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Henry Grabar has had enough battling knotweed. All he wanted was to build a small garden in Brooklyn—a bit of peace amid the cacophony of city life. But a plant with beet-red leaves soon took over his nascent garden. The fastest growing plant he’d ever seen, it could sprout up to 10 feet high and grow thick as a cornfield. Even with herbicide, it was nearly impossible to kill.

Mice with the new skull implant went about their days as usual. Meanwhile, sensors spread across half their brains recorded electrical chatter.

Magic mushrooms have recently had a reputation revamp. Often considered a hippie drug, their main active component, psilocybin, is being tested in a variety of clinical trials as a therapy for the likes of depression and post-traumatic stress, bipolar, and eating disorders.

A new study found a text-based generative AI, when heavily trained on AI-generated content, produces utter nonsense after just a few cycles of training.

The brain is like a medieval castle perched on a cliff, protected on all sides by high walls, making it nearly impenetrable.

One of the largest and strongest beetles in the world hardly seems the best inspiration for a delicate flying microbot.

Our brains are constantly learning. That new sandwich deli rocks. That gas station? Better avoid it in the future.

On Aug 27, all eyes will be on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a historic flight.

Depression doesn’t mean you’re always feeling low. Sure, most times it’s hard to crawl out of bed or get motivated. Once in a while, however, you feel a spark of your old self—only to get sucked back into an emotional black hole.

Scientists have long been interested in metformin, a widely prescribed drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes, for its potential to delay aging.