ianRobinson,
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Scientists find 57,000 cells and 150m neural connections in tiny sample of human brain.

Harvard researchers teamed up with Google to analyse the makeup of the brain, much of which is not yet understood.

#Science #Neuroscience https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/09/scientists-find-57000-cells-and-150m-neural-connections-in-tiny-sample-of-human-brain

jgrg,
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@ianRobinson Scaling that up to a whole human brain, which is more than a litre, gives about 10¹⁴ connections!

ianRobinson,
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@jgrg Yep.

jgrg,
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@ianRobinson One of my favourite facts is that a goldcrest is roughly a tenth the weight of a mouse, but has twice as many neurons in its brain.

ianRobinson,
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@jgrg Are Goldcrests noted for intelligence? Connections between neurons seems to be the thing.

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