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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Will the World Be Healthy AGAIN?

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TED Talk: Neurodivergence. Aphantasia (inability to visualise). TBI … and Aphantasia (named by Professor Zeman in Exeter University)

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Japan becomes the first country in the world to begin mining rare earth metals from the ocean floor

@nexta_tv Japan becomes the first country in the world to begin mining rare earth metals from the ocean floor Tokyo has launched a test mission to extract rare earth elements from a depth of around 6 kilometres. A specialised vessel … Continue reading →

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TED: The link between sleep and cancer …

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Futurism: Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Groks Sanguinis Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks What could possibly go wrong? By Joe Wilkins Published Jan 14, 2026 5:05 PM EST Back in December, Elon Musk’s pet chatbot Grok made headlines for casually distributing the private addresses … Continue reading →

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Futurism … what are the plans when and if AI takes over all jobs

Tech Billionaires Have No Answer for What’ll Happen If AI Takes All Jobs “It’s clear that a lot of jobs are going to disappear: it’s not clear that it’s going to create a lot of jobs to replace that.” By Joe … Continue reading →

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The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve. Comment: If only I had grasped this when I was rehabilitating from traumatic brain injury over the last 30+ years but then amnesia can be all encompassing and let’s hope I can learn now. I took the route of saturating brain with information … New focus is “Reviewing material at increasing intervals (e.g., 1 day, 3 days, 1 week) significantly improves long-term retention. Another component of TBI “The fear of moving and difficulty with spatial prediction after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are common symptoms of visual-spatial processing dysfunction and anxiety.

AI Overview The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve shows that we rapidly forget new information over time unless we actively review it, with the steepest drop in memory occurring within the first 24 hours, then leveling off, demonstrating memory decay is fast initially but … Continue reading →

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Dr Nikolay Kukushkin on Memory

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EL PAIS: Memory is not exclusive to the brain: Non-neural cells also remember

Select: subscribeLOG IN Science Silicon ValleyYoutubeGoogleLatest News Neuroscience Memory is not exclusive to the brain: Non-neural cells also remember For the first time, a new study has observed the complex spacing effect in modified kidney cells Javier Yanes JAN 03, 2025 … Continue reading →

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El Pais: Can we restore lost memories

Neuroscience Steve Ramirez, neuroscientist: ‘We have been able to restore memories that were thought to be lost’ The researcher is a pioneer in techniques for manipulating mice brains to change how they recall past events Daniel Mediavilla JAN 13, 2026 – … Continue reading →

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