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🧠 ONE MIND, TWO BODIES — It sounds like science fiction: a paralyzed man controlling another person’s hand — and feeling what she feels. Using an experimental brain implant, researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have built a literal “neural bridge” between two people, allowing thoughts to move muscles and sensations to flow back in real time.
—> ⚡ THE SCIENCE: The implant reads the brain’s intent to move, decodes it with AI, and transmits electrical signals to another person’s muscles. In tests, Keith Thomas — paralyzed from the chest down — used his thoughts to help another participant, Kathy Denapoli, pour a bottle of water and even feel its weight through her fingertips. Both saw measurable recovery in strength and sensation.
—> 🌐 BIG PICTURE: It’s called thought-driven therapy — a new kind of collaborative rehabilitation where one brain can help heal another. Beyond spinal injuries, scientists think it could help stroke or ALS patients retrain neural circuits that have gone dark.
—> 🚀 WHY WE CARE: It’s not telepathy — it’s connection. In an age where AI often feels isolating, this technology literally links minds, restoring not just motion but empathy.
Source: SingularityHub
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🚀 HELLO FUTURE — Space, Nukes & AI Slop. This week, host Kevin Cirilli goes full sci-fi-meets-reality with three mind-bending conversations you’ll want in your earbuds before the future hits.
—> 🧠 Brain Fog: How AI Is Making Us Dumber (and What to Do About It) — AI advisor Chloe Autio joins Kevin to talk about the rise of “AI slop,” how to fight back with Original Intelligence, and why staying human might be the most radical act of all.
—> 🌕 Should We Nuke an Asteroid (to Save the Moon)? — Former NASA astronaut Dr. Ed Lu returns to unpack a real-life Armageddon scenario and what it says about humanity’s growing power to reshape—and defend—our place in the cosmos.
—> 🧬 We Can Harvest Organs in Space — Vast CEO Max Haot reveals how the first commercial space station could double as a biotech lab growing human organs in orbit.
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🦕 DINOSAURS WERE DOING GREAT UNTIL ASTEROID HIT — New rocks in New Mexico show dinosaurs were strong and happy just before a huge space rock ended their time.
—> 💡 BIG PICTURE: Some grown-ups thought dinosaurs were already getting weak and fewer before the asteroid. But new science says NO WAY! In the south, big long-neck dinosaurs and cool duck-bills were living large.
—> 🧠 SUPER COOL FINDS: Scientists dated rocks two ways — with special crystals and tiny magnets inside. The youngest dinosaur bones are only about 350,000 years before the big crash! That’s like yesterday in dinosaur time.
—> 🌎 WHY WE CARE: This proves the asteroid was the real bad guy — not sickness or less food. Dinosaurs ruled until BOOM — lights out! It helps us understand how fast Earth can change.
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🌐 THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET — This week, OpenAI officially declared war on Google’s dominance of the web. The company launched ChatGPT Atlas, a desktop browser that blends traditional web navigation with its viral AI chatbot — a direct challenge to Chrome’s two-decade reign as the internet’s front door.
—> ⚔️ GOOGLE VS. OPENAI: Google still powers roughly 72% of global web traffic through Chrome, but cracks are showing. Pew data shows people are clicking fewer links when AI summaries appear, and Apple execs testified that search queries declined for the first time ever this year. Enter Atlas — a browser where your first interaction isn’t a search bar, it’s ChatGPT. Highlight a term, ask “what’s this?” and the AI explains. Need dinner plans? It can find, compare, and book — all without leaving the page.
—> 🧠 THE SHIFT: Atlas signals the start of an AI-first web — one that prioritizes conversation over clicks. Instead of typing queries and skimming lists of links, users get context, answers, and action in real time. For OpenAI, this is more than product evolution; it’s an attempt to redefine the entire interface between humans and the internet.
—> 🚀 BIG PICTURE: Both Google and OpenAI are racing to turn browsers into digital assistants — but Altman’s vision puts ChatGPT at the center of everything you do online. As the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google notes, the next monopoly won’t be about search — it’ll be about intelligence.
—> 💭 MTF’s TAKE: The internet might not be as important as you think in the future — because AI will be the new front page. As users shift from browsing to prompting, data from Pew and Apple shows search activity and link-clicking already in decline. The real race isn’t for the web — it’s for your attention.
Source: CNN Business
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Kev
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