Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive function decline (bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

Nitpick: the article mentions that the bees are tracked with QR Codes, but I find that hard to believe, given the space constraints. In one photo it looks like it is an ArUco marker.

numpad0 · 47m ago

TIL: Wikipedia does not have a standalone article for ArUco markers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARTag

diggan · 1h ago

2mm QR codes according to the article:

> The protocol used at Fukushima is automated. Each bee is equipped with a 2-mm-wide QR Code which is read by a camera, activating the opening of the maze.

But yeah, doesn't look like a QR code at all, are there possibly different variations of QR codes? Haven't heard about that myself.

blueflow · 50m ago

I can imagine the journalist referring to all Matrix Codes as "QR".

blackoil · 1h ago

Have we tried increasing cognition by selective breeding. Get mice best at maze to breed 100 descendants and repeat it few times, with varying food supply and survival difficulties.

giraffe_lady · 27m ago

This gets you mice that are better at navigating mazes. The connection between that and general cognition or learning capacity is not as robust as you would hope. Just as likely they simply have better peripheral vision or something.

Traubenfuchs · 1h ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryon%27s_Rat_Experiment

miohtama · 1h ago

Teenage Mutant Ninja Bees

blueflow · 1h ago

Troll-tier conclusion: Human presence improves cognition in insects

IAmBroom · 28m ago

Scientific research causes cancer in mice.

That's actually a fact; there are specific bloodlines prone to cancers.

Thorrez · 1h ago

>Although the results of the study have yet to be published, scientists are already reporting a decline in insect cognition in the contaminated area of Fukushima Prefecture.

cs702 · 2h ago

Perfect fodder for a horror movie script.

sunrunner · 1h ago

> Each bee is equipped with a 2-mm-wide QR Code

I'm not sure why but this sentence feels vaguely menacing.

crackleware · 1h ago

we should send contaminated insects to Mars

dudeinjapan · 1h ago

If the bees were exposed to radiation, shouldn't we be testing them for super-powers?

jebronie · 1m ago

this isn't reddit

blackoil · 1h ago

OR try getting teenagers stung by them.

MaxZero101 · 1h ago

The power to make honey and die after using your stinger?

IAmBroom · 27m ago

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