A tiny mosquito has more than a million cells in its body. One of the world’s smallest worms, called C. elegans , has a body shorter than the thickness of a penny. It has about 1,000 cells.
But a dwarf male pandora has just 47.Most of those cells — 34 of them — form its brain, Neves found. Another eight cells make up its glands. Those are small organs that ooze out gooey mucus to help the male crawl. Two more cells form the male’s testes. Testes make the sperm that fertilize a female’s egg. The remaining three cells may help the animal feel its surroundings.
So the adult male is incredibly compact. But as Neves studied it, he discovered an even bigger surprise. The male starts its life with a lot more cells — some 200! As it grows up inside its little pouch, it does the opposite of what most animals do, whether humans or dogs. The body of the dwarf male shrinks in size.
Most of its cells lose their nuclei and their DNA. That DNA is precious cargo. It holds the directions for building a cell. Without it, a cell can no longer grow or repair damage. A cell may live for a while without its DNA — but not for long.
Something to look forward to: Being told your child or parent was radicalized by an AI bot into believing a bonkers antisemitic conspiracy theory
OpenAI’s powerful text generator GPT-3 can, with a little coaxing, conjure up fake political conspiracies or violent manifestos to fool or radicalize netizens, according to fresh research.
I can’t remember 50-75% of the answers to those questions.
“What was the first country you visited outside the US?”
I wonder how many times out of ten “Canada” would be the right answer? That seems like a terrible security question. I would answer “Narnia” or “Mordor” just to make it more secure.
