What if we could universally recombine, insert, delete, or invert any two pieces of DNA?

In back-to-back nature papers, we report the discovery of bridge RNAs and 3 atomic structures of the first natural RNA-guided recombinase - a new mechanism for programmable genome design

For those thinking of not voting for Biden because of Gaza: do u think it's right to punish women with these insane Republican anti-abortion policies because of Gaza? (it could be rt if Repubs would be better on Gaza, but they would be even worse; & yes, it can always be worse)

CEO PRS for Music Andrea Czapary Martin stated: 'Members will fight for their deserved value.' And now I'm forced to fight PRS COO Neil Whittaker, who dodged protecting my rights and future royalties. ALL PRS MEMBERS deserve fair support/protection! Michelle Escoffery

A true classic

Biden v. Ticketmaster
Biden v. Amazon
Biden v. Crypto
Biden v. Big Banks
Biden v. Big Ag
Biden v. Big Social

There's a reason that The Money Power (as they called it 130 years ago) is flocking to Trump and it's not because they've decided he's stable.

LLMs get confused by simple problems about sheep and boats, but people weirdly get confused by other simple problems eg

'A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?'

So what should we conclude about human reasoning?

Congratulations to Doris Tsao Nancy Kanwisher @[email protected] and winrich Friedrich who just won the Kavli Prize!

Well deserved!

I try not to let dread of a Trump presidency verge into hysteria. But reading about this MAGA Christian nationalist true believer—D.C. lifer, ex-OMB director, 2024 GOP platform policy director, possible White House chief of staff—makes it hard. Gift link. wapo.st/3yXcDpW

The effort to protect innovation and open source continues. I believe we’re all better off if anyone can carry out basic AI research and share their innovations. Right now, I’m deeply concerned about California's proposed law SB-1047. It’s a long, complex bill with many parts

“Imagine if we passed a law that says if anyone uses a motor in a harmful way, the *motor manufacturer* is liable.” This would be ridiculous. Well that is what California’s SB-1047 is proposing for AI models. Regulate the application. Not the math.

A key inspiration for convolutional neural nets.

in situ sequencing of 9 mouse brains

10 million cells

I'm putting together a pitch for a startup.

Does anyone know what minimum wage is for orangutans?

so cool!

34!

In our 'Nature over Nurture' paper we spent a lot of the discussion thinking about how to reconcile 'innate' genetic specificity, early neurotransmitter releases, and critical periods.

The work by Laura Andreae + team is a masterclass uniting these ideas.

Interesting finding of how brain networks grow... so different from what's built into AI systems. Seems like something to learn from here