The First Video Game Came Long Before Pong(iflscience.com)

19 points by geox 9 months ago | 4 comments

Dropped Cheetos Could Have Triggered Ecosystem Chaos in Largest US Cave Chamber(iflscience.com)

28 points by austinallegro 2 years ago | 4 comments

The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful(iflscience.com)

192 points by toss1 1 year ago | 198 comments

Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial(science.org)

270 points by EndXA 2 years ago | 304 comments

Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026(iflscience.com)

196 points by Neuronaut 11 months ago | 62 comments

The world’s largest wind turbine has been switched on(iflscience.com)

140 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 142 comments

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.