linkedin post 2022-01-09 08:14:45

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STRANGE MATING. Argonautidae, or paper nautiluses, are pelagic octopuses, and the dwarf males have an exaggerated copulatory tentacle equipped with a with penis with tentacles, which detaches during breeding into an autonomous missile called a hectocotylus, and swims about for some time seeking females. Females sometimes keep the little creature inside the brood case until her eggs are mature. This strange detachment can survive for 7 hours without water, This penis has been mistaken for a parasitic worm, and for a new male form of the octopus. https://lnkd.in/e7h9CDcN View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2022-01-11 05:04:22

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MURMURINGS. “Our results suggest that flocks behave as critical systems, poised to respond maximally to environmental perturbations. Whatever the origin of the scale-free behavior is, the very low value of the exponent γ that we find, i.e., the fact that the correlation is almost not decaying with the distance, is by far the most surprising and exotic feature of bird flocks. How starlings achieve such a strong correlation remains a mystery to us.” https://lnkd.in/eUVrNwuW View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2022-01-09 08:13:48

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SO ENDS this second and last weekend on the magnetic shield theory of Warren Hamilton and how it might contribute to explaining the Cambrian explosion. It is also a case study on how science actively resists new ideas and how vicious those conceptual turf wars can get. https://lnkd.in/d8kyQ4xj View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2022-01-09 08:12:39

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THE IDEAL PROCESS. “Recognize a problem, gather information, evaluate conflicts between concepts in diverse fields, and seek explanation and understanding. New or revised concepts should themselves be subject to constant scrutiny as new data come in and as other disciplines provide data for challenge.” https://lnkd.in/d8kyQ4xj View in LinkedIn
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