Summary: A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around age 17. This “reminiscence bump” marks the period when our…
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Can a Disconnected Brain Be Conscious?
Summary: A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain hemispheres of awake epilepsy patients. Using EEG recordings, researchers found that the…
Ex-McLaren boss could take the wheel at Porsche
Porsche has been struggling with Chinese competition and US tariffs. The former head of British supercar maker McLaren could take over as CEO of Porsche, the German firm said Friday,…
OpenAI halts MLK videos as deepfakes spark outrage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain OpenAI has suspended its Sora 2 artificial intelligence tool from creating videos of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. after his estate complained about disrespectful…
Study exposes privacy risks of AI chatbot conversations
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Major AI companies are utilizing user conversations for training purposes, raising significant privacy concerns and underscoring the need for more transparent policies. Last month, Anthropic…
Structuring and polishing hard material components with laser pulses in a single clamping operation
High-energy pulses lasting just a few picoseconds vaporize the material during UKP structuring. In the second step, the laser, now running with different parameters, melts the top 0.2–2 µm of…
Child Abuse Leaves Lasting Biological Scars on the Brain and DNA
Summary: New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function. Using a genome-wide epigenetic analysis, scientists identified four key methylation sites—ATE1, SERPINB9P1,…
The vulnerabilities that drive prolonged outages during extreme weather events and how to reduce disruptions
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, winter storms, and tornadoes, have become a major cause of large-scale electric power outages in recent years, causing billions of…
