[HN Gopher] How the brain increases blood flow on demand
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How the brain increases blood flow on demand
Author : gmays
Score : 36 points
Date : 2025-07-29 19:13 UTC (3 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (hms.harvard.edu)
| Insanity wrote:
| Always fascinating to me how we are brains, trying to understand
| how we work. Cool research!
| konfusinomicon wrote:
| why did it name itself brain or whatever linguistic origin that
| brain is ultimately derived from. perhaps it was Brian and some
| brain out there made a typo and here we are today
| treetalker wrote:
| He's not the seat of consciousness -- he's a very naughty
| boy!
| SlowTao wrote:
| "I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in
| my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." - Emo
| Philips
| kulahan wrote:
| Along this same line of thought, I've always found it
| particularly fascinating that the universe is exploring the
| universe through molecules arranged into humans. Is the
| Universe the conscious one here?
| hnuser123456 wrote:
| What I never got is, why do we experience anything? Why can't
| the universe exist as a simulation where people do people
| things without having to consciously experience it all? Why
| can't I just shut off my experience and let my body do
| whatever it would do without having to put in effort, the
| same way everyone else's body does whatever it'll do without
| me having to experience everything they do?
| motoboi wrote:
| Are we though? If you look closely at it, there is no evidence
| that brain causes consciousness, just correlation.
| bozhark wrote:
| So you can get brain hard?
| searine wrote:
| Supported by the National Science Foundation, Harvard Medical
| School, National Institutes of Health, and the Howard Hughes
| Medical Institute.
|
| All of which have had deep funding cuts.
| andbberger wrote:
| HHMI is a private org
| lukas099 wrote:
| So's Harvard Medical School, right? But they get research
| grants from the government?
| nomel wrote:
| https://finance.harvard.edu/financial-overview
|
| Looks like they received $1 billion in private + government
| grants, so upper end would be 15%?
|
| > The University ended fiscal year 2024 with an operating
| surplus of $45 million compared to $186 million in fiscal
| year 2023, on an operating revenue base of $6.5 billion.
|
| Wow!
| searine wrote:
| 2025 funding news
|
| "At least 350 Harvard medical grants were terminated by
| the Trump administration."
| https://abcnews.go.com/US/350-harvard-medical-grants-
| termina...
|
| "At Grim Town Hall, Harvard Medical School Leaders Tell
| Staff to Expect Layoffs and Far-Reaching Cuts"
| https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/16/trump-hms-
| cuts/
|
| "Snapshots from front lines of federal research funding
| cuts"
| https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/07/snapshots-
| of-...
| nomel wrote:
| > Campus leaders say the government actions could
| cumulatively cost the University as much as $1 billion a
| year.
|
| This doesn't math, unless there was a 100% cut, or
| government funding was expected to drastically increase
| compared to 2024.
| searine wrote:
| "HHMI halts inclusive science programme" :
| https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00396-6
| thrawa8387336 wrote:
| It's great that they are still producing some quality research.
| Aurornis wrote:
| The articles you see now reflect research that was funded and
| started years ago.
|
| There will be a sudden and sharp decline in the amount of
| research produced going forward, until (hopefully) a new
| administration can make funding important scientific research
| a priority again.
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