Yasemin Saplakoglu
@yasemin_sap
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Biology writer @QuantaMagazine. Writes tweet, laughs to self, deletes. @UCSC_scicom & @UConn Alum
New York, NY
Joined October 2012
Some personal news** In February, I will be starting as a biology staff writer for @QuantaMagazine! I am beyond thrilled to join @tvjrennie, @7homaslin, @jordanacep and the rest of the wonderful team! Watch this space for some deep-dives into the details of our crazy worldš§¬.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor moleculeā¦.
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A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that enter your nose and the individual neurons that translate them into...
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RT @QuantaMagazine: We tend to say that an artificial neural network is a ābrainā made of āneurons.ā What are the actual similarities betweā¦.
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RT @hannahjwaters: "A maggot knows things about the outside world in a way that no computer does." Read @yasemin_sap's fun + fascinating feā¦.
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The brainās astounding cellular diversity and networked complexity could show how to make AI better.
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RT @AllenInstitute: Interesting weekend read: A series of studies published earlier this year suggests that birds & mammals did not inheritā¦.
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Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: āThe biggest misconception about de-extinction is that itās possible,ā evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro told @yasemiā¦.
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Several projects are aiming to bring back mammoths and other species that have vanished from the planet. Whether thatās technically possible is beside the point.
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RT @PhyloBrain: A fantastic piece in @QuantaMagazine ā tracing the long-standing debate on vertebrate intelligence. Grateful our work couldā¦.
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Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
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RT @hannahjwaters: Took 1.5 years at Quanta to assign my first bird story š . @yasemin_sap's beautiful writing about the evolution of intelā¦.
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Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: A series of recent studies provide the strongest evidence yet that bird and mammalian intelligence evolved separately,ā¦.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: New studies suggest that concept cells, formerly known as āJennifer Aniston cellsā, may be central to how we form and rā¦.
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Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as āJennifer Aniston cells,ā help us think, imagine and remember episodes from our lives.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Communities of microbes may be living rent-free in your head, at least according to a study that found them in fish braā¦.
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The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: š . we are very close to reaching 1M subscribers on YouTube. Here are some of the videos you can find there. š§µ. httpsā¦.
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RT @colinmcenroe: I am offically a @yasemin_sap fan. Catch her terrific interview on this ep, available as a podcast on all platforms. htā¦.
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This hour, a look at the strange and essential concept of the number zero. Plus: the trend toward zero-sugar sodas. And: 0 (and 00) as a uniform number in sports.
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RT @hannahjwaters: Hello! @QuantaMagazine is hiring a 6-month science writing fellow to be based in our NYC office from Jan through June 20ā¦.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Modern mathematics wouldnāt exist without the number zero, a digit which was invented relatively late in human history.ā¦.
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Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing.
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RT @hannahjwaters: Read @yasemin_sap's definitive feature story on today's Nobel Prize-winning work:
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Three years ago, Googleās AlphaFold pulled off the biggest artificial intelligence breakthrough in science to date, accelerating molecular research and kindling deep questions about why we do science.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper received the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry āfor computational protein desigā¦.
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RT @nattyover: Weāve spent months putting together an immersive special issue of Quanta Magazine that explores the ultimate scientific quesā¦.
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This special issue of Quanta Magazine explores the ultimate scientific quest: the search for the fundamental nature of reality.
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Ribbon diagrams are the ubiquitous face of proteins across science, known for their particular combination of clarity aā¦.
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What do you āseeā when you imagine an apple?.
Your mindās eye exists somewhere on a sprawling continuum. Some people have visions so vivid that they are indiscernible from reality ā and others cannot form mental images at all. @yasemin_sap reports:
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Proteins do it all. Hemoglobin ferries oxygen around the body. Keratin structures hair, nails and skin. Insulin helps gā¦.
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