The Environmental Protection Agency plans to weaken a Biden-era regulation that required power plants to slash pollutants, including the emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin that impairs brain development, according to an internal agency document. Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, intends to announce the proposed changes within days, according to two people who have been briefed…
Demis Hassabis speaks at SXSW London 2025 on AI frontiers panel. (Getty Images) Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has followed an extraordinary path marked by academic brilliance, scientific curiosity, and technological innovation. From mastering chess at the age of four to leading one of the…
As the Indian government brought on board Jason Miller, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, as its lobbyist in Washington, Pakistan has hired Keith Schiller, Trump’s ex-bodyguard, as its representative in the US. This even as the two countries engage in a diplomatic offensive after India’s Operation Sindoor and a mini Indo-Pak war….
Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened. When she tried to call her other dog, “I couldn’t speak,” she said. As she walked downstairs to let them into the yard, “I noticed that my…
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What Pompeii’s most shocking discoveries reveal about Roman life More than two millennia ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted with cataclysmic force, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under thick layers of ash and volcanic debris. The disaster struck so suddenly in 79 AD that people, animals, and daily life were frozen in time—preserved beneath…
Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Bengaluru. (PTI) Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist has questioned MS Dhoni‘s tactical decisions and batting performance following Chennai Super Kings‘ two-run defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. The loss marked RCB’s…
Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that neuroscientists don’t have any explanations for it. Far from it. “In the field of consciousness, there are already so many theories that we don’t need more theories,” said Oscar Ferrante, a neuroscientist at the University of Birmingham. If you’re looking for a theory to explain…
AI visuals are for representation purposes only and may not reflect actual content. For centuries, the nature of consciousness was a mystery left to philosophers, but today, scientists from various fields, including biology, neuroscience, and physics, are exploring a groundbreaking theory: could human consciousness actually alter reality?One emerging theory suggests that consciousness might not be…
Do we really have free will when it comes to eating? It’s a vexing question that is at the heart of why so many people find it so difficult to stick to a diet. To get answers, one neuroscientist, Harvey J. Grill of the University of Pennsylvania, turned to rats and asked what would happen…