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Which cities offer the best quality of life for the cost? Explore how 99 cities across the Americas compare on affordability and livability. Source: Quality of Life vs. Cost in 99 Cities Across the Americas

Cloudflare co-founder and COO Michelle Zatlyn says AI will transform cybersecurity, but workers who learn to "build and sell" in roles will succeed. Source: To AI-proof jobs, think 'build and sell,' says Cloudflare co-founder

Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims. Source: AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals | WIRED

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded on Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in optogenetics, a field of neuroscience that looks at the activity of individual neurons to link them to specific behaviors. Source: What is optogenetics? Nobel Prize winner Karl Deisseroth explains how … Continue reading What is optogenetics? Nobel Prize winner Karl Deisseroth explains how light could help treat brain disorders

Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI). Source: Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient | TechCrunch

A preference for social hierarchy may be linked to both brain structure and motivation. Researchers found that people scoring higher in social dominance orientation had less gray matter in a region tied to empathy and emotion. Source: People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region

Ron Peterson is a retired U.S. Navy scientist who lost most of his eyesight. Now, he advocates for greater accessibility for others. Source: ‘My entire life’s purpose’: After losing eyesight, retired scientist advocates for others and leads local sensory hike – San Diego Union-Tribune

Its new entry point is South County Health, a hospital that’s been trying to stabilize its finances in Wakefield, R.I. Source: Mayo Clinic Rhode Island deal puts giant on Boston's doorstep

We choose perfume for how it makes us feel and how it makes us remembered. Almost nobody chooses it for their brain. But a study from Japan suggests that one scent in particular, worn every day for a month, may do something no fragrance ad has ever promised: change the structure of the brain itself.... … Continue reading Wearing This One Scent Every Day Could Boost Your Brain’s Gray Matter, According to Scientists

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The seven-year deal is the biggest single contract Cambridge-based Akamai has ever won. Source: Anthropic and Akamai get together for major AI effort

Strengthening the body’s natural daily rhythms helped mice recover after stroke by improving the brain’s waste-clearing system and reducing lingering inflammation. The approach worked even when treatment began three days after the stroke, suggesting circadian-based therapies could eventually offer a new way to support long-term recovery. Source: Resetting the body clock could help the brain … Continue reading Resetting the body clock could help the brain recover after stroke