of RNA On Volcanic Glass Could Explain Life's Origins Basaltic glass catalyzes nucleoside triphosphates to form molecules of RNA up to 300 molecules long under conditions similar to the early Earth. Using previous research showing nucleotide bases exist in some meteorites, and that conditions on early Earth could turn these bases into triphosphate.

Flavanol consumption improves hippocampal memory function associated with cognitive aging Researchers investigated the impact of dietary flavanols on cognitive aging.

Precursors of the molecules needed for the origin of life may have been generated by chemical reactions promoted by iron-rich particles from meteors or volcanic eruptions on Earth approximately 4.4 billion years ago, according to a study in Scientific Reports. https://go.nature.com/3oze0pW