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🌱 How Woods Hole scientists are decoding the octopus’s strangely powerful brain

Woods Hole, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Woods Hole! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Woods Hole scientists are decoding the octopus’s strangely powerful brain
  • What new Antarctic ice clues mean for scientists working in Woods Hole

Also on today's calendar: Comedy Night returns to the Leeside Pub on May 16th..

Today's riddle: Why do optometrists live so long? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Morning rain; cloudy, breezy, with a high of 57 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and windy, temps: high: 60, low: 50.
  • Tuesday: Strong winds; mostly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Do octopus brains work like humans'—or is there another way to be smart? (scientificamerican.com) — Cutting-edge brain research on octopuses is actively underway at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, where scientists are adapting high-tech tools to probe cephalopod intelligence and behavior. The work compares octopus and vertebrate brains, explores how these animals learn and move, and wrestles with ethical questions about pain and animal care as cephalopods become increasingly important neuroscience models.
   

• New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years (geologypage.com) — A new Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution professor is helping extend Earth’s climate record to 3 million years using Antarctic ice, revealing only modest long-term greenhouse gas changes but clear ocean cooling. Her team’s findings sharpen how scientists understand past warm periods and could improve projections of future sea-level rise and climate shifts that ultimately affect coastal communities like Woods Hole.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they dilate. (Thank you Phil M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Woods Hole

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