Men on Viagra may reduce their Alzheimer's risk – study(bbc.co.uk)

36 points by sjcsjc 2 years ago | 39 comments

Prostate cancer includes two different evotypes(ox.ac.uk)

137 points by panabee 2 years ago | 73 comments

Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms(ox.ac.uk)

41 points by Kaibeezy 2 years ago | 22 comments

Ancient Carthaginians did sacrifice their children (2014)(ox.ac.uk)

79 points by areoform 3 years ago | 162 comments

Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia(ox.ac.uk)

30 points by amichail 1 year ago | 6 comments

New research finds that ivermectin could help control malaria transmission(ndm.ox.ac.uk)

37 points by rguiscard 1 year ago | 36 comments

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

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.

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.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

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.

Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers(blog.j11y.io)

427 points by padolsey 1 year ago | 152 comments

A blog post by James Padolsey offering tips for software engineers who have survived a hemorrhagic stroke, particularly with residual epilepsy.