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What colours do you see? Mind-boggling optical illusion tricks your brain into seeing red and blue in a black and white spinning wheel

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. William and Kate attend King's'Sussex summit' at Balmoral: Waleses'have no interest in engaging' with Harry and Meghan after they announced return to UK What Kate told my close source makes me deeply worried as Meghan and Harry return to the UK... William now faces the biggest decision of his life: ROBERT JOBSON Martha's Vineyard toddler'died calling out dad's name' after being left in COLD car by babysitter now charged with his murder New York Times must pay college basketball star $9.25m as it loses defamation case for first time in 50 years over false report West Wing chaos as Susie Wiles'little pet' protege's dirty secret is exposed... leaving Trump insiders aghast Rob Reiner children's clever revenge scheme as brother Nick tries to drain their MASSIVE inheritance The humiliating reason Pete Hegseth's wife never leaves his side - and it's rattling the Pentagon Crying girl, 12, came running out from remote woods after being'kidnapped' from sleepover... as hero details rescue I know the exact moment Meghan Markle was finished in America. Trump's desperate move to stop looming midterm bloodbath as economic downturn tears through American households I thought becoming an escort at 22 would give me a life of glamour and financial freedom. This is an epic humiliation for Harry and Meghan. But these two are dangerous... we should fear a twisted real strategy behind their UK return: MAUREEN CALLAHAN Some in royal circles who have dealt with the Sussexes tell me they fear'there is more to this than we know', writes REBECCA ENGLISH Imposing waterspout looms over New York as storm, tornado and flood chaos cripples three of America's biggest airports Sarah Jessica Parker's nepo baby James Wilkie Broderick, 23, shows off bulging biceps at gym before making shock statement about his'modeling career' US woman falls to her death from hotel's 18th floor in Mexico: Husband quizzed by cops after telling staff his wife had'done something outrageous' 'Gwyneth is glad Meghan is moving out of Montecito': The Sussexes' neighbors deliver brutal verdict on move back to UK... as insiders reveal'Hollywood chatter' and one local says, 'We don't really give a cr**' The idea that his little brother is going to swan back in to steal William's thunder must be enraging: SARAH VINE'I saw everything': California dad's horror at finding teen best friends killed in fiery crash after their car was split in half What colours do you see? Mind-boggling optical illusion tricks your brain into seeing red and blue in a black and white spinning wheel The phenomenon, which has baffled scientists for hundreds of years, fools viewers into thinking they can see colours such as red and blue when they are not present.


Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?

The Atlantic - Technology

Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That? Did you mix something up? Silicon Valley has long had its own dialect. Venture capitalists are always talking about the value of being "high agency" and making "orthogonal bets." But lately, tech vernacular has taken a peculiar turn--people have started describing themselves as if they were chatbots.


Tony Wyss-Coray Is Measuring Biological Age One Organ at a Time

TIME - Tech

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. It seems odd that your body's internal age may differ from your chronological one. But Tony Wyss-Coray, a Swiss professor of neurology and director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford University, has pioneered ways to measure a person's "biological age," which scientists say more accurately reflects how a body is aging than does chronological age.


Common brain disorder suffered by millions is often dismissed as being 'all in your head'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. US Army U-turn over futuristic drone and robot unit is slammed as'deeply dangerous' This is an epic humiliation for Harry and Meghan. But these two are dangerous... we should fear the twisted real strategy behind their UK return: MAUREEN CALLAHAN America's pancreatic cancer explosion: Science breakthrough leaves experts fearing surprisingly common lifestyle habit is behind surge in young patients... as new early warning sign is revealed Trump's under-siege aide Natalie Harp caught in foul-mouthed explosion as insiders reveal White House whispers about her close access to president Sussexes'already have a house lined up to live in... and it's not a Royal residence' A close friend of Trump has told me the truth about his young aide Natalie. There's a reason the whispers are getting louder: KENNEDY Hayden Panettiere's LA neighbors were warned to call police if they saw her ex Brian Hickerson in the past... as DEA reportedly joins investigation into star's death I was mocked a year ago when I warned there was an Establishment plot to bring Harry and Meghan back to Britain. Now I've been proven right... and my sources have made it clear this is only the beginning: RICHARD EDEN Surrogate who refused to abort baby in fresh battle with biological parents over child's NAME Why loyal Trump aide Natalie Harp has only one pair of shoes - and she can even drive a golf cart in them! The'affair mode' phone settings that all cheaters use: I knew my partner was up to something... here's how I cracked his secret code and uncovered all his dirty antics Read Brian Hickerson's sinister texts to girlfriend Hayden Panettiere as he breaks cover after star's death: 'Time to go to war' Shocking moment 16-year-old girl storms field and tackles middle school football player... before being hit with assault charges and lifetime ban Virginia mother stabbed to death on jogging trail'by teenage migrant coworker' who was caught entering US illegally two years ago... then released Brooklyn Beckham's pizza-making post is flooded with pleas from fans as he shares cooking video hours after brother Romeo attended Italian culinary class Common brain disorder suffered by millions is often dismissed as being'all in your head' READ MORE: Life skill that reduces chances of dying from Alzheimer's disease By the time many people with functional neurological disorder - a condition in which there is a problem with how the brain sends and receives signals - arrive at a doctor's office, they have heard these five words more times than they can count.


