- Pressure grows to ditch controversial forced swim test in rodent studies of depression | Science | AAAS
—Nemo missed a great advertising tie in . . . just keep swimming, just keep swimmingFor the past few decades, scientists studying candidate antidepressant drugs have had a convenient animal test: how long a rodent dropped in water keeps swimming. Invented in 1977, the forced swim test (FST) hinged on the idea that a depressed animal would give up quickly. It seemed to work: Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy often made the animal try harder. The test remains popular, appearing in about 600 papers per year.
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I dreamt up Binoculars to Binomials as a hybrid site of learning. It’s for coders who are interested in cultivating an observational practice, and for birders who want to dive into the rich pool of data that comes out of their hobby. Explore the course outline and join the upcoming cohort by clicking one of the buttons below. - Category:Careless talk … series of WWII posters from the United States – Wikimedia Commons
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- 2024 is the Year of AI at UT Austin
At The University of Texas at Austin, artificial intelligence is more than a field of study; it’s a strategic focus driving multi-disciplinary collaborations, groundbreaking research and the development of future leaders poised to navigate the ever-evolving landscape. - Silicon Valley tried to mass produce fancy marshmallows. It got messy, fast.
Look: Nobody was forcing Sebastiani to turn Smashmallow into a national brand. The company was already generating nearly $15 million a year. It had dozens of employees. It was making a product that people loved and wanted to buy. Rather than trying to blow the company up into another Krave-size winner, Sebastiani could have just … stopped. - Welcome – OpenQDA
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