Swiss Brassy Ringlet (Erebia tyndarus), family Nymphalidae, found in the Alps of Europe
photos by böhringer friedrich & Clarisse Dayer Micheloud
ok well im going to build a good future for myself whether i like it or not
Consciousness never "switches off" because it isn't generated by the brain. Its sensory inputs can be switched off - during sleep or general anesthesia, for instance - but your consciousness is still there. For example, a small but consistent number of patients report out-of-body experiences (OOBEs) or near-death experiences (NDEs) while under general anesthesia. As someone with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) I can attest to this, since I act out dreams that occur during the non-REM phases of sleep.
Retracing
Today I found a good video about merging tubes with different angles, ellipses, phase shift of sine waves, featuring sculptures by Frank Smullin.
This video is exceptionally comprehensive.
[Shared by hardm.ix on instagram: Text says: "A little more on the analytic constructivist sculpture of Frank Smullin, a professor of mine at Duke University who combined art and engineering in a way that reminded me a little of Kenneth Snelson and Tensegrity or Buckminster Fuller and geodesic domes."]
Mouse brain labeled using the brainbow technique. Brainbow is a technique used to distinguish individual neurons using different-colored derivatives of GFP (green fluorescent protein). By Dr. Tamily Weissman-Unni.
Feels like summer 23.07.2024.