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Chinese scientists find neurons may act as minicomputers that help decision-making
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New Atlas Oct 20
Lab-grown brains can now read Braille and guide robot dogs: Millimeter-wide human forebrain organoids processed tactile information from Braille characters with ...
newatlas.com/technology/lab-brains-read-braille-direct-dog-biohybrid-computing/
The Evolution of the Human Brain Set It Up for Failure: The genetic changes that made the human brain may have made us uniquely vulnerable to Alzheimer’s.
theatlantic.com/health/2026/10/alzheimers-evolution/689062/
This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video: Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.
theatlantic.com/health/2026/09/short-form-video-tiktok-brain-neuroscience/688632/
404 Media Oct 16
Computers Made of Human Brain Tissue Identify Braille Letters In Breakthrough: Scientists discovered that human brain organoids, which are small neural clusters ...
404media.co/computers-made-of-human-brain-tissue-identify-braille-letters-in-breakthrough/
Nature Oct 09
Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains: The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain ...
nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03158-0
Romania Insider Sep 27
Romanian-born scientist Sergiu Pașca leads breakthrough in growing human brain tissue in mice
romania-insider.com/news/romanian-born-scientist-sergiu-pasca-leads-breakthrough-growing-human
Engineering Animals to Grow Human Organs — But Not Human Minds: Research into human-animal chimeras could have a therapeutic payoff, but the work brings up ...
undark.org/2026/09/25/brain-trust-human-animal-chimeras/
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol: AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/ultra-processed-childhood-ai/688217/
sciencealert.com Sep 28
Dogs Can Pick Out Word Patterns in Speech, a Trick Once Thought Uniquely Human: Your dog may prick up its ears at its name or run to the door when it hears ...
sciencealert.com/dogs-can-pick-out-word-patterns-in-speech-a-trick-once-thought-uniquely-human
Nerdist Sep 19
Weird Al’s Short About the Human Brain Online After 17 Years: A once-lost short film made by the iconic "Weird Al" Yankovic about the human brain ...
nerdist.com/article/weird-als-short-about-the-human-brain-online-after-17-years/
New Atlas Sep 17
Hybrid human-mouse brain created in landmark lab experiment: Human stem cell-derived brain tissue successfully integrated into mice, prompting ethical ...
newatlas.com/imaging-diagnostics/hybrid-mouse-human-brain/
Human brain has a split origin, new research suggests: For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by ...
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-human-brain.html
What to Know About Memories : Find out all you need to know about memories, including how memories form, how they work, why they form, and more.
webmd.com/brain/what-to-know-about-memories
Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain: It will help the development of drugs for neurological illnesses
economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/16/researchers-have-created-a-mouse-with-a-partly-human-brain
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Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex: Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 16 September 2026
nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02927-1
Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough : Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function ...
bbc.com/news/articles/c60m3k28j81mo
Stable frontal signals, flexible hippocampal ones: How the brain preserves context as goals change
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-stable-frontal-flexible-hippocampal-brain.html
opnforum.com Sep 15
Did A Fly’s Mind Really Play BeatSaber and Doom? No.: A fruit fly brain plays Doom, trades Bitcoin and doomscrolls. Almost none of that is the fly ...
opnforum.com/did-a-flys-mind-really-play-beatsaber-and-doom-no/
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs: From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from ...
techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/the-9-buzziest-startups-from-y-combinators-latest-demo-day-according-to-vcs/
VnExpress International Aug 29
Data center at Southeast Asia's top university runs on living human brain cells, fed sugar every 3 days
e.vnexpress.net/news/news/data-center-at-southeast-asia-s-top-university-runs-on-living-human-brain-cells-fed-sugar-every-3-days-5113403.html
Oldest human brain cells grown in lab 'recorded passage of time': Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years ...
phys.org/news/2026-08-oldest-human-brain-cells-grown.html
Lab-grown brain models gain a sense of place: The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of its power comes ...
phys.org/news/2026-08-lab-grown-brain-gain.html
Modern Life May Be Overloading the Human Brain, New Research Suggests: A new review argues that constant news, social media, and overlapping global crises may be ...
