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American pop icon Britney Spears spoke out in an explosive testimony on Wednesday about the troubling situation surrounding her conservatorship.
Future Society

Britney Spears Says She’s Being Forced to Take Psychiatric Medication, Stay on Birth Control

By Victor Tangermann

Exposure to air pollution seems to cause short-term cognitive defecits in older white men, according to an alarming new study.
Neuroscience and Brain

Something Is Frizzling Up the Brains of Old White Guys

By Dan Robitzski

Texas doctor Hasan Gokal was fired for giving out ten COVID-19 vaccine shots with only six hours remaining until the vial would have expired.
Developments

Doctor Fired for Giving Out Vaccine Doses That Were About to Expire

By Victor Tangermann

A rare neurodegenerative disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is becoming more common in Japan as its population ages.
Neuroscience and Brain

As Japan’s Population Ages, a Rare Brain-Eating Disease Is Becoming More Common

By Dan Robitzski

New research links Parkinson's Disease dementia to the activity of a specific hormone found in our guts, perhaps leading to new treatments or diagnostics.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Link Parkinson’s to a Hormone in Your Gut

By Dan Robitzski

A new proposed study will look into the anti-aging effects of Type 2 Diabetes drug metformin — and potentially give us a way to slow down aging for good.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Suspect This Drug Can Actually Delay Aging

By Tony Ho Tran

Yet another study suggests there's a strong condition between COVID-19 and a variety of psychiatric and neurological conditions.
Health & Medicine

More Evidence Links COVID to Mental Illness, Neurological Disease

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study by researchers at Oxford, 20 percent of those previously infected with the coronavirus develop a mental illness within 90 days.
Health & Medicine

Oxford Research: 18% of COVID Patients Develop Mental Illness Within Months

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing body of evidence, the New York Times reports, that COVID adversely affects the memory and concentration of some patients.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Say Many COVID Survivors Have Memory Loss, Brain Fog

By Jon Christian

A new study suggests that long exposure to microgravity caused long-term expansions in astronauts' brains and cerebrospinal fluid.
Brain

New Research: Space Travel Causes Astronauts’ Brains to Expand

By Victor Tangermann

A bioethicist argues that making gene-hacked designer babies is not only possible but ethically responsible, if it means eradicated diseases.
Gene Editing

Bioethicist Argues That We Need a CRISPR Baby Industry ASAP

By Dan Robitzski

New warnings about "zombie deer disease" are sweeping the U.S., but according to one expert, it may already be too late to stop the spread to humans.
Developments

Expert: “Zombie Deer Disease” May Have Already Spread to Humans

By Kristin Houser

A new study reveals that cosmic radiation is even more dangerous than we thought. Mice exposed to Mars-journey levels developed dementia-like symptoms.
Science & Energy

Mars-Journey Levels of Radiation Seriously Damaged Mouse Brains

By Dan Robitzski

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests
Neuroscience and Brain

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

By Natalie Coleman

Science writer Philip Ball donated some arm flesh to a lab that grew a miniature brain out of his cells. It made him question how we define humanity.
Biology

A Lab Grew a “Mini Brain” From This Guy’s Cells. Then Things Got Weird.

By Dan Robitzski

A Wisconsin vending machine company is developing a GPS implant for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Tech Company Wants to Implant GPS Trackers in Dementia Patients

By Kristin Houser

You can now peruse online profiles to pick someone you want to hang out with on a platonic level —as long as renting friends is something you can afford.
Future Society

This Is What You Get When You Rent Friends From the Internet

By Kristin Houser

A dementia reversal treatment is moving from animal testing to human safety trials thanks to $10 million in funding from the Australian government.
Treatments

Treatment to Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms Moving to Human Trials

By Kristin Houser

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

"Zombie deer disease" is spreading amongst animal populations, and experts are concerned it could make the leap to humans.
Health & Medicine

“Zombie” Deer Disease Could Spread to Humans, Experts Warn

By Kristin Houser

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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