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There's no point at which turning your brain off will work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: llms, meat proxy, ai coding

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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Alice Klein | tags: neural ectoderm, brain evolution, otx2 gene

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Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged: Study (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Alice Klein | tags: mouse embryo, brain evolution, otx2 gene

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Someone trained Google’s fruit fly brain simulation to play Balatro, and it’s working (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: balatro, google, fruit fly brain simulation

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The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-17 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: stanford, brain organoids, chimeric mice

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Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Victoria Gill | tags: human-mouse chimeric brain, clinical trials, animal models

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Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: organoids, stem cells, stanford research

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Hear why Science Corp CEO Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-16 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: science corp, max hodak, brain-computer interface

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Hear why Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-16 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: neuralink, max hodak, science corporation

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Scientists Grew More Human Brain Tissue in a Mouse Than Ever Before—and People Have Questions (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: human brain organoids, neural networks, mouse brain

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She Couldn’t Speak Until a Revolutionary Brain Implant Turned Her Thoughts Into Words: ‘I Have a Lot to Say’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: paradromics, brain-computer interface, matt angle

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Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-16 | by Antonio Regalado | tags: human brain organoids, stanford university, sergiu pasca

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‘Don’t tell Saturday Night Live’: Bill Ackman set to tear down SNL Upper West Side studio for brain research institute plans (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: bill ackman, saturday night live, brain research institute

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‘Dont tell Saturday Night Live´: Bill Ackman set to tear down SNL Upper West Side studio for brain research institute plans (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: bill ackman, saturday night live, brain research institute

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Daily briefing: Asgards — the microorganisms that might have begat us all (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Graham | tags: microproteins, alzheimer's disease, gut-brain axis

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Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Thompson | tags: brain-tissue transplant, mice, cortex

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Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kozlov | tags: human brain cells, mouse chimeras, stanford university

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A retinoic acid autoregulatory loop governing prefrontal–motor arealization (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Yang | tags: retinoic acid, prefrontal cortex, cortical arealization

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Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Naddaf | tags: alzheimer's disease, microproteins, brain proteomics

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AI is fast food for the brain (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: fast food, tech companies, accountant

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Daily briefing: Reading for pleasure linked to big brain benefits (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-15 | by Graham | tags: brain-computer interfaces, james webb space telescope, mom-z14 galaxy

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‘Stomach bugs’ send protective immune cells rushing from gut to brain (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-15 | by Conroy | tags: gut-brain axis, meninges, immune memory

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‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-14 | by Naddaf | get Neuralink BCI device → | tags: brain–computer interfaces, nature neuroscience, artificial intelligence

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The Latest Weird Thing to Play Doom Is the Mapped-Out Brain of a Fruit Fly (cnet.com)

2026-09-13 | by Joe Hindy | get Doom Eternal Nintendo Switch → | tags: doom, fruit fly brain, google

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Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Models of the Mind Grace Lindsay book → | tags: stonkfly, fruit fly brain, coinbase

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Can Red-Light Therapy Treat Brain Injuries? (slashdot.org)

2026-09-12 | get Hooga red light therapy panel 660nm 850nm → | tags: photobiomodulation, red-light therapy, university of utah

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Male Fruit Fly Brain Trained to Play Doom (slashdot.org)

2026-09-12 | get Doom Guy Life in First Person John Romero book → | tags: doom, fruit fly brain, google

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Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-11 | by Jessica Hamzelou | get kirigami paper cutting book → | tags: paschal kija, postpartum hemorrhage, brain electrodes

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Bodily Oddities (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | get binaural ASMR headphones in-ear → | tags: asmr, bppv, brain zaps

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Drug-delivering particles aim to breach the blood–brain barrier (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Makin | tags: blood-brain barrier, drug delivery, messenger rna