vice.com/en/article/modern-life-may-be-overloading-the-human-brain-new-research-suggests/
Opinion10 Years Later, This 1 Quote Proves HBO's Sci-Fi Masterpiece Has Never Been Topped
polygon.com/westworld-best-quote-creation-of-adam-secret/
Bill Ackman Is Building a Center to Study the Human Brain: It might have been motivated by tragedy — or real-estate prices — and it’s as eccentric as usual for ...
curbed.com/article/bill-ackman-neri-oxman-pershing-square-west-side-brain-center-neuroscience-lab.html
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol: AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/ultra-processed-childhood-ai/688217/
WIRED Aug 11
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive: Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
wired.com/story/organoids-lab-grown-brains-neural-networks/
OpinionI’m a neuroscientist. Here's how gambling can change your brain: Behavioural addictions can be just as real as physical ones.
sciencefocus.com/comment/gambling-addictions-neuroscience
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol: AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/ultra-processed-childhood-ai/688217/
Sunshine to meal times: How to beat jet lag: With bags packed and boarding passes at the ready, what can you do to keep your body clock on track?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj846q2veo
Alice Stanton’s friends call her a brain engineer. It’s an apt title for the scientist who developed the first complete tissue model of the human brain ... Show more
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Sex File: My sober summer is affecting our sex life : How can my husband and I recapture some of our past - slightly wild - passion?
irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/advice/arid-41883019.html
130 Years Ago, Sigmund Freud Described 1 Weird Mental Habit. Neuroscience Just Explained It
inc.com/minda-zetlin/130-years-ago-sigmund-freud-described-1-weird-mental-habit-neuroscience-just-explained-it/91378054
Humans could survive up to 194 years without major diseases, study suggests: A new mathematical model on human longevity has calculated the theoretical maximum ...
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/humans-could-survive-194-years-without-major-diseases-study-longevity-aging
Modern Life May Be Overloading the Human Brain, New Research Suggests: A new review argues that constant news, social media, and overlapping global crises may be ...
vice.com/en/article/modern-life-may-be-overloading-the-human-brain-new-research-suggests/
From molecules to networks, siibra integrates brain data into a unified atlas: In the current issue of the journal Nature Methods, siibra is introduced as a ...
techxplore.com/news/2026-07-molecules-networks-siibra-brain-atlas.html
Should AI Learn From Every Conversation?: The human brain rewires itself constantly and building that into AI has risks.
inc.com/komninos-chatzipapas/should-ai-learn-from-every-conversation/91376029
Modern Life May Be Overloading the Human Brain, New Research Suggests: A new review argues that constant news, social media, and overlapping global crises may be ...
vice.com/en/article/modern-life-may-be-overloading-the-human-brain-new-research-suggests/
journals.plos.org Jul 17
Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switching
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article
Neuroscientist Reveals What Living on the Moon Could Do to Human Mind: “A long-term lunar stay would challenge the nervous system in one of the most fundamental ...
newsweek.com/neuroscientist-reveals-how-living-on-moon-impact-human-mind-12189757
Forget smartwatches: Scientists just invented a ‘skin patch doctor’ that thinks like a human brain
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/07/14/forget-smartwatches-scientists-just-invented-a-skin-patch-doctor-that-thinks-like-a-human-brain
OpinionAre Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed?: Neo and a dozen other robots with human forms are scheduled to hit the market, Stephen Witt writes ...
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/06/are-humanoid-robots-ready-to-be-deployed
How Indian scientists are mapping the brain's last frontier: India's new brainstem atlas offers scientists an unprecedented map of one of the brain's least known ...
bbc.com/news/articles/cg53l737v1qo
Forget Smartwatches: Scientists Just Invented a ‘Skin Patch Doctor’ That Thinks Like a Human Brain
inc.com/lucia-auerbach/scientists-invented-skin-patch-doctor-thinks-like-human-brain/91369941
The secret of human intelligence may lie in the power of a single brain cell: What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and ...
