Decades ago, a disaster left three million acres of land uninhabitable and killed between 85,600 and 240,000 people. Chernobyl? No. Banqiao dam in China.
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Generative AI — driven by large language models — has the potential to destroy or supercharge most businesses. Now is the time to pivot.
OCD and addiction may result in part from improper “reward” pathways in the brain. Ultrasound can disrupt those pathways.
Shouldn't "flight mode" be obsolete?
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
Remote work is here to stay. Here are a few ways to enhance remote training in a post-pandemic future.
Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness. A study found it has a similar effect on Venus flytraps.
Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.
Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman just invested $100 million into the company.
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) […]
Scientific evidence does not support the use of trigger warnings, which are described as a "disingenuous gesture of trauma awareness."
Virtually anyone can now create convincing deepfakes. That doesn't mean you should.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use online ledgers, called blockchains, to record transactions. These blockchains are decentralized, meaning the permanent record is not stored in one location but exists on […]
More than 200 years ago, scientists tried to figure out how bats navigate in the dark (or without eyes). This set in motion a series of events that led to the development of ultrasound as a form of psychotherapy.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]
New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
Could Russia's plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
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A year of disruptions to work has contributed to mass burnout.
Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult. The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]
The technology could yield "made-to-order resistance genes" to protect crops against pathogens and pests.
If you're trying to hide how you feel about something, be careful with your hands.
According to Peter Ward's "Medea hypothesis," photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
Scientists use tripping rats to show that LSD disrupts communication between two key brain regions.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
A technique called targeted memory reactivation could improve common treatments for nightmare disorder.
The odds are slim, but the consequences would be literally world-ending. There really is a chance of a black hole devouring the Earth.
We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.
The young and healthy were not just as likely to die as the old and frail, according to a new analysis.