This month, The Astrophysical Journal published a study on a "very unusual" galaxy conducted by a team of researchers at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (Sissa) in Italy.
It is already established that octopuses are intelligent beings, even more so than other invertebrate species. A new discovery uncovered as to why this is so - their brain shares similarity with that of humans.
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.