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Max Hodak started Neuralink with Elon Musk. But he later left the company and started Science Corp -- and now he's rapidly catching up.

Prosthetics and Devices

Meet the Neuralink Cofounder Who Left and Started a Competitor That’s Now Rapidly Catching Up

By Simon Spichak

A new gene therapy partially restored a blind man's vision by programming his cells to produce the light-sensitive protein found in algae.

Doctors Restored a Blind Man’s Vision by Gene-Hacking His Retina Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Triggering a completely wireless neural implant made rats become social with one another, but only until the signal turned off.

Science & Energy

A Brain Implant Made Mice Immediately Become Friends

By Dan Robitzski

Departed Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak is working on what appears to be a well-funded new brain interface venture called Science Corp.

Neuroscience and Brain

Departed Neuralink Co-Founder Locks Down $47 Million for Secretive Neuroscience Startup

By Simon Spichak

A team of researchers have figured out a way to implant memories in the brains of young zebra finches, thereby teaching them how to sing.

Science & Energy

Scientists Zap Birds’ Brains With Light to Implant False Memories

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe they were able to make mice hallucinate by stimulating just 20 of their brain neurons, raising new questions about the human brain.

Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

New research describes how optogenetics, which involves activating nerve cells with pulses of light, could vastly improve paralysis treatment.

Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

By erasing memories linked to cocaine use, researchers stopped rats from seeking out the drug — and the therapy could potentially work in humans.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Kept Rats Sober by Deleting Memories of Cocaine

By Kristin Houser

A new type of implant could improve bladder control in people.

Health & Medicine

A New Implant Uses Light to Improve Bladder Control

Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish

By Jon Christian

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

By Victor Tangermann

The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow Gerbils to “Hear” Light

Health & Medicine

The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow Gerbils to “Hear” Light

By Kristin Houser

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Science & Energy

Scientists Identified “Anxiety Cells” in the Brain by Switching Them On and Off

By Chelsea Gohd

In First-Ever Demonstration, Researchers Show Ultrafast Light Pulses Can Trigger Neurons to Fire

In First-Ever Demonstration, Researchers Show Ultrafast Light Pulses Can Trigger Neurons to Fire

By Chelsea Gohd

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Science & Energy

Activity in Part of the Brain Could Determine Whether You are a “Winner”

There’s a $100 Million Plan to Make a Synthetic Spinal Cord to End Paralysis

Prosthetics and Devices

There’s a $100 Million Plan to Make a Synthetic Spinal Cord to End Paralysis

Scientists Can Now Turn off Feelings of Thirst in Mice

Science & Energy

Scientists Can Now Turn off Feelings of Thirst in Mice

By Kristin Houser

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Health & Medicine

New Evidence Suggests Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Destroy Memories, it Only Blocks Them

Researchers Have Devised a Method to Erase Memories Associated With Fear

Health & Medicine

Researchers Have Devised a Method to Erase Memories Associated With Fear

U.S. Department of Defense Has Enlisted Six Teams to Develop New Brain-Computer-Interface Technologies

U.S. Department of Defense Has Enlisted Six Teams to Develop New Brain-Computer-Interface Technologies

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo