Samuel Diamond
@samueldiamond.bsky.social
Science, music, cats, film (in no particular order). One day I’d like to go to Antarctica.
Wait it’s RET-uh-sunt not REH-tih-cent. What world even is this?
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3w agomacabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
How do you build a brain from a genome? We know a lot about the mechanisms and molecules Here we revisit the algorithmic problem: What kinds of programs can specify a brain within the genome’s information budget and the finite time available for development? stankerstjens.github.io/could-a-comp...
Could a computer scientist build a brain?
How does a brain wire itself, starting from a single cell, using only the information encoded in a genome? We pose this as an engineering problem.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory@cshlnews.bsky.social · last mo.CSHL neuroscientist Partha Mitra has released the first-ever brain map for comparing mice and marmosets. Read more about the study published in Communications Biology here: https://www.cshl.edu/new-brain-map-links-mice-and-primates/ #neuroskyence
Research from the Steve Shea Lab sheds light on the roles noradrenaline and dopamine play in social behavior. The findings may offer a new framework for thinking about the personal interactions that define our social lives. https://www.cshl.edu/a-tale-of-two-neuromodulators/ #neuroskyence
IRON GALACTUS :: ON ‘THE COLD VEIN’ For Can Ox’s 25th (?!), I used Gaussian splatting on its cryptophasic language, reincarnation cycles of b-boy alphas and omega reds, how it created a Mithraic cult, Ubik, pigeons, Music for Airports on 9/11, and so on. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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How do we learn to remember? Since the ‘80s, scientists have thought dehydration may play a role at the molecular level. New research from Furukawa Lab @CSHL published in Nature Neuroscience confirms it. Our summary: https://www.cshl.edu/dehydrations-role-in-learning-and-memory/
How did singing mouse evolve its song? Two research manuscripts published today shed light on peripheral and central circuit modifications underlying this novel vocal capacity.
"These minuscule mice, each of which weighs less than a lightbulb, sing unique, chirp-filled songs to one another [for] as long as 16 seconds...the mice never interrupt each other; they hold their tiny tongues until their conversational partner is done singing." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/s...
A Mutation Gave Humans the Gift of Speech. These Mice Have It, Too.
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Had a blast working on this story @byjenamiller.bsky.social. Shout out Nick Fiore for the video. Shout out the machine for the cover art.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory@cshlnews.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn a new study published in @nature.com, CSHL graduate student Emily Isko in the @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social lab discovered an evolutionary difference in Alston's singing mice that allows for enhanced vocal capabilities. Watch this video: www.cshl.edu/what-can-sin... @tonyzador.bsky.social
1. Rakim, De La Soul and MF DOOM in Central Park or Lauryn Hill, Outkast, and the Roots at Jones Beach. Nas in Central Park when he was beefing with Jay, Dipset, and 50 all at once was also insane. 2. De La and Pete Rock at Corona Park. Wu-Tang at Jones Beach. More tbd I’m sure
Chuck D@chuckdpe.bsky.social · 5mo agoRap Central Station #3 Is going to be groundbreaking & pioneering again. This is for the CHECK YOUR HEAD mail section highlighted and posted in #3 oh yeah Subscribe to us its amazing when we send to your crib Rap Central Station – Issue 1 (Vinyl-Sized Launch Edition) – Silverback Publishing
I’ll see your feline grimace scale and raise you Cheese3D
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory@cshlnews.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat did the brain say to the face? Say cheese—Cheese3D that is! See the new discovery platform from CSHL’s Helen Hou, Kyle Daruwalla, and Irene Nozal Martin. https://www.cshl.edu/say-cheese3d-a-new-model-for-tracking-facial-expression/
Gooseberry’s favorite programs are Star Trek and boxing in that order.
To close #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor women scientists like Erika Wee leading CSHL's #Microscopy Core. Geek out with optics, lasers, and more in our new video! https://www.cshl.edu/videos/a-closer-look-cshls-microscopy-core/
A Closer Look: CSHL’s Microscopy Core | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A Closer Look: CSHL’s Microscopy Core 00:03:33 | March 30, 2026 cancer researchcell biologycore facilityCSHL Cancer Centermolecular biology Microscopes allow us to see the world on a scale unavailable to the naked eye. At 600,000× magnification, a transmission electron microscope can image the struc…
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Met today with Chaser the Eraser. Godspeed, fellow humans
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, according to a recent Science study. The findings offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions. Learn more on #RespectYourCatDay: https://scim.ag/41pkMy7
“Understanding autism from a variety of perspectives, whether it’s neurological, immunological, or even ‘placentological’—I think those are all important pieces of the puzzle,” says @cheadlelab.bsky.social of @cshlnews.bsky.social. By @vcallier.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pos...
Immune conflict in placenta affects male fetal development
The immune-conflict between dam and fetus could help explain sex differences in neurodevelopmental conditions.
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The same great poet also said, “I learn to relax in my room and escape from New York then return through the womb of the world as a thought,” and someday I’ll link that to a science paper as well. youtu.be/Ptr5O079kps?...
Eric B. And Rakim - In The Ghetto
YouTube video by ABSURDAL
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Think a 280-character limit is small? CSHL's Ben Cowley (@benjocowley.bsky.social) in collab with @princetonneuro.bsky.social and @cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social, has recreated the visual system of the macaque - amonkey whose brains are closer to humans-using an AI model that fits in an email.
A great poet once said, “It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.” For developing brain cells, it’s both! Published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, Stan Kerstjens & @tonyzador.bsky.social put forward a new theory for how the brain organizes itself during development. www.cshl.edu/a-new-theory...
A new theory of brain development | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold Sprin...
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If you've never heard Blaq Kush's music, here's a chance to catch up while getting a glimpse behind what's for my money one of the most particular and unchecked viewpoints across all of hip-hop's multi-versal space/time continuums www.longislandrap.com/2026/02/blaq...
Terence Crawford, 5-division champion, retires undefeated, walks away 42-0 with historic achievements. Read my story (free to all) & sign up for my #boxing newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/terence-cr...
Terence Crawford, 5-division champion, retires undefeated
3 months after upsetting Canelo Alvarez for undisputed super middleweight title, 'Bud' walks away 42-0 with historic achievements
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Cancer’s been known to knock the body’s stress response out of sync. In mice, the Borniger (@jborniger.bsky.social) lab has found that stimulating key neurons at the right time can restore healthy stress hormone rhythms, bolstering the body’s anti-tumor defenses. www.cshl.edu/day-night-ca...
Day & night: Cancer disrupts the brain’s natural rhythm | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
“The brain is an exquisite sensor of what’s going on in your body,” says Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger. “But it requires balance. Neurons need to be active or inact...
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The co-first authorship order was determined via the best of three rounds in Super Smash Bros.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory@cshlnews.bsky.social · 10mo agoEver see a mouse stand on its hind legs and belt out a song?@xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @cliffscience.bsky.social, and @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social track this behavior in Alston’s singing mice. See what it might say about the origins of communication. cshl.edu/singing-mice-speak-volumes/
Rage Against the Machine, Gang Starr and At the Drive In Rakim, De La Soul and MF DOOM Lauryn Hill, Outkast and the Roots McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz Yule Prog 4-10
Nathaniel Comfort@nccomfort.bsky.social · 10mo agoHi, I’m Led Zeppelin Return to Forever Doc Watson Art Blakey Emmanuel Ax
