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Researchers warn of the potential social, ethical, and legal consequences of technologies interacting heavily with human brains. Surpassing the biological limitations of the brain and using one’s mind to interact with and control external electronic devices may sound like the distant cyborg fu...
A New Study Reveals How the Brain Chooses Between Pain and Profit Imagine always having to decide between activities you like doing and potential physical or emotional pain. Making these challenging decisions on a daily or weekly basis is probably nothing new to those who deal with conditions such a...
The Future of Computing Includes Biology: AI Computers Powered by Human Brain Cells
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The future of computing includes biology says an international team of scientists. The time has come to create a new kind of computer, say researchers from John Hopkins University together with Dr. Brett Kagan, chief scientist at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, who recently led development of the DishBr...
The Future of Cancer Treatment? New Approach Uses the Zika Virus To Destroy Brain Cancer Cells
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The scientists found that vaccine strains of the Zika virus eradicate brain tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumour growth, while sparing healthy cel...
AI and Human Evolution As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly widespread and advanced, it prompts new questions about its impact on human life and society. A recent paper in The Quarterly Review of Biology explores how these technologies might influence human evolution. In “How Might A...
Brain drain: The mere presence of one’s own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity
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