Carolina Benvegnú 🐬 🧠 💤
@carolinabenvegnu.bsky.social
Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences Masters Student @ISPA
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i love dolphins and brains and sleep
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i love dolphins and brains and sleep
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"a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism" of all the breakthroughs humanity is desperate to realise, this is what they are spending an obscene amount of money & carbon on (75 tonnes per passenger is as much carbon as an individual from the bottom billion will emit in entire lifetime.
A crew of six women, including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos's fiancé Lauren Sanchez, is set to blast off today on an 11-minute Blue Origin flight.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism" of all the breakthroughs humanity is desperate to realise, this is what they are spending an obscene amount of money & carbon on (75 tonnes per passenger is as much carbon as an individual from the bottom billion will emit in entire lifetime.
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April 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now"
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC
March 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now"
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC
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Parrots automatically mimic gestures that are not serving any goal – a phenomenon previously only known in humans! This is shown in a new study led by Auguste von Bayern, which suggests parrots could also have mirror neurons. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2024-12...
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Blue-throated macaws have advanced motor imitation capabilities
Blue-throated macaws, a critically endangered parrot species, have demonstrated automatic imitation of intransitive (goal-less) actions—a phenomenon previously documented only in humans. In a study co...
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December 6, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Parrots automatically mimic gestures that are not serving any goal – a phenomenon previously only known in humans! This is shown in a new study led by Auguste von Bayern, which suggests parrots could also have mirror neurons. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2024-12...
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Reminder that a study on lizard saliva eventually led to the development of Ozempic so be real wary of the criticism of studies and funding that sounds non-sensical when presented with no context.
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reminder that a study on lizard saliva eventually led to the development of Ozempic so be real wary of the criticism of studies and funding that sounds non-sensical when presented with no context.