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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…

Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
Meta’s Reality Labs layoffs include shutting down some of its VR studios, according to employees affected by the cuts.

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…

How much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?
The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard

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 @…

Dobrindt: Rechts blind, Links zurückschlagen | Thomas Gigold
»Wir schlagen zurück – und überlassen den Linksextremisten und Klimaextremisten nicht das Feld«

Universal Music Group signs a licensing deal with rights platform ClicknClear, easing the licensing process for athletes using music in choreographed sports (Agnieszka Flak/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/universal-music-clicknc…

⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

Looks like I'm going to be attending HARRIS in Bochum again this year. Any German folks interested in a meetup somewhere in the greater Bochum / Cologne / Dusseldorf / Dortmund region?
Current itinerary:
* Sat Mar 21: land DUS around dinner time, probably will be jetlagged and not want to stay out late
* Sun Mar 22: no plans, able to meet up anywhere within reasonable train range of Bochum
* Mon Mar 23: open in the morning, conference trainings start 13:00, free afte…

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
Rid…

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted