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The technology could one day decode dreams-or reveal our most private thoughts. The post This AI Reconstructs What Youre Looking at From a Brain Scan appeared first on SingularityHub.

Hacking incidents by AI agents are creating a legal minefield. The developers and deployers of rogue bots could be held liable.

A double-blind trial finds low-dose LSD microdosing significantly sharpens sustained attention and cuts attention lapses in women, but not in men.

A leading theory of consciousness explains experience as information flowing through a global workspace in the mind. On board a luxury yacht, neuroscientists and philosophers recently debated signs of a similar workspace...

A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others, a group that may have been victims of Viking raid.

Researchers from Rutgers, IBM and collaborating institutions have shown that a quantum computer can check what is happening inside it and respond while it is running, repeatedly resetting parts of the system to bring cha...

The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia.

This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman.

The world hasn't experienced an El Niño this strong since the 1870s, when it sparked a terrible global famine. Are we better prepared this time?

Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult.

Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, have been linked to unexpectedly high rates of nail detachment, hair loss, and scalp inflammation, with some problems occurring several times more frequently a...

Scientists discovered that declining levels of a protein called Menin may help drive aging, and restoring it in older mice reversed several age-related changes in just 30 days. Even more surprisingly, supplementing with ...

Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly 20 years. NASA satellite imag...

Scientists have discovered that vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its distinctive flavor, has powerful properties that could help fight infections, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. The inexpensive,...