Friday, April 29, 2011

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Why and How the Octopus Is So Smart

Maggie Koerth-Baker, BoingBoing's science editor, recently set out to answer a question that has stumped many of us before: Why are octopuses so awesome? She collected her findings for a presentation as part of the University of New Mexico's annual conference on Integrating Nanotechnology with Cell Biology and Neuroscience. A 10-minute "highlights reel" is included below, but visit the site for the full 30-minute version.

Check this out!
short version (10 minutes)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/why-and-how-the-octopus-is-so-smart/70367/



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