The Psychology of DIY Biohacking

The do-it-yourself (DIY) biohack movement is here, and it’s turning science into a communal experiment. High schoolers in Seattle have engineered bacteria in science fairs, while biohackers like Josiah Zayner have livestreamed self-injections of homemade

Do ‘Watching Eye’ Images Increase Charitable Donations?

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AI Predicts Active Brain Cell Types With High Accuracy

A major neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithm. In a study published this month in Cell, a multinational team of twenty-three scientists demonstrated that AI