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Catecholaminergic Neurons Enhance Keloid Fibroblast Bone Growth
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (837+ words) In a groundbreaking study set to transform our understanding of fibrotic skin disorders, researchers have uncovered a novel cellular interaction driving the abnormal bone-like tissue formation within keloids. This discovery hinges on the remarkable influence of catecholaminergic neurons, traditionally associated…...
Chat GPT's free version is 26 times more likely to respond inappropriately to psychotic delusions
12+ hour, 17+ min ago (666+ words) A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that popular artificial intelligence chatbots tend to provide inappropriate or unhelpful responses when users type messages containing signs of psychosis. The findings provide evidence that relying on these digital tools for mental…...
Working on your six-pack can have a similar effect on your brain as sleep
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (593+ words) Summer is right around the corner " and if that alone isn't enough to get you back in the gym, this just might." A new study from Pennsylvania State University suggests that working on your six-pack may strengthen your core and…...
They turned brain signals into real videos'what mice actually see revealed on screen
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (311+ words) This research is part of a fast-growing field: decoding brain activity. The primary goal? To understand exactly how the visual signals our eyes capture become the mental images our brains conjure up'how perception turns into reality, at least as our…...
Mindsight and the Polycrisis
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (225+ words) Just sharing a short video I made inspired by a presentation I attended on blindfold vision, followed by a comment below. Reality is escaping its confinement. I recently read a political article by a radical left writer whom I follow....
If digital computers are conscious, they are conscious at the hardware level " Less Wrong
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (1321+ words) Contemporary debate over the moral patienthood of digital minds misses the forest for the trees. Mainstream opinion is divided into physicalist and c...
Why cold "awakens" your cells in 7 days: what this study reveals
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (427+ words) Cold-water immersion isn't just a shock to the system; it's a biological reset. The new study shows that consistent exposure to chilly water can dramatically influence how our cells function. In the study, participants were immersed for one hour per…...
Delegating thought to Chat GPT can "atrophy reasoning" and reduce brain activation, according to an MIT study
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (449+ words) The daily use of Chat GPT by more than 900 million people generates a scientific alert about cognitive decline. Various studies warn that delegating intellectual tasks to artificial intelligence atrophies reasoning and harms long-term memory. An investigation by the Massachusetts Institute…...
Stanford scientists just reversed memory loss in old mice by changing their gut bacteria, and the same vagus nerve devices it points to are already FDA-cleared for other conditions
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (428+ words) Factual errors in body: Editorial standards: The prose is reasonably tight but the central premise " that the Stanford study points to "three drugs sitting on pharmacy shelves" " is a manufactured frame that overstates the actual research and conflates unrelated findings....
AI-Generated Synthetic Neurons Could Save 157 Person-Years of Brain Mapping | by Aniket Sanyal | May, 2026
37+ min ago (28+ words) AI-Generated Synthetic Neurons Could Save 157 Person-Years of Brain Mapping An explainer of Google Research's Mo Gen: how AI-generated "neurons" help neuroscientists build wiring maps "...