Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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The level of neural activity we are seeing is unprecedented in vitro. We are one step closer to having a model that can actually generate these early stages of a sophisticated neural network.

You can’t uncook a brain any more than you can uncook an egg.

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8. Magnetic resonance imaging tool
9. Tree product foraged by Algonquians
10. Anxiolytic or antipsychotic, commonly
13. Target of botanical theft in the film Adaptation
15. One end of a spectrum
17. Seasonal use of Cucurbita pepo (hyph.)
20. Central dark part of a sunspot
21. Werewolf, vampire, or zombie
23. Contradiction evoked by Hempel’s ravens, e.g.
24. Blemished by papillomaviruses

1. Antiparticle with a charge of +1 e2. Tribe of northeastern Nebraska3. Appendage on which a frogfish may walk4. Injury commonly treated with RICE5. Descendant of Devonian sarcopterygian fish6. Milk-producing7. Pointed branch of an antler11. Colloid hydrogel to avoid in bogs12. Whip-tailed, venom-packing kin of ...

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