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The SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission Will Show Us How Spaceflight Transforms the Body

On Aug 27, all eyes will be on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a historic flight. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to...

The placebo effect unlocked: How the brain tricks itself into pain relief

In a fascinating discovery, scientists have pinpointed what happens in our brains when we’re expecting pain relief but are given a placebo, unknowingly, instead. It...

AI tongue scanner can diagnose illnesses with 96 percent accuracy

A new artificial intelligence machine learning model is capable of accurately diagnosing certain illnesses nearly every time by simply looking at a patient’s tongue. The novel technology, while...

VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD

Although it can sound cliché, there’s a lot of truth in the old axiom “face your fears.” In fact, exposure therapy ostensibly puts that adage into practice....

This Is What Could Happen if AI Content Is Allowed to Take Over the Internet

Generative AI models like ChatGPT rely on vast amounts of data scraped from the internet, such as articles, social media posts, and other online content,...

Ozempic-Like Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease

The diabetes drug Ozempic, along with other GLP-1 agonists, is gaining attention not just for weight loss and managing diabetes, but also for its potential...

Smelting Steel With Sunlight: New Solar Trap Tech Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Heat

Some of the hardest sectors to decarbonize are industries that require high temperatures like steel smelting and cement production. A new approach uses a synthetic quartz solar trap to...

AI-Powered Weather and Climate Models Are Set to Change Forecasting

A new system for forecasting weather and predicting future climate uses artificial intelligence to achieve results comparable with the best existing models while using much...

US FDA refuses to approve MDMA for PTSD therapy – now what?

Advocates have long pushed for MDMA-assisted therapy, which combines the drug with talk therapy under the guidance of a licensed therapist. MDMA helps release serotonin...

“Hidden consciousness” may be present in 25% of unresponsive patients

A severe brain injury can leave patients unresponsive to stimuli, but they may be more aware than we realize. A new study of brain activity...