Cortical Labs, which made headlines in 2022 after teaching neurons in a dish to play Pong, said the internet had “immediately asked the only question that matters in computing: can it run Doom?” In a ...

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A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

A new study has uncovered why some brain cells are more resistant to Alzheimer’s damage than others. Researchers found a natural cleanup system that helps remove toxic tau protein before it can form ...

Qatar has announced the arrest of what it called two cells operating for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ten suspects were arrested in the cells, the Qatar News Agency (QNA) announced on ...