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-secret-human-intelligence-power-brain.html
New Scientist Jul 06
Human brains may have got bigger for no particular reason: Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an ...
newscientist.com/article/2532890-human-brains-may-have-got-bigger-for-no-particular-reason/
Wccftech Jul 07
Anthropic Now Thinks Claude Has A Soul, As Evidence Emerges Of “Convergent Evolution” Between AI And The Human Brain
wccftech.com/anthropic-now-thinks-claude-has-a-soul-as-evidence-emerges-of-convergent-evolution-between-ai-and-the-human-brain/
eurekalert.org Jul 06
The BCG vaccine, delivered through the skin to prevent tuberculosis, can remodel the human brain’s immune environment and amyloid-beta biomarkers in older ...
eurekalert.org/news-releases/1134103
The human brain can bring rubber to life with one simple trick: Cover a person’s hand and place a rubber hand next to it, then stroke their hand and its ... Show more
OpenAI Codex chief explains why AI can't get creative design right: AI is revolutionizing all kinds of industries, but there are some things it still can't quite ...
businessinsider.com/ai-design-limits-openai-andrew-ambrosino-codex-dylan-field-2026-6
OpinionFor People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony: Sloane Crosley, the author of “Grief Is for People,” reports on misophonia, the neurophysiological ...
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony
Brain-inspired phototransistor could cut AI energy use by sensing and storing data
techxplore.com/news/2026-06-brain-phototransistor-ai-energy.html
OpinionFor People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony: Sloane Crosley, the author of “Grief Is for People,” reports on misophonia, the neurophysiological ...
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony
psypost.org Jun 11
Dark triad personality traits carry distinct physical signatures in the brain: People with traits like narcissism and psychopathy show shared and distinct ...
psypost.org/the-dark-triad-personality-traits-carry-distinct-physical-signatures-in-the-brai/
Scientists have long said we can’t multitask. A new study says we can: ‘This is unlocking a whole new set of questions,’ one researcher said
independent.co.uk/news/science/human-brain-multitask-research-study-b2989817.html
Letters to the Editor, Sunday May 31: Press Democrat readers comment on Medtronic's departure from county, and more.
pressdemocrat.com/2026/05/31/letters-to-the-editor-sunday-may-31/
What to Know About Memories : Find out all you need to know about memories, including how memories form, how they work, why they form, and more.
webmd.com/brain/what-to-know-about-memories
I’m a psychologist. Here’s why 40 per cent of the world avoids reading the news : What’s the solution to news fatigue? Well, it’s not avoidance ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/reading-news-media-bad-psychology-b2983210.html
The Globe and Mail May 25
OpinionThe Pope’s AI warning, and how humanity can thrive in this new world: Soft skills and human brain health will be essential for happy, healthy societies in the ...
theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-pope-leo-ai-encyclical-society-brain-health-soft-skills/
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SciTechDaily May 16
Scientists Say Cognitive Decline Isn’t Inevitable — Your Brain Can Improve at Any Age
scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-cognitive-decline-isnt-inevitable-your-brain-can-improve-at-any-age/
youtube.com May 16
Leading India neuroscientist Shubha Tole says that sexism & gender inequality is rampant in science & academia
eurekalert.org May 15
Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk
eurekalert.org/news-releases/1128472
Prothom Alo English May 14
What is Japanese encephalitis, could it spread widely in Bangladesh?: Japanese encephalitis is a severe viral infection that directly attacks the human brain ...
en.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/health/cuvqbs6tzf
changelog.com May 12
Biocomputing on human neurons with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys (Changelog Interviews #654)
changelog.com/podcast/654
After flying with virtual wings for one week, the brain learns to accept the impossible
sciencex.com/news/2026-05-flying-virtual-wings-week-brain.html
DH Podcast | How the human brain works: Sleep, memory & ageing explained by neuroscientists
deccanherald.com/health/dh-podcast-how-the-human-brain-works-sleep-memory-ageing-explained-by-neuroscientists-3997658