💬 Quoted: "You'd be surprised at just how much fungi are capable of. They have memories, they learn, and they can make decisions.”

If you had “fungi sentience” on your 2024 bingo card, congrats. A team of researchers in Japan studying an obscure fungus called Phanerochaete velutina discovered it can not only recognize shapes, but even communicate information about its surroundings throughout its entire fungal network.

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🎓 Stat of the Day: American workers and students are getting back to business. Applications to MBA programs in the US rose by 12% this year, reversing two years of declines, per a new survey from the nonprofit Graduate Management Admission Council. The rebound was most evident in applications for full-time, in-person degrees – which increased 32% year-over-year, the highest level in a decade – while data also showed Americans drove the newfound popularity of US programs, rather than international applicants.

🤔 Did You Know? The NSA recommends that Americans completely power off their phones at least 1x/week to help protect against malware and make it more difficult for hackers to steal information from your phone. Whether to trust them or not – that’s up to you🤷‍♀️.

📰 Worth a Read: The Enterprising Woman Who Built – and Lost, and Rebuilt – a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush → (Smithsonian Magazine)