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This $35,000 Computer Is Powered by Trapped Human Brain Cells -- A company is selling what it calls the world's first "code deployable biological computer."

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AI Could Be Making Scientists Less Creative -- A new study examining 68 million scientific papers shows using AI boosts researchers' careers, but narrows the questions they ask.

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What Was the First Recreational Drug? -- Humans have been getting high since basically the dawn of time.

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Scientists Trained a Lump of Goo to Play Pong -- The goo only got a little better at playing pong, but scientists are confident it could improve if we teach it to feel pain.

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Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method -- "It must be noted that the quality of the studies is very low," the authors of a new review on the method wrote.

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An Imposter Claiming to Be an Astronaut Wooed a Japanese Woman Into Paying for a 'Return Ticket to Earth' -- The space romance unfolded through Instagram, but the victim soon grew suspicious of the astronaut's monetary demands.

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Degrees of the Future 2022: Neuroscience -- These are the universities with the best neuroscience programs.

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These Are the Degrees of the Future -- Gizmodo and Statista identified 25 fields of study that most reflect the technologies, cultural shifts, and challenges of the mid-21st century.

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China Publishes, Then Deletes Report of Potential Alien Signals -- Observations from a radio telescope almost certainly aren't evidence of aliens, but we'd love to know more about these alleged signals.

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Anthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19 -- The leading public health official is experiencing mild symptoms, the NIH said.

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NASA Will Investigate UFOs, Er, 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' -- The space agency's announcement comes on the heels of some inconclusive UFO hearings before Congress.

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How to Watch the Government's UFO Hearing -- Congress is holding its first hearing on unidentified aerial phenomenon in decades.

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