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Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission to build a next-generation brain implant with at least 100 times more brain connections than devices currently approved by...

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ChatGPT Scored Higher on a Medical Quiz Than a Real Human Doctor : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 30, 2023 0 Comment

Some doctors don’t have a great bedside manner, coming off like unfeeling robots filled with medical know-how. But what if an AI answered questions normally posed to a doctor and did so in a...

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The Human Brain Shows a Weird Preference For Sounds From The Left : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 22, 2023 0 Comment

The next time you whisper sweet-nothings into someone’s ear, you might want to target their left side. Neuroscientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne University Hospital and the University of...

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Oldest Examples of Human Footprints Hint at Our Ancestors’ Lives 300,000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 18, 2023 0 Comment

Researchers have discovered the earliest examples of human footprints in Germany. They’re so old, it’s unlikely they were made by any species live today. Stretching back some 300,000 years through time, it’s thought they...

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Human DNA Is All Over The Planet, And Scientists Are Worried : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 16, 2023 0 Comment

Every skin flake, hair follicle, eyelash, and spit drop cast from your body contains instructions written in a chemical code, one that is unique to you. According to a new study, technology has advanced...

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The First Draft of The Human Pangenome Has Arrived. Here’s Why It’s So Important. : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 11, 2023 0 Comment

For 20 years, experts have relied on the human genome reference as a genetic benchmark for the study of biology, disease, evolution, and more. It’s considered one of the greatest scientific achievements of the...

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A Chance Event 1 Million Years Ago Changed Human Brains Forever : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 7, 2023 0 Comment

Like treasured recipes passed down from generation to generation, there are just some regions of DNA that evolution doesn’t dare tweak. Mammals far and wide share a variety of such encoded sequences, for example,...

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The Human Digestive System Varies Way More Than We Realize : ScienceAlert

jslinfo May 3, 2023 0 Comment

The human digestive system is much more variable than we tend to think, according to a new study, with significant differences in gut anatomy even among healthy individuals. This includes individual differences from person...

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Scientists Built a Machine From Lego That Can Grow Human Skin : ScienceAlert

jslinfo April 27, 2023 0 Comment

Sourcing human tissue samples for biological investigations isn’t always easy. While they are ethically obtained through organ donation or from tissue that’s removed during surgical procedures, scientists are finding them increasingly difficult to get...

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Networks of Silver Nanowires Appear to Learn And Remember Like The Human Brain : ScienceAlert

jslinfo April 24, 2023 0 Comment

Over the past year or so, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have made it possible to produce vast quantities of apparently human-like, high-quality creative content from a simple series of prompts....