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- Mild respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause myelin loss in the brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.07.475453v1 49 comments
- Fully convolutional naturalistic video reconstruction from brain activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.02.429430v1 31 comments
- A Critique of Pure Learning: What Neural Networks Can Learn from Animal Brains https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/582643v1 20 comments
- Deep image reconstruction from human brain activity [pdf] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/12/30/240317.full.pdf 34 comments
- Why Does the Neocortex Have Columns? A Theory of Learning Structure of the World [pdf] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/09/28/162263.full.pdf 73 comments
- A recently submitted paper has demonstrated that Stable Diffusion can accurately reconstruct images from fMRI scans, effectively allowing it to "read people's minds". https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.18.517004v2 92 comments futurology
- Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.04.490594v1 5 comments europe
- A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration: Radiotrophic Fungi can Attenuate Ionizing Radiation aboard the International Space Station https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.16.205534v6 25 comments space
- Ineffective neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant by convalescent and vaccine sera https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.06.459005v1 10 comments worldnews
- Chinese scientists succeeded to make male rat pregnant https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.09.447686v1 63 comments worldnews
- A group of researchers has found evidence that LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) lowers the mental barriers that constrain our thoughts. Psychedelic drug could "rewind" our brains, allowing for more dynamic thinking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.14.444193v2 21 comments science
- SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Impairs Endothelial Function via Downregulation of ACE2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/12/04/2020.12.04.409144.full.pdf 11 comments science
- Molecular dynamic simulation reveals E484K mutation enhances spike RBD-ACE2 affinity and the combination of E484K, K417N and N501Y mutations (501Y.V2 variant) induces conformational change greater than N501Y mutant alone, potentially resulting in an escape mutant | What If Vaccines Aren't Effective https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.13.426558v1.full 33 comments wallstreetbets
- SARS-CoV-2 Escape in Vitro from a Highly Neutralizing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.28.424451v1 3 comments worldnews
- SARS-CoV-2 infects human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, impairing electrical and mechanical function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.30.274464v1 4 comments science
- High evidence that dogs can detect a person infected by the virus responsible for COVID-19 disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.03.132134v1 41 comments science
- Antiviral for COVID-19- newly published https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.19.997890v1 50 comments science
- Discovery of a 382-nt deletion during the early evolution of SARS-CoV-2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.11.987222v1.full.pdf 4 comments science
- Dutch scientists find antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.11.987958v1 18 comments science
- Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1 97 comments worldnews
- 2019-20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: Intense surveillance is vital for preventing sustained transmission in new locations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.24.919159v1 6 comments worldnews
- Single-cell RNA expression profiling of ACE2, the putative receptor of Wuhan 2019-nCov https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.26.919985v1 5 comments science
- Discovery of a novel coronavirus associated with the recent pneumonia outbreak in humans and its potential bat origin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.22.914952v2 8 comments science
- NIH scientists rapidly and experimentally demonstrate the receptor for 2019-nCoV is human ACE2, like SARS. #2019-nCoV https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.22.915660v1 10 comments science
- Study shows that 'popular opinion' in bacteria is more important than an individual. This is observed in biofilms in nature but simulating an entire population of a single complex organism requires enormous computing power. The study has used this phenomenon to produce biofuel and drug precursor. http://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.27.888545v1 5 comments science
- Supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v1 3 comments nottheonion
- A research team has managed to synthesize simple inner-speech into vocal speech https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/350124v2.abstract?ref=curiositydotcom 11 comments linguistics
- Recording of "sonic attacks" on U.S. diplomats in Cuba spectrally matches the echoing call of a Caribbean cricket https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/01/04/510834 76 comments geopolitics
- An open interface system for non-invasive brain-to-brain free communication between naive human participants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/12/06/488825 3 comments science
- Largest study on NW European DNA: The Beaker Phenomenon And The Genomic Transformation Of Northwest Europe (See comments for more info) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/09/135962 3 comments europe
