Creation of mammal with two biological fathers could pave way for new fertility treatments in humans

For fans of bioethical nightmares, it’s been a real stonker of a month. First, we had the suggestion that we use comatose women’s wombs to house surrogate pregnancies. Now, it appears we might have a snazzy idea for what to do with their brains, too: to turn…

A newly constructed brain map shows every single neuron and how they are wired together in the brains of fruit fly larvae.

A team of Rutgers scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism—a set of core chemical reactions that first powered life on Earth—has identified part of a protein that could ...

The Amsterdam-based psychedelic retreat and practitioner training provider Synthesis Institute has filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands, Willamette Week reported this week, leaving almost 300 students enrolled in its psilocybin facilitator training course…

The five distinct levels of the psychedelic experience range from very mild sensations to intense hallucinations. These levels can serve as a useful guide when learning what to expect from a psychedelic experience.
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Researchers say Matcha, a traditional Japanese tea, can help boost mood and mental performance. Match tea powder activates dopaminergic neural networks and improves depressive symptoms in mice that previously experienced stress as a result of social isolation.

Our native language may affect the way in which our brains are wired and underlie the way we think, a new study reports. Using neuroimaging to analyze neural connectivity in native German and native Arabic speakers, researchers found stronger connectivity…

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Study gives most advanced picture yet of DMT compound’s effect on advanced functions such as imagination

Microsoft's Bing Chat just cited misinformation generated by Google's Bard chatbot, just one day after Bard was released. Oof.

Some researchers propose that brain organoids could enable next-generation computers, but others say the science isn't there yet.

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This video attempts to establish a comprehensive intensity scale for measuring the 6 distinct levels of the DiMethylTryptamine experience, in accordance with the terminology laid…

I hacked my brain with a compact electroencephalogram (EEG) and connected it to GPT-4 with the OpenAI API. In this crazy tutorial, you'll learn how to use JavaScript to read your brainwaves.

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Michael Levin talk for the Mind, Technology, and Society (MTS) talk series at UC Merced on January 23, 2023. Abstract: Each of us makes the remarkable journey from the physics and chemistry of a quiescent unfertilized egg to that of a complex human being.…

"We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step…

Scientists discover clicking sounds, which humans can't hear and which differ based on species and type of stress; wonder what uses other plants, animals make of the information

A Belgian man reportedly decided to end his life after having conversations about the future of the planet with an AI chatbot named Eliza.

The nascent field of archaeochemistry has furthered our understanding of the psychedelics used by ancient indigenous populations.

Simple calculations, such as factoring low numbers, can be made by mixing together differently shaped strands of DNA

No, it won't be served with a side of spaghetti. Instead, the cultured meat firm, Vow, made the meatball to raise questions about the future of food.