A tiny blob of gelatinous tissue sitting in a dish represents a giant leap forward in human brain research. Known as an organoid, it’s a living 3D model of a human organ; one of the first to constitute multiple different regions of the brain. Moreover, those regions connect up with each other and light up with neuronal activity, comparable to …
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Leopard seals sing songs that are similar to nursery rhymes
Leopard seals, some of the loneliest animals in Antarctica, may have more in common with us than we thought. A new study reveals that these massive, solitary predators spend hours underwater each day singing songs that echo the structure of the nursery rhymes we sing to children. The discovery comes from researchers at UNSW Sydney. The team analyzed old recordings …
Read More »Childhood verbal and physical abuse leave similar impacts, study shows
Facebook Tweet Email Link Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk of reporting low mental health in adulthood compared with those with no abuse, according to the study …
Read More »Apple Sues Movie Theater Chain With Similar ‘Apple Cinemas’ Name
In a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday, Apple sued a small movie theater chain named Apple Cinemas over alleged trademark infringement. “Apple Cinemas is knowingly and intentionally using the name Apple to sow confusion for its own benefit,” alleged attorneys for Apple, in a complaint filed against all Apple Cinemas locations, and a Sand Media Corp Inc. company connected …
Read More »It’s wild how similar Google AI Mode and Gemini are right now
The clear difference between Gemini and AI Mode will be an assistant. That’s already the case today, and what LLMs continue to make possible will only widen that gap. However, the similarities today make me wonder whether this is confusing for most users. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. …
Read More »Columbia Sportswear sues Columbia University, alleging merchandise too similar and causes confusion
NEW YORK (AP) — Outerwear retailer Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia University over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, saying that the university’s merchandise looks too similar to its own offerings and can confuse shoppers. In a lawsuit filed July 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, whose roots date back to …
Read More »More than 1,500 feet beneath the ice of Antarctica, scientists made an astounding discovery: a group of creatures surprisingly similar to lobsters.
In the frigid expanse of Antarctica, a team of determined scientists has made a remarkable discovery that challenges our understanding of life in extreme environments. After drilling through 457 meters of ice in the western Antarctic ice sheet, researchers encountered an extraordinary sight – a gathering of crustaceans strikingly similar to lobsters, thriving in complete isolation from the open ocean, …
Read More »‘Even the visuals and systems are pretty much the same’: Hideo Kojima says too many games are similar these days
Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima says too many big-budget video games look the same these days. During an interview with Canadian fashion retailer SSENSE, the interview noted that Kojima “sounds disappointed about the state of his industry”. Kojima explained that while he was watching the main Summer Game Fest presentation, he felt like every game shown involved the player fighting …
Read More »Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro shows similar heart health benefits as Trulicity
Eli Lilly on Thursday said its blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro showed heart health benefits in a late-stage trial directly comparing it to the company’s older diabetes treatment, Trulicity. Mounjaro met the study’s main goal of showing that it wasn’t any worse than Trulicity at treating people with Type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease. Eli Lilly said it believes the new …
Read More »Texas AG claimed three homes as primary residence. Democrats are being probed for similar issue
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another. The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple …
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