Training AI models using neurons. Getting hydrogen energy from water using sunlight. Elon Musk’s pivot to the Moon. All that ...

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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are emerging as a groundbreaking technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way humans interact with machines. By bridging the gap between human cognition ...

For more than a century, the story of the brain has been told as a tale of neurons, with every thought and memory traced to their electrical chatter. That narrative is now being rewritten as evidence ...

That sharp flinch during a violent movie scene is familiar to many people. A hand slams, a body falls, and your own muscles ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists showed that it’s possible to reproduce an entire cerebral cortex inside one of the world’s fastest computers. The model represents the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Those aren’t just lyrics from the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” They’re also the ...