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  • A new research by researchers from University of Copenhagen has revealed  If you were intelligent throughout your academic life, chances are you will be more physically-fit as you grow older. The study is published in the Journal of Aging and Health.

  • An international team of researchers have sequenced the whole genome of an octopus, revealing unique genomic features that likely played a role in the evolution of traits such as large complex nervous systems and adaptive camouflage. They sequenced the genome of the California two-spot octopus, the first cephalopod ever to be fully sequenced, and mapped gene expression profiles in 12 different tissues. The study is published in Nature. Cephalopods are the most intelligent invertebrates and have demonstrated elaborate problem-solving and learning behaviors.

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  • Doctor Ravi Allada, an Indian-American circadian rhythms expert at Northwestern University in Illinois has identified sleep wake mechanism. They found how an animal's biological clock wakes it up in the morning and puts it to sleep at night. The findings were published in the journal, Cell.

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