The 'surprisingly simple' arithmetic of smell
Smell a cup of coffee.
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Massive swarms of locusts are sweeping across South Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The current outbreak is the worst in recent decades. One million hectares of land is under threat in eight countries in the ...
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Understanding how a sensory input becomes an experience—how molecules released by a blooming flower, for instance, become the internal experience of smelling a rose—has for millennia been a central question of philosophy.
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A single interneuron controls activity adaptively in 50,000 neurons, enabling consistently sparse codes for odors.
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Locusts are the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory. They form bands as nymphs and swarms as adults—both of which can travel great distances, rapidly stripping fields and greatly damaging crops.
The origin and apparent extinction of certain species of locust – some of which reached 6 inches (150 mm) in length – are unclear.
Locusts are an edible insect and are considered a delicacy in some countries and throughout history.
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