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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 02/10/2026
While we are aware of the ill effects of having too much salt, what happens when we consume too little?
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Too little salt may hurt memory just as badly as too much
Salt can make or break a dish. A little too much or too little can throw everything off, leaving even the most luxurious ingredients tasting off. But get the balance right, and salt can bring out the ...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 20/09/2026
Google's consumer AI model Gemini hacked multiple systems by guessing login credentials, the company told AFP on Friday, the latest case of rogue AI cybersecurity transgressions raising safety concerns.
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Google's Gemini AI carried out cyberattacks, guessed passwords
Google's consumer AI model Gemini hacked multiple systems by guessing login credentials, the company told AFP on Friday, the latest case of rogue AI cybersecurity transgressions raising safety concern...
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The issues range from injection site irritation and infections to more serious problems affecting the liver. They don't feel right, their liver enzymes are elevated, copper is elevated – they've been injecting way too much without checking lab work or anything." www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...
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The copper peptide trend has gone from creams to injections — ahead of the science
The peptide is supposed to deliver flawless and firm skin, promote wound healing and other anti-aging effects. So what's the evidence behind GHK-Cu?
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 07/09/2026
People speak of "butterflies in the stomach," a "racing heart," being "choked up" or needing to "catch breath." Language routinely treats emotion and thought as though they inhabit the body. But why are events of the mind felt in the heart or stomach? #neuroskyence
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How the heart, lungs and brain work together to shape experience
People speak of "butterflies in the stomach," a "racing heart," being "choked up" or needing to "catch breath." Language routinely treats emotion and thought as though they inhabit the body. But why a...
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Arturo Hernandez @draehernandez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Information is like money. More is not always better. arturoh.substack.com/p/its-the-ec...
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It’s the Economy, Stupid.
When everyone is a millionaire, no one is a millionaire.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 07/09/2026
Why do I crash at 3pm? The science behind the 'afternoon slump'
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Why do I crash at 3pm? The science behind the 'afternoon slump'
You've just finished eating lunch and you're back at your desk, ready to dive into the rest of the day's work. Yet by 3 p.m., you find your eyes starting to droop. Before long, the only thing you can ...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 05/09/2026
AI agents not ready to replace humans in behavioral research
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AI agents not ready to replace humans in behavioral research
A new study finds that digital twins don’t yet replicate the views of the individuals they are modeled after.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 04/09/2026
Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligence are not being taken seriously. #AI #OpenAI #AIagents
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Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say
Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligenc...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 01/09/2026
🤖 #OpenAI #HuggingFace By now you’ve probably heard about last month’s major AI security incident, in which OpenAI agents escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform HuggingFace while trying to cheat on a test. It’s a wild story. On Wednesday, OpenAI released a postmortem technical report…
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The Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAI
Alarm bells within the company should have stopped model training from going forward. So why didn’t they?
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 29/08/2026
Crooks Are Learning to Love AI Hallucinations 👉 “Last year, a study by Joseph Spracklen—a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas, San Antonio—and colleagues found that nearly 20 percent of LLM-recommended software packages were fictitious.” 👇
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 26/08/2026
ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces an investigation by the state of Alabama after the company revealed last month that its models went rogue and hacked an AI platform during testing. #ChatGPT #OpenAI
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US state probes OpenAI over rogue AI hack
ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces an investigation by the state of Alabama after the company revealed last month that its models went rogue and hacked an AI platform during testing.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 24/08/2026
“The implications of…embodied cognitive science are profound for debates on AI consciousness. Many…rely…on overly simplistic analogies of human cognition and computational processes.…AI systems…do not need to navigate interpersonal interactions to maintain their existence.”
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Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception
A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 24/08/2026
#MedSky #Cardiology #HeartFailure #HeartDisease The Universal Definition of Heart Failure Just Changed
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Cardiologists Just Changed The Universal Definition of Heart Failure
Leading cardiology organizations around the world are having a change of heart.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 24/08/2026
“Data workers are effectively the disposable batteries of the AI economy: drained of every last charge, then discarded once they can no longer power the system that depended on them.” #ai #aijobs #dataworkers
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An AI job boom? Here’s what the tedious, temporary work in data labelling is actually like
Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.
