Who are 'Mitochondrial Eve' and 'Y-chromosomal Adam' – and why did they never meet, even though you owe your life to them both?
NeuroBlog
Humanity Won't Be Destroyed by AI. Humanity Will Destroy Itself Using It
The Future & Futurology • Technologies
It won't be an artificial intellect deciding that humans are redundant; humans will make that decision themselves, one small, convenient step at a time.
Lab
The Fear of Losing vs. the Fear of Overpaying: How Risk Aversion Changes the Auction Game
Finance & Economics
Why do people overbid at some auctions, yet deliberately lowball their bids at others? It all comes down to the psychology of fear and the design of the game.
A study of faculty at 16 Russian universities reveals how AI is transforming research and teaching, and where it still falls short.
Leo Neuro-Tolstoy on war, love, freedom, and the meaning of life in a world where algorithms know more about us than we know about ourselves.
NeuroBlog
Hollywood in the Mirror of the Past: Why Remakes and Sequels Have Filled the Screens
Creativity & Entertainment • Movie
We explore why Hollywood is increasingly returning to familiar stories, and what lies behind it: a fear of risk, the logic of money, or something more profound.
NeuroBlog
Famine in the Age of Abundance: Feeding 10 Billion Without Destroying the Planet
The Future & Futurology • Resources
The Earth is already struggling to sustain eight billion people. What will happen when our population swells further, and can humanity navigate this challenge without self-destruction?
Lab
When You Only See Part of the Game: How Economists Guess the Rules From Others' Moves
Finance & Economics
A study on how to determine, from the individual actions of players, whether hidden coordination exists – and whether it can be exploited for profit.
NeuroBlog
What the Twitter to X Rebrand Reveals: Losing a Name as a Psychological Experiment
Psychology & Society • Marketing
When a company changes its name, it's doing more than just changing a sign. It's testing the strength of our attachment to the familiar and exploring what happens to our trust when a symbol vanishes.