Diversity in Demographics and Specialties — People are becoming increasingly aware that since 2014, major tech companies such as Apple and Google have released diversity reports of their company demographics, which — to our shock but also in line with prior expectations — were not at all diverse. These reports from major companies showed a huge…

Brain-to-brain interfaces potential to create a dual mind, a social network of connected brains, an AI of multiple human minds, and a lot more. — The development of language is arguably one of the most important innovations in human history. It has allowed us to communicate with one another in ways never thought possible — to communicate information so very precisely — and it has such a great linguistic diversity, with over 7000 different languages…

Exploring Sleep Among Common Animal Models — While its exact function and role remains unknown, the importance of restful sleep is incontestable. Lack of sleep leads to impaired cognitive function, an increased drive to sleep, and can have long-lasting impacts on health. …

The horizon shatters. Ever so slightly at first, the night breaking into a thousand pieces of fractured heaven, flung outward and high across a blanket of green, the velvet glow melted by the shining morning star. Life gleams. With the dreary shell of human existence now broken, you see the…

Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physicist claimed that we do not have direct access to the world and its constituents (Patton, 2018). We can only access the events they lead to in our brains. For example, looking at the sky and realising that there is a full moon most notably…

A crash course on the neurobiology of love and where applications like Tinder fit in to this complicated picture — When you think about the question “What is love?” The first answer that may come to mind is “baby don’t hurt me… no more.” Despite being the opening phrase of Haddaway’s hit 1990s anthem, this age-old question is one that neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers alike continue to grapple with. Love…

A prominent fear regarding the emergence and use of artificial intelligence (AI) is that it will fundamentally change how humans interact: how we feel, experience, and communicate emotions. Despite how crucial empathy is for humans in order to establish meaningful connections and relationships, empathy seems to be dwindling. As technology…