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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Sunday, August 31, 2025

This diet appears to protect aging brains from dementia-related degeneration

https://www.psypost.org/this-diet-appears-to-protect-aging-brains-from-dementia-related-degeneration/ 

Despite the hype, generative AI hasn’t outshined humans in creative idea generation

https://www.psypost.org/despite-the-hype-generative-ai-hasnt-outshined-humans-in-creative-idea-generation/ 

Scientists fed people a fat-filled milkshake – it disrupted blood flow to their brains within hours

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-fed-people-a-fat-filled-milkshake-it-disrupted-blood-flow-to-their-brains-within-hours/ 

Vitamin C activates skin genes that may reverse age-related thinning

https://www.pressrundown.com/health/vitamin-c-activates-skin-genes-that-may-reverse-age-related-thinning 

Scientists Have Just Created The Most Synthetic Life Form Ever

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-just-created-the-most-synthetic-life-form-ever 

The skin can produce its own immune response to control the microbiota

https://microbiomepost.com/the-skin-can-produce-its-own-immune-response-to-control-the-microbiota/ 

Monday, August 25, 2025

High-fat fructose diet linked to anxiety-like behavior via disrupted liver-brain communication

https://www.psypost.org/high-fat-fructose-diet-linked-to-anxiety-like-behavior-via-disrupted-liver-brain-communication/ 

Neuroscientists find evidence of an internal brain rhythm that orchestrates memory

https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-find-evidence-of-an-internal-brain-rhythm-that-orchestrates-memory/ 

Top AI models fail spectacularly when faced with slightly altered medical questions

https://www.psypost.org/top-ai-models-fail-spectacularly-when-faced-with-slightly-altered-medical-questions/ 

LASIK Without Lasers? Scientists May Have Found a Way

https://gizmodo.com/lasik-without-lasers-scientists-may-have-found-a-way-2000645776 

Elon Musk’s New Software Company Is the Opposite of Microsoft. "It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, but the project is very real!" Musk says.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-new-software-company-microsoft-macrohard-2000646847 

Scientists Propose a Smarter Way to Hunt for Alien Radio Signals. We might find intelligent aliens by looking for them the same way they’d find us.

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-propose-a-smarter-way-to-hunt-for-alien-radio-signals-2000646822 

Study reveals a universal pattern of brain wave frequencies. Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-reveals-universal-pattern-brain-wave-frequencies-0118 

Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250702214148.htm 

Memories aren't static in the brain — they 'drift' over time

https://www.livescience.com/health/memory/memories-arent-static-in-the-brain-they-drift-over-time 

Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact, The minds of social species are strikingly resonant

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-waves-synchronize-when-people-interact/ 

Friday, August 22, 2025

Fossilized fish trails reveal earliest steps out of water. Possible lungfish tracks could push back animal migration onto land by 10 million years

https://www.science.org/content/article/fossilized-fish-trails-reveal-earliest-steps-out-water 

Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/scientists-accidentally-discover-laser-free-lasik-alternative-5902636 

#A new cosmological model suggests #BlackHoles may convert infalling matter into #DarkEnergy, potentially explaining both dark energy’s evolution and the true mass of neutrinos in the universe.

https://x.com/physorg_com/status/1958726860453339476 

This AI Model Predicts Whether Fusion Power Experiments Will Work

https://singularityhub.com/2025/08/19/this-ai-model-predicts-whether-fusion-power-experiments-will-work/ 

New Brain Implant Decodes ‘Inner Monologue’ of People With Paralysis

https://singularityhub.com/2025/08/18/new-brain-implant-decodes-inner-monologue-of-people-with-paralysis/ 

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Scientists have uncovered these weird facts about psychopathic individuals

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-have-uncovered-these-weird-facts-about-psychopathic-individuals/ 

Bright children from low-income homes lose cognitive edge in early secondary school

https://www.psypost.org/bright-children-from-low-income-homes-lose-cognitive-edge-in-early-secondary-school/ 

Melatonin supplements may boost DNA repair in night shift workers, new study finds

https://www.psypost.org/melatonin-supplements-may-boost-dna-repair-in-night-shift-workers-new-study-finds/ 

First-Ever Look at Exploding Molecules Reveals Their Quantum Secrets

https://gizmodo.com/first-ever-look-at-exploding-molecules-reveals-their-quantum-secrets-2000640946 

ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine CEO Sam Altman says it's like having a superpower, but GPT-5 struggles with basic questions.

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-is-still-a-bullshit-machine-2000640488 

From Google AI: What state has the letter r in the us

StateAbbrev- iationPostal code
Puerto RicoP.R.PR
Rhode IslandR.I.RI
South CarolinaS.C.SC
South DakotaS.D.SD

New research supports the “rabbit hole” model of conspiratorial thinking

https://www.psypost.org/new-research-supports-the-rabbit-hole-model-of-conspiratorial-thinking/