There's a New Link Between Gut Health and Alzheimer's Disease

WIRED

Researchers found that a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can weaken the barrier that protects the brain and promote changes associated with the cognitive disease. For years, scientists have known that the gut microbiome of people with Alzheimer's differs from that of healthy people. What remains unclear is whether these differences are a consequence of the disease, contribute to it, or simply accompany it. It is possible that part of the puzzle lies not in the gut bacteria themselves but in the molecules they produce, which end up circulating throughout the body. A team of scientists believes it has found one such molecule.


Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound--Not a Scalpel

WIRED

One woman's meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not. Erin McNulty had been missing for weeks when her mother, Linda, sat down on a chair in her living room, exhausted. Linda had put in her usual seven-day workweek at the antiques shop she runs near Burlington, Vermont. She'd spent her free evenings driving around, trying to track down her daughter. Erin, 45 at the time, had been using methamphetamine for years. Her substance use started in high school--first alcohol, then marijuana, and eventually heroin. Erin's brother used heroin, too. When Linda found out, she started driving her kids to a methadone clinic three hours away in Massachusetts. The methadone helped, but it made Erin feel tired all the time, so she started using cocaine to stay awake. There were stretches of sobriety--she had her daughter during one of them, in 2008.


Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

WIRED

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think. Rafael Yuste is in his early sixties and bears a more than passing resemblance to Pablo Picasso--if Picasso had worn glasses and had a trim white goatee. Speaking succinctly and methodically, his accent rich with Spanish inflections, he told me about an experiment he had carried out in his lab at Columbia on the brains of mice, and specifically on that part of the cortex that responds to vision. His mentor had been the Swedish neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel, who won a Nobel Prize for his research into how our visual systems process information. "He discovered by chance that the strongest stimulus is a pattern of high-contrast dark and light bars." He held up one hand and waved his fingers back and forth. "If you imagine my fingers were bars of light surrounded by complete blackness--if I move my fingers in front of your eyes, that fires up your whole visual cortex."


Dogs really ARE man's best friend! Pooches can tell when we're angry, sad, or scared - simply by looking at our faces, study finds

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Seven children left orphaned after their mom went to ex-boyfriend's house and never made it out alive... now he's arrested for her murder Alaska Airlines flight grounded as passengers'threaten to take over plane' Brad Pitt reveals he has battled suicidal thoughts and'couldn't see a way out' as he opens up on'family stuff' amid estrangement from his children with Angelina Jolie Courtroom stunned as OnlyFans model is sentenced to six years in prison for killing boyfriend in knife attack... and she'll be out in two'Sinister' truth about'It' girl Hallie Batchelder: Hard-partying influencer's X-rated act caught on video as obscene nickname and'substances' confession are revealed A tiny receipt detail exposed my friend's cheating partner: JANA HOCKING reveals the tricks to catching an affair... and the place they think you'll never look Tupac murder trial begins with Suge Knight refusing ...


Dogs can tell if you're angry, scared, or sad

Popular Science

Dogs can tell if you're angry, scared, or sad Our canine companions may really understand what we're going through, new study suggests. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Four canine study participants--Morante, Kun-kun, Odin, and Molly--are helping scientists understand more about how dogs recognize human emotions. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


We should smile at our dogs - a new scientific study reveals why

BBC News

Any dog lover will tell you their canine friend picks up on their mood and emotions. Now scientists have worked out exactly what is going on inside a dog's brain when it sees a human - even a complete stranger - smiling or scowling. Their research involved 14 dogs in total who all sat very still in a brain scanner while they were shown pictures of people's faces. Photographs of happy, smiling human faces made an area of the brain that is associated with reward light up with activity. This reward circuitry is the part of the brain that is activated when we enjoy and remember good things, like tasty food or praise.