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Watching Somi try "Da Bomb: Beyond Insanity"... (esp. the end credit segment) is worth the view alone. 😜
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=2oL4AVJQCWk&si=b7qDR30KCfllSHVJ

Dolphins OLBs coach Ryan Crow arrested on domestic battery charge, placed on administrative leave https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-olbs-coach-ryan-crow-arrested-on-domestic-battery-charge-placed-on-administrative-leave

Hey @… I was just listening to the great literary olfactoloy episode with @allylouks.bsky.social€, but I feel that the existence/role of human pheromones has been a bit misrepresented.
I have worked on mammalian pheromones for my PhD, and I have encountered (at least) two major definitions of the term "pheromone", one based on the function of a substance, and the other, which I personally prefer, on the information flow involved in it (https://doi.org/10.1159/000096511).
Based on the Sbarbati & Osculati definition, a pheromone would be a component that conveys information between individuals of the same species.
There is also quite a bit of research that argues for the existence of human pheromones (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.a.20125, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.a.20125, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1198331)
However, the discussion on the existence of human pheromones is difficult, as it touches on the topic of free will as many reactions to odor are involuntary. During the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste held in Iceland in 2024, there have been several session on human olfaction touching on sensitive aspects such as olfaction-mediated effects on mate choice and pregnancy, but none of the researchers dared utter the word pheromone, while colleagues working on other mammals where happily talking about pheromonal effects for very similar topics.
Long story short, I feel that saying there is no hard evidence for human pheromones is misrepresenting the current research.

Improved characterization of the TOI-2141 system: a dense sub-Neptune with non-transiting inner and outer companions
R. Luque, K. W. F. Lam, J. Cabrera, A. Bonfanti, Y. N. E. Eschen, G. Olofsson, W. Benz, N. Billot, A. Brandeker, A. C. M. Correia, L. Fossati, D. Gandolfi, H. P. Osborn, C. Pezzotti, S. G. Sousa, T. G. Wilson, S. Wolf, Y. Alibert, R. Alonso, J. Asquier, T. B\'arczy, D. Barrado, S. C. C. Barros, W. Baumjohann, F. Biondi, L. Borsato, C. Broeg, A. Collier Cameron, Sz. C…

Improved characterization of the TOI-2141 system: a dense sub-Neptune with non-transiting inner and outer companions
We aim to refine the fundamental parameters of the TOI-2141 planetary system, which includes a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting a Sun-like star in a relatively long orbit of 18.26 days, by combining new photometric and spectroscopic observations. We analyze new space-based photometry from TESS and CHEOPS as well as 61 radial velocity measurements from HARPS-N. We perform individual and joint photometric and RV analyses using several modeling tools within a Bayesian model comparison framework. We…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.NE. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.NE/new
[1/1]:
- Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing: Towards a bio-inspired Olfactory Perception System
Kevin Max, Larissa Sames, Shimeng Ye, Jan Steink\"uhler, Federico Corradi

Replaced article(s) found for q-bio.NC. https://arxiv.org/list/q-bio.NC/new
[1/1]:
- Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing: Towards a bio-inspired Olfactory Perception System
Kevin Max, Larissa Sames, Shimeng Ye, Jan Steink\"uhler, Federico Corradi

Replaced article(s) found for cs.ET. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.ET/new
[1/1]:
- Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing: Towards a bio-inspired Olfactory Perception System
Kevin Max, Larissa Sames, Shimeng Ye, Jan Steink\"uhler, Federico Corradi

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Quantum smell: tunneling mechanisms in olfaction
Dominik Szcz\c{e}\'sniak, Ewa Drzazga-Szcz\c{e}\'sniak, Sabre Kais
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22265

Quantum smell: tunneling mechanisms in olfaction
The mechanism by which odorants are recognized by olfactory receptors remains primarily unresolved. While charge transport is believed to play a significant role, its precise nature is still unclear. Here, we present a novel perspective by exploring the interplay between the intrinsic energy scales of odorant molecules and the gap states that facilitate intermolecular charge transport. We find that odorants act as weak tunneling conductors mainly because of the limited magnitude of electronic c…

Dolphins OLBs coach Ryan Crow arrested and charged with domestic battery, placed on administrative leave

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolphin