by Ed Booth, Chico Enterprise-Record, Calif. Credit: CC0 Public Domain With the increase in solar panels on houses and plug-in cars patrolling the roads, batteries are going to be ever…
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With outburst, Musk puts X’s survival in the balance
Even after Elon Musk gutted the staff by two-thirds, X, formerly Twitter, still has around 2,000 employees, and incurs substantial fixed costs like data servers and real estate. Elon Musk’s…
Dopamine’s Role in Learning from Rewards and Penalties
Summary: Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, plays a vital role in encoding both reward and punishment prediction errors in the human brain. This study suggests that dopamine is essential for learning from…
Taste-Driven AI Algorithms Enhance Wine Selections
Summary: Wine apps like Vivino and Hello Vino are utilizing AI algorithms to help wine enthusiasts select the perfect bottle. Researchers have taken it a step further by incorporating people’s…
Peptide PACAP’s Key Role in Alcohol Addiction
Summary: Alcohol, the world’s most common addictive substance, leads to $249 billion in annual costs and 88,000 deaths in the U.S. Alcohol use disorder affects millions but is under-treated. Researchers…
First trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI” on December 5
The Grand Theft Auto video game franchise has never been free of controversy, due to its sulfurous mix of violence, sex and gangster life. Rockstar Games said it will release…
Why energy efficiency matters so much
Hugely energy inefficient: cars waste about 80 percent of the petrol they burn. If we are to save the planet, we are going to have to use energy far more…
Study tests firefighter turnout gear with and without PFAS
Researchers expose firefighter turnout gear to heat in equipment similar to a pizza oven. Credit: Bryan Ormond, NC State University Transitioning away from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which offer…
