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New comment by SummSolutions in "Quirks of Human Anatomy"

SummSolutions — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:05:23 +0000

Fun and educating article. Reading that we once had three eyes, lead me to this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221.... Fascinating that many vertebrates had a third light-sensing organ (called the pineal gland) on top of their heads millions of years ago. If our eyes are now the main mode of light transmission to the pineal gland, should we be wearing sunglasses all of the time?

New comment by SummSolutions in "Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem"

SummSolutions — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:18:50 +0000

I agree. It does appear that some are learning and evolving through experience, but I think foundational programming is a factor. Even if it is mirroring as I’ve seen some call it, that is something because children learn through mirroring.

New comment by SummSolutions in "Humpback whales are forming super-groups"

SummSolutions — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:58:27 +0000

Animals have been highly underestimated, and it’s encouraging to see this work being done. This article discusses their use of vowels and diphthongs. https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkeley-and-project-ceti-st...

New comment by SummSolutions in "A Collection of Chronic Medical Conditions Common in Autistic and ADHD Adults [pdf] (2023)"

SummSolutions — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:37:41 +0000

Extremely important information. Other connective tissue disorders can also present with these findings.

New comment by SummSolutions in "Insights into firewood use by early Middle Pleistocene hominins"

SummSolutions — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:28:29 +0000

Fascinating paper, providing great evidence that our ancestors were maximizing resources hundreds of thousands of years ago.

New comment by SummSolutions in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

SummSolutions — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:49:23 +0000

Congrats to this team, providing exceptional research on how coffee affects us physically and mentally. I think moderation is key.

New comment by SummSolutions in "Isopods of the world"

SummSolutions — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:04:39 +0000

Beautiful site. Well done Nicky Bay!

New comment by SummSolutions in "Isopods of the world"

SummSolutions — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:35 +0000

His copyright is at the bottom of the page.

New comment by SummSolutions in "Isopods of the world"

SummSolutions — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:59:52 +0000

This is an unfortunate reality we are now facing. Nicky Bay is exceptional!

New comment by SummSolutions in "Over-editing refers to a model modifying code beyond what is necessary"

SummSolutions — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:53:44 +0000

Great article covering an issue that I can see growing as more general users try their hand at coding. Prompting, reviewing, and testing are crucial parts of my updating/ editing process. Any suggestions?

New comment by SummSolutions in "What physical ‘life force’ turns biology’s wheels?"

SummSolutions — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:20:18 +0000

Interesting that humans and bacteria both use an electrochemical gradient to produce energy but in different ways. In humans, this happens in our mitochondria, but in bacteria this occurs across their cytoplasmic membrane. Would you agree this is a result of evolution?

New comment by SummSolutions in "What physical ‘life force’ turns biology’s wheels?"

SummSolutions — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:05:02 +0000

This is very similar to mitochondrial respiration with both using an electrochemical gradient of protons, the proton motive force, as an energy source.

New comment by SummSolutions in "What physical ‘life force’ turns biology’s wheels?"

SummSolutions — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:38:47 +0000

I could listen to him all day - great video

New comment by SummSolutions in "Be sinceerly human – AI to undo your AI writing"

SummSolutions — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:55:39 +0000

Your easy to use slider looks like a good tool for general users. Have you considered expanding it beyond email to include longer-form content?