- SciPipe - A workflow library for writing shell based scientific pipelines in Go https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/08/01/380808 5 comments golang
- Entomopathogenic fungi of cicadas produce psychoactive compounds during infection (cathinone, the amphetamine in Khat; psilocybin, an alkaloid of hallucinogenic mushrooms) to modify host behavior. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/07/24/375105 4 comments science
- Adversarial childhood events (like circumcision and prematurity) are associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/07/339465 6 comments science
- Adversarial childhood events (Circumcision and prematurity) are associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/07/339465 3 comments science
- 14 ecology labs across Europe have teamed up to watch grass grow, using identical soil and seeds shipped round the continent http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/08/08/080119 4 comments science
- High levels of antibiotic tolerance and persistence are induced by the commercial anti-microbial triclosan http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/12/01/090829.abstract 4 comments science
- Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor? http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/26/055624 2 comments programming
- Is most published research really false? http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/27/050575 6 comments statistics
- Amazing developments in DNA sequencing. http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/02/03/038760 3 comments science
- Scientists figure out why elephants don't get cancer: They have 20 copies of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Almost all other species, including humans, only have 1. http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/10/06/028522 27 comments science
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- Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/science/asap-bio-biologists-published-to-the-internet.html 197 comments
- New evidence of virus risks from wildlife trade - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53086024 178 comments
- The preprint problem: Unvetted science is fueling COVID-19 misinformation | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/a-lot-of-covid-19-papers-havent-been-peer-reviewed-reader-beware/ 100 comments
- ArXiv.org Reaches a Milestone and a Reckoning - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/arxiv-org-reaches-a-milestone-and-a-reckoning/ 86 comments
- Folding@home update on SARS-CoV-2 (10 Mar 2020) – Folding@home https://foldingathome.org/2020/03/10/covid19-update/ 82 comments
- Open science saves lives: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Full Text https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01304-y 67 comments
- What Happens When You Put 500,000 People's DNA Online - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/what-happens-when-you-put-500000-peoples-dna-online/543747/?single_page=true 42 comments
- Covid-19: Studies Indicate Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Protects Against the Most Severe Outcomes of Some Virus Variants - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/covid-vaccine-patent-biden.html 39 comments
- The world's tallest tropical tree has been discovered—and climbed—in Malaysian Borneo https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/worlds-tallest-tropical-tree-discovered-climbed-borneo/ 35 comments
- Researchers Claim Serum Albumin Increases Mouse Lifespan https://www.lifespan.io/news/recombinant-serum-albumin-increases-longevity-in-mice/ 27 comments
- Beer and bagels please: New York rats evolve to mirror human habits | Animals | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/new-york-rats-evolve-to-mirror-human-habits 16 comments
- Long Covid study finds abnormality in lungs that could explain breathlessness | Long Covid | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/29/long-covid-study-finds-abnormality-in-lungs-that-could-explain-breathlessness?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 12 comments
- Scientists engineer yeast to turn sugar into hydrocodone - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/08/13/scientists-engineer-yeast-to-turn-sugar-into-hydrocodone/ 10 comments
- Pitfalls of JSONB indexes in PostgreSQL | Vsevolod Solovyov https://vsevolod.net/postgresql-jsonb-index/ 9 comments
- Your Book Review: Making Nature - by Scott Alexander https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-making-nature 7 comments
- Why Scientists Have Spent Years Mapping This Creature’s Brain - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/science/drosophila-fly-brain-connectome.html?smid=url-share&unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohlSFUZBSbOVtkqqBaLwvTVx6c7nn__KCHQRzJTiu4PComGvkzKY6xubMc02jndRMNENPVnYs1O-dJlHh4nTRi08NzDkY4ZIi4xpMXuVT5qg57ABPU0qGHmKzS3Ibg6zbCxtVfXbWe8WKHehSAjd1p1sNAyIwHRrH8Ixa3DF-5z28AvnqtyQ8AnGkpTIXWCrPLqCB1hONyZbR666gY-Wu1RXDu7jsfLovtbM10UUQSaOSs5tWUs69pcOMcUPLL9J3Mjf8n8hbYXCA94PbnbQTIjZiLIfpBURtC-J40 3 comments
- Folding@home update on SARS-CoV-2 (10 Mar 2020) – Folding@home https://foldingathome.org/covid19/ 3 comments
- Yesterday's Cell-Phone Cancer Scare Scares Me A Little About The Future Of Journalism http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/05/28/yesterdays-cell-phone-cancer-scare-scares-me-a-little-about-the-future-of-journalism/#60a3e71b4166 2 comments
- Healthcare | Free Full-Text | ChatGPT Utility in Healthcare Education, Research, and Practice: Systematic Review on the Promising Perspectives and Valid Concerns https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/887 2 comments
- GitHub - jtleek/readingpapers: A guide to reading scientific papers https://github.com/jtleek/readingpapers 1 comment