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François X. P. Bourassa @fxpbourassa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Why do we stop smelling odors that linger? In our new @prxlife.bsky.social paper with @pfrancois.bsky.social, @gautamreddy.bsky.social, and Massimo Vergassola, we develop a manifold learning theory of this olfactory habituation process in fluctuating environments. 🔗 doi.org/10.1103/q62z... 🧵🔽

Schematic of the early olfactory circuit with local interneurons inhibiting projection neurons. Above local neurons, a simplified depiction of a curved background manifold with a new odor that has an orthogonal component to the manifold. The circuit receives a mixture of background and new odor (apple) and outputs the new odor only.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Sam Gershman writes beautifully about how theory-free neuroscience prevents the field from reaching its promise. Beautiful and true. Most folks do not test hypotheses. Running a NHST does not a hypothesis make. www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...

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Breaking the barrier between theorists and experimentalists

Many neuroscience students are steeped in an experiment-first style of thinking. Let’s not forget how theory can guide experiments.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 12/01/2025

Extraordinarily detailed article here by @mliebreich.bsky.social - if you're interested at all in the energy impact of AI data center buildouts I recommend spending some time with this, I learned a ton from it

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