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Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find

"The benefits are sustained with or without re-treatment for eight days to six months." The post Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find appeared first on Futurism.

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Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find

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Scientists Find Evidence That the Human Brain Is Constantly Snapping Between Different Realities

"The brain rapidly alternates, about 15 times per second, between conscious and suppressed micro-epochs." The post Scientists Find Evidence That the Human Brain Is Constantly Snapping Between Different Realities appeared first on Futurism.

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Scientists Find Evidence That the Human Brain Is Constantly Snapping Between Different Realities

WIRED Science

Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

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White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.

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White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

New York Times Science

As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

Stewart’s iconic “Star Trek” character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: “You were the captain of my childhood,” one astrophysicist said.

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As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

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Sam Altman Says Gen Z Are Lame for Not Worshipping AI

"They always want to go do the thing that was cool five years ago." The post Sam Altman Says Gen Z Are Lame for Not Worshipping AI appeared first on Futurism.

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Sam Altman Says Gen Z Are Lame for Not Worshipping AI

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Sam Altman Absolutely Hates the Idea of People Running Their Own AI Models at Home, Argues They Shouldn’t Own Computers

He'd prefer if we surrender all our RAM to data centers. The post Sam Altman Absolutely Hates the Idea of People Running Their Own AI Models at Home, Argues They Shouldn't Own Computers appeared first on Futurism.

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Sam Altman Absolutely Hates the Idea of People Running Their Own AI Models at Home, Argues They Shouldn’t Own Computers

WIRED Science

An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain

A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.

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An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain

WIRED Science

An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

Anthropic and OpenAI say they’ve disproved a key tenet of computer science. Researchers are struggling with the fall but also feel like “overexcited bunnies” as they look at new questions to explore.

2 days ago

An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

New York Times Science

After Reinventing Mathematics, Can A.I. Eradicate Computer Bugs?

Using the same techniques that allowed A.I. technologies to crack a million-dollar math problem, researchers are building new systems that aim to solve the world’s cybersecurity crisis.

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After Reinventing Mathematics, Can A.I. Eradicate Computer Bugs?

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The Hinge on Apple’s Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was “Built With AI”

"We use AI algorithms to precisely match each individual hinge with its best-fit housing to ensure perfect alignment." The post The Hinge on Apple's Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was "Built With AI" appeared first on Futurism.

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The Hinge on Apple’s Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was “Built With AI”