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The Unseen Battle for the Human Brain Beyond Neuralink " Weddings
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (931+ words) Elon Musk wants to drill a hole in your skull. The media loves a cybernetic savior narrative. It is easy to sell the public on the sci-fi dream of paralyzed patients walking again or typing at the speed of thought…...
Vulcan mind meld" just a publicity stunt?
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (585+ words) Much of the research has been aimed at helping paralyzed patients regain some power of movement, but bioethicists have raised concerns about more controversial uses. Picture: youtube. com New York - Scientists said on Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human…...
Microbiome Research Breakthroughs across Brain, Immunity, Metabolism and Cancer Offer New Preventive Strategies to Reduce Reliance on Medicines
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (143+ words) drugscontrol. org - Frontiers in Biomedicine: Breakthroughs in Cancer Research, Cellular Therapies, and Bacterial Memory (11-07-2026) - The Microbial Pharmacy: How Bacteria Revolutionized Oncology and General Medicine (04-07-2026) - Modified Vitamin B12 Analogue Shows Promise against Lethal Brain Cancer Glioblastoma (30-06-2026) - Behind the Trip: The Dark Turn…...
Best Second Brain Apps
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (1727+ words) The "second brain" concept, popularized by Tiago Forte, is the idea that your brain should be used for thinking, not storing. You offload everything (meeting notes, ideas, tasks, articles) into a trusted external system. Then, when you need something, it's…...
Forget everything you know: this surprising factor could finally halt Alzheimer's
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (449+ words) An encouraging breakthrough has just emerged in the fight against Alzheimer's. A team of scientists has pinpointed a new potential "culprit: specific immune cells found in the brain. This discovery could change the way Alzheimer's is treated and has significant…...
How AUT's new brain health test could change the future of contact sports
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (921+ words) Former America's Cup sailor Scott Crawford is clear about his reasons for committing to brain research " to help athletes he's personally invested in. One being his younger brother, an avid rugby player who has had multiple severe head knocks and…...
To Build More Believable Bots, Simulate The Neurochemistry
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (256+ words) Giving machines the ability to communicate nonverbally has real value, and [Drew Smith] clearly thinks your robot deserves better than an emoji. He shared a very interesting approach with his project Kindalive. Kindalive is a simulated dot-matrix robot face that…...
New Study Rewrites the Story of How Humans Got Bigger
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (318+ words) Human body size evolution was shaped by both gradual change and a major later growth spurt within Homo. The findings from the University of Reading and the University of Oxford challenge the familiar idea that human ancestors steadily became bigger…...
Calcineurin/NFAT Pathway Links Calcium Stress to Neurodegeneration Timing
57+ min ago (372+ words) Neurodegenerative diseases remain one of the most daunting challenges in modern medicine, with their complex etiologies and often irreversible progression. A new study published in Cell Death Discovery sheds light on the pivotal signaling mechanisms that may underpin the temporal…...
8 Cognitive Biases That Are Secretly Shaping Every Decision You Make
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (1704+ words) Do you think you're making decisions based on logic and evidence? You might be surprised to learn how often that's not the case. Every day, you make thousands of decisions, ranging from simple choices like what to eat for breakfast…...