

A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been CreatedAugust 27, 2019 |
The growing science of memory manipulation raises social and ethical questions
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A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been CreatedAugust 27, 2019 |
The growing science of memory manipulation raises social and ethical questions
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Deep Brain StimulationAugust 14, 2019 |
DBS is an incredibly promising intervention for intractable neurological and psychiatric illness. What are the risks?
Quick ReadThey float in ordinary lab dishes, no more eye-catching than a plain beige lentil, and often so delicate they shrivel up and die if temperatures or food or the very air around them deviates from Goldilocks perfection. No wonder scientists coddle such “organoids”
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Elon Musk’s Next Wild PromiseJuly 23, 2019 |
If someone is going to revolutionize what it means to be human, do we want it to be a tech titan?
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Brain-Machine Interfaces Are Getting Better and BetterJuly 19, 2019 |
And Neuralink’s new brain implant pushes the pace. If you haven’t been paying attention, brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) that allow people to control robotic arms with their thoughts might sound like science fiction. But science and engineering efforts have already turned it into reality
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Do Elon Musk’s Brain-Decoding Implants Have Potential?July 18, 2019 |
Experts say they just might
Quick Read“I felt like I was being attacked by this invisible enemy,” Witt says. “It was nothing that I asked for, and I didn’t even know how to battle it.” So he channeled his frustration into music and art that depicted his pain. It was “a way I could express myself,” he says. “It was liberating.”
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