‘Reanimated’ herpes viruses lurking in the brain may link concussions and dementia
A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia risk.
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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…
China’s illness spike is mostly just seasonal flu and other usual bugs
There’s a good chance you’ve seen headlines about HMPV recently, with some touting “what you need to know” about the virus, aka human metapneumovirus. The answer is: not much. It’s a common, usually mild respiratory virus that circulates every year,…
New research identifies key predictors of science success in young students
A recent study published in Learning and Individual Differences has shed light on how motivation impacts science achievement and career aspirations among students aged 11 to 14. Researchers found that the most successful and ambitious students tended to have a…
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.…
AT&T promises bill credits for outages (see fine print, many exceptions apply)
AT&T, following last year’s embarrassing botched update that kicked every device off its wireless network and blocked over 92 million phone calls, is now promising full-day bill credits to mobile customers for future outages that last at least 60 minutes…
Physicist claims to have solved the infamous ‘grandfather paradox,’ making time travel (theoretically) possible
The grandfather paradox is just one of the thorny logical problems that arise with the concept of time travel. But one physicist says he has resolved them.
Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a ‘cosmic conveyor belt’ long before you were born, new study reveals
New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky Way on a cosmic “conveyor belt,” before eventually returning to our galaxy.
The moon is about to ‘swallow’ Mars for 4 hours — and you can watch it from the US
On Jan. 13, bright Mars will disappear behind the full moon for several hours. It’s the only lunar occultation of Mars visible from the U.S. this year. Here’s how to get the most out of it.
11 incredible technologies we’ve seen at CES 2025 so far — from a holographic windshield display to a fridge that can cook
From unusual haptic tech to stunning displays, these are the best technologies we’ve seen so far at CES.
