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For those who have been hearing of a Fly Brain being uploaded, the work you've been hearing of is impressive, yet as always the pop science media has warped what happened a bit:
„The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.”
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The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.
Scientists mapped a fruit fly’s 139,255 neurons in extraordinary detail. Then a startup turned that milestone into a story about brain…

📢 Sieg im Riesenslalom: Forster holt zweites Para-Gold
Monoskifahrerin Anna-Lena Forster hat bei den Winter-Paralympics in Italien ihre zweite Goldmedaille gewonnen. Am sechsten Wettkampftag siegte die 30-Jährige in Cortina d'Ampezzo im Riesenslalom. Zum Auftakt der Alpin-Wettbewerbe war die Gesamtweltcup-Siegerin bereits Beste in der Abfahrt.
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Sieg im Riesenslalom: Forster holt zweites Para-Gold
Monoskifahrerin Anna-Lena Forster hat bei den Winter-Paralympics in Italien ihre zweite Goldmedaille gewonnen. Am sechsten Wettkampftag siegte die 30-Jährige in Cortina d'Ampezzo im Riesenslalom.

"Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar "
#Zanzibar #Animals

Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar 
Camera traps capture the first images in decades of the elusive Pemba blue duiker in Ngezi Nature Forest Reserve, offering rare evidence of the tiny antelope’s survival and boosting hopes for conservation.

Interesting to hear about the newly approved Invercargill 'AI' cloud data center(centre?) mentioned in the media today. This is usefulish: https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/nzs-first-ai-factory-given-green-light-invercargill Doing a wee bit of d…

Russian court issues first known fine for YouTube likes under army ‘discreditation’ law: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/russian-court-issues-first-known.html

The U.S. dropped nearly $6 billion worth of munitions on Iran in just the first two days of the U.S.-Israeli assault, officials say,
giving a sense of the staggering scope of the carpet bombing campaign as the Trump administration sweeps aside affordability crises at home.
Three U.S. officials told The Washington Post that the U.S. dropped $5.6 billion in the first two days of its bombardments.
This represents hundreds of “precision” weapons like Terminal High Altitude Area …

US Dropped $5.6 Billion Worth of Bombs on Iran in First 2 Days of War Alone
Four days into the war, US Central Command said that the US had struck 2,000 targets using more than 2,000 munitions.

Firestopping on cable tray penetrations between my lab and house (cc: @… )

2026 NFL mock draft: Projecting all 32 first-round picks after Seahawks' Super Bowl win

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-draft-first-round-proj…

Metsät muuttuvat nopeasti ympäri maailmaa ja se huolestuttaa tutkijoita. Metsät kasvavat nopeasti, mutta samalla muuttuvat heikoiksi ja haavoittuviksi kun taas luonnontilaista metsää katoaa.
Forests are changing fast and scientists are deeply concerned https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

Forests are changing fast and scientists are deeply concerned
Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly dominated by fast-growing “sprinter” trees, while slow-growing, long-lived species are disappearing. These slower species act as the backbone of forest ecosystems, storing carbon, stabilizing environments, and supporting rich webs of life—especially in tropical regions where biodiversity is highes…

"24 creatures get their first names and a shot at being protected"
#Animals #Conservation

24 creatures get their first names and a shot at being protected | The Optimist Daily
In Poland, 16 scientists gave 24 deep-sea creatures their first formal identities. Until now, none of them could legally be discussed, conserved, or protected.