Recent Scientific Studies and Substack Brilliance

Highlights from June

1. Neuron–astrocyte associative memory

Leo Kozachkov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-1201, Jean-Jacques Slotine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-7812, and Dmitry Krotov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-1906 krotov@ibm.comAuthors Info & Affiliation Edited by Wesley P. Clawson, Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA; received September 11, 2024; accepted April 7, 2025 by Editorial Board Member Michael S. Gazzaniga

May 23, 2025 122 (21) e2417788122

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2417788122

2.Palaeophytogeographical Patterns Across the Permian–Triassic Boundary

by Hendrik NowakChristian Vérard ^& Evelyn Kustatscher

^{https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.613350/full}

^{3. Work-shy AI collapses under questioning – Apple debunks AGI myth}

^{https://www.rcrwireless.com/20250609/ai-ml/apple-agi-ai-myth#:~:text=Work%2Dshy%20AI%20collapses%20under%20questioning%20%E2%80%93%20Apple%20debunks%20AGI%20myth,-By%20James%20Blackman&text=New%20research%20from%20Apple%20casts,and%20exposing%20AI%20industry%20overreach.}

4. Do animals understand death?, with Susana Monsó

https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-do-animals-understand-death

5. Scientists Discover Secrets of 'Lost City'

https://www.nsf.gov/news/scientists-discover-secrets-lost-city

6. Trees May Be Able to Warn Us When a Volcano Is About to Erupt

Nature May 2025 By David Nield

https://www.sciencealert.com/trees-may-be-able-to-warn-us-when-a-volcano-is-about-to-erupt

From Substack:

Akcidentalwriter has written a six-part series titled the Trend Series that is a must-read.Please give it listen (read).

One of the most brilliant and original articles I have recently was by columnist I am Love. I restacked this post already, but anyone who hasn’t perused this article, I continue to believe it will be worth your time.

Predation is Weakness