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🔒 Nature: Method of the Year: EM connectomics
To understand the brain, it matters to precisely map how the brain’s neurons connect.
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🔒 Nature: The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health
A rush of studies from labs in many subfields are revealing just how important astrocytes are in shaping our behavior, mood and memory.
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🔒 Popular Mechanics: Scientists Are Gifting AI the Final Ingredient for Consciousness—And It Could Trigger the Singularity
A tech company is working on creating “micro-emotions” within AI to see how it effects their behavior, but not everyone buys into the idea.
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