Scientists have grown a miniature brain in a dish with a spinal cord and muscles attached. The lentil-sized grey blob of human brain cells were seen to spontaneously send out tendril-like connections to link up with the spinal cord and muscle tissue. The muscles were then seen to visibly contract.

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[–]Vigte[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Stolen from this plebbit thread

Which also had this INSANE comment:

Not sure if in the same lab experiments but in other petri dish grown mini-brain news: These brains spontaneously grew retinas. Sensory input please! https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/brain-science

[–]Farseli 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Man brains are freaky, and this is coming from someone with a Neuroscience degree.