celegansneural: C. elegans neurons (1986)
A network representing the neural connections of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode.
This network has 297 nodes and 2359 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/celegansneural
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As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861420/meta-reality-la…
Iran extends airspace closure
Iran further extended an order closing its airspace to commercial aircraft without explanation early on Thursday.
A notice to pilots said the closure was estimated to last until 7.30am local time, the AP is reporting.
A previous order had closed the airspace for just over two hours.
The Iranian government offered no explanation of the decision to shut its airspace amid the tensions with Washington over Tehran’s protest crackdown.
celegans_metabolic: Metabolic network (C. elegans)
List of edges comprising the metabolic network of the nematode C. elegans.
This network has 453 nodes and 4596 edges.
Tags: Biological, Metabolic, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/celegans_metabolic
Dobrindt: Rechts blind, Links zurückschlagen - Und während man "Klimakleber" zu Millionenstrafen verurteilt, weil sie Flugbahnen und Innenstädte blockierten, lässt man Bauern einfach Autobahnen blockieren – kann man nichts machen. Genausowenig wie gegen Rechts. Kann man leider auch nichts tun. Wegen Klientelpolitik | Thomas @…
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious articles (Kanis Leung/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-ve…
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows (Riley Mellen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/world/americas/jetblue-venezuela-midair-collision-us-air-force.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p1#a251215p1
Mia Tretta was a high school freshman when a classmate opened fire at her.
Now a Brown University student,
she has gone through her second school shooting incident
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/14/shooting-survivor-brown-unive…
In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column,
I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer:
exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.
These all deserve deeper dives,
but perhaps black holes deserve one most of all because, technically speaking,
they do provide the deepest dive you can physically take.
They also make very big bangs indeed, with their collisions rapidly releasing almost inco…