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Neuralink announced on May 7, 2026 that its next-generation surgical robot can place electrode threads into virtually any ...

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Ten minutes of silence may do far more than calm you down. Researchers studying deep quiet found that when noise disappears, the brain can shift in ways that change what you notice, what you remember, ...

Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. And it's not easy. Holes are drilled into the patient's skull so tiny wires can ...

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