4-week exposure to bright light increases the volume of the brain’s left hippocampal dentate gyrus
A recent study conducted in Japan on individuals with mood disorders found that a 4-week…
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Struggling to find happiness? Here are some paths to positivity
Think about a time when you were happy. What comes to mind? Was it a…
‘Killer electrons’ play pinball with space weather around Earth
“Killer electrons” stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create…
Concept cells and pronouns: Neuroscientists shed light on key aspect of language comprehension
A recent study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience published in Science provides new insights…
At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains
SAN FRANCISCO—On Tuesday, TED AI 2024 kicked off its first day at San Francisco’s Herbst…
Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
You likely have never heard of Babel Street or Location X, but chances are good…
Chatbot that caused teen’s suicide is now more dangerous for kids, lawsuit says
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI’s hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for…
Tesla makes $2.2 billion in profit during Q3 2024
After a rocky first half of the year, Tesla enjoyed a much healthier third quarter…
New 3D scans reveal stunning details of Shackleton’s doomed Endurance expedition to Antarctica
The Endurance shipwreck spent 107 years submerged in Antarctic waters before being rediscovered and later…
New study: Rural Americans trust government less, no matter who’s president
A recent study published in American Politics Research sheds light on the connection between geography,…
How physics can improve your disc golf game
When Zachary Lindsey, a physicist at Berry College in Georgia, decided to run an experiment…
New high-efficiency neural chip could revolutionize treatment of brain disorders
Researchers from several prominent universities in China have developed a new neural stimulation chip designed…
Few truly shocked that NFL player used illegal stream to watch his own team
Trying to watch your favorite NFL team’s games throughout a season is a fiendish logistics…
iOS 18.2 developer beta adds ChatGPT and image-generation features
Today, Apple released the first developer beta of iOS 18.2 for supported devices. This beta…
Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC
It’s been just a week since US telecom regulators announced a formal inquiry into broadband…
San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to…
Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business
Any company that makes Arm chips must license technology from Arm Holdings plc, the British…
A new implant tested in animals reverses drug overdoses
In pigs, the device detected overdoses and administered naloxone. It could also alert emergency services…
New machine learning model finds hate tweeting mainly originates from right-leaning figures
Social media platforms have struggled to accurately detect hate speech, especially given the different definitions…
30 years of polar climate data converted into menacing, 6-minute song
Geoenvironmental scientist Hiroto Nagai used publicly available climate data from the North and South poles…
4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size ‘city killer,’ will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span tomorrow (Oct. 24)
Four “potentially hazardous” space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all…
Nearly 50 illnesses, 1 death caused by E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
U.S. health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of bacterial infections that has been linked…
McDonald’s deadly Quarter Pounder E. coli outbreak is likely bigger than we know
One person is dead and 48 others across 10 states have been sickened in an…
Children often visiting coasts, rivers, and lakes are more likely to practice pro-environmental behaviors when they grow up
A study conducted in Austria found that individuals who were exposed to blue spaces (such…
