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In 2022, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs made a big splash after announcing that it had taught “mini-brains” consisting of 800,000 to one million living human brain cells in a petri dish how ...

Can a set of lab-grown human neurons fused with silicon play Doom? The answer to that question is yes, and the proof of concept required a massive leap from the Pong-playing demonstration we saw a few ...

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

Crypto payments tied to trafficking rose 85% in 2025, Chainalysis said. Blockchain data showed services were largely based in Southeast Asia. However, paying customers originated from the Americas, ...

Dave & Busters is offering people the chance to score a diamond engagement ring by participating in a "Human Crane" game at certain locations this Valentine's Day. Based on videos of the ride ...

A U.S. Census Bureau report on retail sales, delayed due to last year’s government shutdown, offered a snapshot of what happened in December with record online holiday spending. While economists had, ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability thought to be uniquely ...