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Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs. … Continue readingRethinking Addiction as a Chronic Brain Disease
Nilakshi Veerabathina at The Conversation: Space, or outer space, is a vast, near-perfect vacuum largely devoid of matter. This vacuum contains very few particles compared with Earth’s atmosphere. However, it’s
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Alzheimer’s disease slowly takes over the mind. Long before symptoms occur, brain cells are gradually losing their function. Eventually they wither away, eroding brain
Continue readingSome Brains Develop Alzheimer’s—Others Don’t. A New Cell Map Could Explain Why.
by Abigail Tulenko in Aeon Magazine: The Hungarian folktale Pretty Maid Ibronka terrified and tantalised me as a child. In the story, the young Ibronka must tie herself to the
Continue readingHow Folktales Unsettle Us Into Thinking Anew
Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Our brains are constantly learning. That new sandwich deli rocks. That gas station? Better avoid it in the future. Memories like these physically rewire connections
Continue readingThis AI Learns Continuously From New Experiences—Without Forgetting Its Past
by James McElvenny at Aeon Magazine: Anyone who has learned a second language will have made an exhilarating (and yet somehow unsettling) discovery: there is never a one-to-one correspondence in
by Erica Good at the Undark: Many years ago, I read a book about neurosurgery by a journalist who had undergone an operation for a brain hemorrhage. One anecdote is
Continue readingGray Matters: A Neurosurgeon’s Inside Look at the Brain
The team used the same techniques used to search for water on Earth, or to look for oil and gas. They were excited to make their discovery but… … Continue readingEnough Water Has Been Found to Cover the Surface of the Red Planet – But There’s a Catch
The OEF is defined as the ratio of oxygen used by the brain to oxygen delivered by flowing blood and is remarkably uniform in the awake but resting state… … Continue readingWhat Your Brain Is Really Doing When Doing “Nothing”
Shelby Bradford in The Scientist: Beata Mierzwa studies cell division as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California San Diego. In 2013, she founded Beata Science Art, a science art brand where
For more than a decade I have evaluated the so-called “billion dollar disaster” tabulation promoted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). … Continue readingWhen Self-Correction in Science Goes Wrong
Moscow’s elite ‘illegal’ sleeper agents pose as foreigners and live under false identities known as ‘legends,’ often for decades … Continue readingHow Russia Trains its Deep Undercover Spies