One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
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An insect-scale flapping-wing robot performs a somersault.

Researchers have designed a neural network policy based on a model predictive controller that plans and executes the aggressive maneuvers necessary for insect-like flight agility.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4iwqlTa

If the tax avoiding billionaires want private school funding let them pay for it themselves.😡

When Chatbots Break Our Minds How big a problem is “AI psychosis”?

"Should AI chatbots talk with you as if they’re human?

@cwarzel.bsky.social speaks with author Kashmir Hill about the ever more alarming relationships people build with AI chatbots. Listen to the episode at the link in our bio."

Having established itself as “the AI company for business,” Anthropic’s challenge is to keep that title in an industry where performance leaderboards can shift overnight and market gains can quickly disappear. trib.al/5r375rz

This startup built a Fitbit for your brain to combat chronic stress | TechCrunch Awear won the Battlefield 200 health stage pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

Awear won the Battlefield 200 health stage pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

I don't know about whole body cloning but organs. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Programmable CRISPR platform can reduce stem cell differentiation from months to weeks Syntax Bio, a synthetic biology company programming the next generation of cell therapies, has published new research in Science Advances detailing the company's CRISPR-based Cellgorithm technology, which lays the groundwork for programmable control of gene activity in human stem cells and offers an alternative to the slow, variable manual processes researchers use today.

🧬✨ Programming life itself! Syntax Bio’s Cellgorithm unlocks precise control of stem cells with CRISPR, bypassing slow methods. Future cell therapies are here! 🚀 #syntheticbiology

Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-programmable-crispr-platform-stem-cell.html

This Simple Audio Augmentation System Enhances Mindfulness, Focus, Say Researchers Amplifying sounds near your hands sounds simple enough, but the impact on its users appears profound.

Researchers have developed a wearable designed to ground its users in the moment — with audible augmentation based the sound of quotidian tasks like stirring a coffee or handling a paper bag.

Is the battery easily removed?🤔

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

A new anonymous phone carrier startup Phreeli, launching today, will let you sign up for cellular service with almost no personally identifiable information—not even your name. All it asks for is a ZIP code, the minimum info legally required for tax purposes. www.wired.com/story/new-an...

Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.

But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.

This Robotic Surgery Legend Is Pouring $100 Million Into Next-Gen Medical Startups Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could help make both complex and common surgeries more accessible to everyone.

Fred Moll, the legendary cofounder of Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could help make both complex and common surgeries more accessible for everyone.

My latest @forbes.com daily cover story

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Waymo has a school bus problem Waymo is racking up violations over its robotaxis' behavior around stopped school buses in Georgia and Texas.

Waymo has a school bus problem: Waymo is racking up violations over its robotaxis' behavior around stopped school buses in Georgia and Texas.

Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook for the metaverse. Four years and $70 billion in losses later, he’s moving on | Fortune Zuckerberg once framed Metaverse as the “successor to the mobile internet."

Meta’s Reality Labs division has racked up more than $70 billion in losses since 2021, according to Bloomberg, burning through cash on blocky virtual environments, glitchy avatars, expensive headsets, and a user base of approximately 38 people as of 2022. trib.al/bwdTpSK

Researchers led from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) have found that pantoprazole—a proton pump inhibitor used to prevent stomach bleeding—provides not only clinical protection for mechanically ventilated ICU patients but also significant economic advantages.

These Were The 10 Biggest EV Battery Developments In 2025 For the battery industry, it was a year of breakthroughs, setbacks and everything in between.

From sodium-ion to the EV slowdown, these were the biggest battery stories in 2025.

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement | TechCrunch The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity, joining other publishers using legal action as leverage to force AI companies into licensing deals that compensate content creators.

The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity, joining other publishers using legal action as leverage to force AI companies into licensing deals that compensate content creators.

Illustrative diagrams depicting optical measurements and blood flow analysis in a human finger. Panel (a) shows light scattering by blood and tissue at two phases of the heartbeat. Panel (b) outlines equations related to optical measurements. Panel (c) displays graphs for Blood Flow Index (BFI) and Photoplethysmography (PPG) across heartbeats. Panel (d) demonstrates a setup with a finger inserted into a device measuring blood flow. Panel (e) is a detailed schematic of the finger measurement device. Panel (f) compares PPG and BFI waveforms.

💡 Imagine checking blood pressure without the squeeze of a cuff!

Researchers from @bostonu.bsky.social & Boston Medical Center are using light signals from skin to track blood flow. This could make monitoring hypertension easier.

#JustPublished in #BiophotonicsDiscovery: https://bit.ly/4otBDca

AI is Infringing on Your Civil Rights. Here’s How We Can Stop That | ACLU By supporting the AI Civil Rights Act of 2025, Congress can take a monumental step to protect our civil rights in the digital age.

The decisions AI make about us are often discriminatory.

The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.

Image from article in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

💡 Revolutionizing neuroimaging: DLMUSE segments brain MRIs in seconds, enabling large-scale studies without the need for complex setups -- Dive into the future of brain research! https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240299 @upenn.edu #NeurIPS2025 #AI #DeepLearning

I can't wait to see the changes to our air-launched armament supply chain. 🙄

The far right is mobilizing against Trump AI czar David Sacks A controversial executive order dictating America’s AI policy has MAGA scrambling against the White House and its Special Advisor on AI and Crypto.

Big @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop - the Trump MAGA / tech coalition continues to fracture as the hard right pushes back against David Sacks and his attempt to preempt state AI laws. Caught in the middle: Vance. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

New 'physics shortcut' lets laptops tackle quantum problems once reserved for supercomputers and AI Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly "conversion table" that works on a laptop and returns results within hours.

Physicists have developed a way to model quantum systems on everyday computers, making it easier to run complex simulations without relying on supercomputers or artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

#artificialintelligence #quantumcomputers #technology

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Augmented reality meets neuroendoscopy Hopkins researchers bring advanced 3D visualization techniques to neurosurgery.

Johns Hopkins researchers (including @imagingai.bsky.social) have improved their cutting-edge augmented endoscopy algorithm—which allows neurosurgeons to navigate the deep brain in real time without having to use invasive clamps or pins—for real-life operations by integrating #AI tracking.

Hmmm 🤔

Tricking the brain to make exercise feel easier Why do some people find a short jog exhausting, while others seem to run effortlessly? Of course, part of the answer lies in training and muscle strength.

Tendon vibration before cycling can alter brain signals, leading to higher power output and heart rate without increasing perceived effort, suggesting new ways to make exercise feel easier. doi.org/hbdnr5

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...