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Asdasd. Brainwashed by a parasite « Neurophilosophy. The ants in these photographs have fallen victim to parasitic fungi which manipulate the behaviour of their host in order to increase their own chances of reproducing.
The spores of the fungus attach themselves to the external surface of the ant, where they germinate. They then enter the ant’s body through the tracheae (the tubes through which insects breathe), via holes in the exoskeleton called spiracles. Fine fungal filaments called mycelia then start to grow inside the ant’s body cavity, absorbing the host’s soft tissues but avoiding its vital organs. Carpenter ant (genus Camponatus) infected with a parasitic Cordyceps fungus.
Science. Future Tech. Information. 28th amendment proposals. Olympic peninsula. Autism ascribed to parents' talent for system-oriented thinking. Autism spectrum conditions are more prevalent in areas that are heavily involved with the information technology industry, according to a new study done at the University of Cambridge.
Based on data drawn from three regions in the Netherlands, researchers found that an area with a technology-oriented university and tech-business campus saw two to four times the incidences of autism in schoolchildren as control regions, leading the authors to suggest that autism-related genes may express themselves in first-degree relatives as a talent for system-oriented thinking. The region of Eindhoven in the Netherlands is home to the Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, which houses offices for companies like Philips and IBM.
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