Summary: A new theory suggests that psychedelics promote empathy, insight, and psychological flexibility by making the brain’s right hemisphere temporarily dominant over the left. Known as HEALS—Hemispheric Annealing and Lateralization…
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Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reports that prominent American national security officials used a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led…
China’s 2035 climate plan must aim high
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China will need to generate more than half of its power from wind and solar by 2035 to align with global climate goals, according to new…
Teaching theory of mind to robots can enhance collaboration
Credit: Duke University General Robotics Lab Nature is brimming with animals that collaborate in large numbers. Bees stake out the best feeding spots and let others know where they are.…
Early Bonding Buffers Kids from Lasting Effects of Maternal Depression
Summary: A new study highlights the lasting impact of postpartum maternal depression and mother-to-infant bonding on children’s emotional and behavioral outcomes. Researchers found that early bonding can partially offset the…
US data center to add batteries without lithium mined overseas
Credit: panumas nikhomkhai from Pexels A data center builder and a battery startup have agreed to deploy a novel type of energy storage for the first time at a U.S.…
Meta faces row over plan to use European data for AI
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said Wednesday it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, after the tech giant announced plans to train its artificial intelligence…
Tiny Gene Fragment Key to Memory Revealed
Summary: Researchers have discovered that a nine–amino acid microexon spliced into the DAAM1 gene is critical for memory formation, functioning exclusively in neurons. Deleting this microexon in mice resulted in…
