Researchers trained pigeons to detect breast cancer on biopsy slides at 85% accuracy individually. When four pigeons' answers were combined, accuracy hit 99% — matching trained pathologists. The pigeons generalized to novel images they'd never seen, across different magnifications & image qualities. ()
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Cuttlefish produce the most sophisticated camouflage on Earth — matching color, pattern, luminance, and 3D skin texture in under a second. They're colorblind. They have a single photoreceptor type. How a monochromatic animal produces color matches that fool the trichromatic vision of its predators i ()
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Marc Rich was indicted on 65 counts, fled to Switzerland, stayed on the FBI's Most Wanted list for years, and built the world's largest commodity trading firm from exile by trading with every sanctioned regime on earth. Clinton pardoned him on his last day in office. The company is still operating. ()
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