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Scientists are close to simulating a worm brain

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 02, 2025
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Scientists are on the verge of achieving what's eluded them for 25 years: creating a working computer simulation of the simplest brain we know — that of a tiny worm with just 300 neurons.

As reported by Michael Skuhersky in Asterisk Magazine, researchers have repeatedly tried and failed to simulate the brain of C. eleg…

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