Octopus

Image Source : FREEPIK Stealing data Meta has reportedly sued Octopus, a US subsidiary of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, and a Turkish individual for scraping data from Instagram, Facebook and other big tech platforms from the company. Octopus has claimed to have over a million customer base and it offers scraping services and access to the software which is being used by the customers who can further use it to scrape any website. For a fee, Octopus customers can launch scraping attacks from its cloud-based…

Scientists believe they have discovered some key information about the octopus’ brain. We’ve known for centuries that octopuses are smarter than your everyday invertebrates. However, we never really understood why. Now, researchers have published a new study that not only provides some enlightening answers, but also left the scientists reeling from their discovery. Octopus brains share a common similarity with human brains Image source: diveivanov/AdobeThe human genome contains a high number of genes we…

Scientists have already established that octopuses are smarter than your average invertebrate, but a new discovery suggests one of the reasons why: a specific molecular analogy with the human brain.  Both the human genome and the octopus genome contain a high number of 'jumping genes' or transposons, which are able to duplicate themselves or move around the genome. While they're not all active, these transposons are seen as raw materials for evolutionary processes.In a new study, transposons belonging to the LINE (Long…

According to a new study, the neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain.New research has identified an important molecular analogy that could explain the remarkable intelligence of these fascinating invertebrates.An exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities makes the octopus very unique among invertebrates. So much so that it resembles vertebrates more than invertebrates in several aspects. The neural and cognitive…

The Atlantic longfin inshore squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, has been studied for nearly a century by scientists as a model system for neuroscience investigations. Credit: Elaine BearerSquid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have the largest nervous system of any invertebrate, complex behaviors such as instantaneous camouflage, arms studded with dexterous suckers, and other evolutionarily unique traits.Now,…