Nanoplastics found to disrupt dopamine system and social adaptation

Tiny plastic particles, or nanoplastics, could significantly alter brain development and behavior, according to a new study on mice published in Neuroscience. Researchers found that these particles affect the dopamine system – a key player in motivation and mood –…

Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia

A sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress offers tantalizing clues about a culture that once dotted the southern Caucasus mountains with similar walled communities. Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia. The…

Gentrified Doom remake trades chainsaw for cheese knife

Just when you thought you had seen every possible Doom mod, two game developers released a free browser game that reimagines the first level of 1993’s Doom as an art gallery, replacing demons with paintings and shotguns with wine glasses.…

Reflective reasoning enhances norm sensitivity in moral dilemmas

A study published in Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin revealed that thinking about reasons for one’s moral dilemma choices increases sensitivity to moral norms without affecting sensitivity to consequences or preferences for action versus inaction. Moral psychology has extensively debated…

How I program with LLMs

This article is a summary of my personal experiences with using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs while programming to learn about them.…