Engineering a smile: Stem cell–based conduits restore facial nerve function in animal study
A gesture as simple as a smile can often convey what words cannot. This is part of why nonverbal communication is so central to human interaction. It is also why facial nerve disorders and injuries can be devastating…
AI Catches Missing MRI Lesions
LOS ANGELES — An open-source artificial intelligence (AI) module can help identify epileptic lesions on MRI missed by human reviewers, including both focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and hippocampal sclerosis, according to new research. An estimated 42%-55% of adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy who undergo surgery with negative MRI findings have FCDs…
Characterizing the Visual Experience of Astronauts at the Lunar South Pole
Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water ice: the Lunar South Pole (LSP). While the Sun is in the lunar sky more consistently at the poles…
Human thought crawls at 10 bits per second, Caltech study finds
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have unveiled a startling revelation about the human mind: our thoughts move at a mere 10 bits per second, a rate that pales in comparison to the staggering billion bits per second at which our sensory systems gather environmental data…
Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to NY Murder and Other Charges
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UHC CEO Brian Thompson, pled not guilty in NY on state murder and other charges. Mangione’s defense attorney expressed concern that her client was being “treated like a human ping pong ball.” (12/23/24…
The humans behind the robots
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Here’s a question. Imagine that, for $15,000, you could purchase a robot to pitch in with all the mundane tasks in your household…
These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025
From Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon…