A Mysterious Web of Tunnels Connects Brain Cells—Like the Network of Trees in a Forest

Brain cells are like tiny trees. They have an intricate web of roots that take in signals and a trunk ...
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Dangerous AI-Designed Proteins Could Evade Today’s Biosecurity Software

AI is expanding our protein universe. Thanks to generative AI, it’s now possible to design proteins never before seen in ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 4)

Tech OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)Mike Isaac and Eli Tan | The New York Times ...
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Entanglement Breakthrough Linking Cores of Atoms Could Scale Up Quantum Computers

Quantum entanglement—once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance”—has long captured the public imagination and puzzled even ...
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This Spanish Woman Lived to 117. Here’s a Deep Dive Into Her Genetics and Habits.

Maria Branyas Morera lived a simple life in a small town in Catalonia, Spain. She loved quality time with family ...
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A New Approach Could Transform Huntington’s Disease Treatment

Huntington’s disease is extremely cruel. Symptoms start with random, uncontrollable twitches of the hand. Over time the disease eats aways ...
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People Can’t Distinguish AI Voice Clones From Actual Humans Anymore

The ability to synthesize realistic speech using AI has a host of applications, both benign and malicious. New research shows ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 27)

Tech OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B AI Plan Will Require Power Equal to 10 Nuclear ReactorsBenj Edwards | Ars Technica “Nvidia ...
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Major Theories of Consciousness May Have Been Focusing on the Wrong Part of the Brain

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these ...
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AI-Designed Viruses Are Replicating and Killing Bacteria

A petri dish full of dead bacteria isn’t usually cause for celebration. But for Stanford’s Brian Hie it was a ...
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