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My Strange Saga of Dating While Pregnant

Carrying a baby for my brother and his husband didn’t seem compatible with new love. And yet.

The New York Times - 39m

Scientists map part of a mouse's brain that's so complex it looks like a galaxy

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date

ABC News - 1d

Netflix releases Thronglets game tied to Black Mirror ‘Plaything’ episode

Netflix has released a very strange simulation game called Thronglets that is tied to the new Black Mirror Season 7 episode called Plaything.

VentureBeat - 21h

Scientists Had a Mouse Watch Parts of ‘The Matrix.’ Here’s What They Found.

AI helped the researchers create an astonishing map of part of a mouse’s brain, a step towards better understanding how our own brains work.

Inc. - 1d

Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.”

The New York Times - 1d

Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

The New York Times - 10h

Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side.