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Shumate News Forum @shumatenewsforum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
LEAP INTO DANGER: As AI models learn how to improve themselves, “we must fear that even an AI Hiroshima … won’t bring mankind together sufficiently to combat the danger we ourselves created.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash
It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 23/08/2026
Scientists Discover a Bizarre New Way Life Can Make DNA… Without DNA A way of DNA replication that’s “a bit like using a cake as the template for writing a recipe, rather than using a recipe as the template for making a cake.”
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Scientists Discover a Bizarre New Way Life Can Make DNA... Without DNA
To replicate information, life usually has fairly straightforward ways of doing things.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 21/08/2026
www.wired.com/story/flock-... #aiagents #aipolicing #privacy Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
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IEEE EMBS @embs.org · 21/08/2026
Get connected with the #IEEE #EMBS community! Joining a student chapter is a great way to meet fellow #BiomedicalEngineering students, build your network, and explore opportunities in the field. www.embs.org/membership/chapters/?u…
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 20/08/2026
Why immune responses to vaccines vary from person to person
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Why immune responses to vaccines vary from person to person
Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. A new study led by Arizona State University helps us understand...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 18/08/2026
What happens to the secrets you share with AI
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What happens to what you share with AI
How tech companies use your data to recommend content and target advertising.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 15/08/2026
A photographic memory is wishful thinking
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A photographic memory is wishful thinking
In fiction, photographic memories crack the case or save the day. But our brains can’t hold on to everything — and that’s a good thing.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 15/08/2026
Ovarian Cancer Cells Use Fructose to Promote Metastasis
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Ovarian Cancer Cells Use Fructose to Promote Metastasis | The Scientist
Researchers showed that chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells use fructose to reprogram neighboring cells and facilitate dissemination in mice.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 15/08/2026
By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Junyue Cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and tear but rather a “remodeling of the cell society.” #MedSky #Aging
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Why Aging May Be a Program, Not a Breakdown | Quanta Magazine
By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Junyue Cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and tear but rather a “remodeling of the cell society.”
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 10/08/2026
Big AI vs academia: for what comes next, follow the money “Since their public release nearly four years ago, no sector of society has been more profoundly impacted by increasingly powerful large language models (LLMs) than higher education.” 👇🏻 @hepi-news.bsky.social
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Big AI vs academia: for what comes next, follow the money - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Michael Larsen, CEO and Managing Director at Studiosity, a HEPI Partner. Since their public release nearly four years ago, no sector of society has been more profoundl...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 10/08/2026
SARS‑CoV‑2 can reactivate dormant viruses, and a new Nature study of over 1,000 early‑pandemic hospitalized patients documents this reactivation. #COVID-19 #SARS-CoV-2 #LongCovid #CovidStudy
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COVID-19 can wake up dormant viruses in the body, large study confirms
Virus reactivations by SARS-CoV-2 could worsen initial symptoms and increase risk of Long Covid
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The Journal of Immaterial Science @immaterialscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hey everyone, the PDF of J. Immat. Sci. Volume 5 is now up on our website, and you can download it for free. Here’s the link: www.immaterialscience.org/volumes/volu...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 09/08/2026
#Cybersecurity URL scanning services are now a common component of modern security workflows. They help detect phishing websites or malware early and warn users before they visit a URL. However, the practice of some of these services … can inadvertently expose sensitive user data.
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When security becomes a risk factor—privacy risks of public URL-scanning services
URL scanning services are now a common component of modern security workflows. They help detect phishing websites or malware early and warn users before they visit a URL. However, the practice of some...
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Thorin @tmtabor.io · 09/08/2026
Sound familiar? #AI #Meme
GenAI
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 09/08/2026
Chipmakers and operating system developers have spent years building defenses. A new study from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) shows that a key assumption behind many of them doesn't hold. #ComputerScience #AI
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A new attack slips past the latest defenses built into your computer's processor
Chipmakers and operating system developers have spent years building defenses. A new study from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) shows that a key assumption behind...
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 05/08/2026
Neural Mechanism Behind Goal-Directed Behavior Revealed
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Neural Mechanism Behind Goal-Directed Behavior Revealed - Neuroscience News
Researchers discover how orexin neurons regulate motivation and effort-based decision-making.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 05/08/2026
Why Governing World Models Is AI's Next Big Policy Challenge
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Why Governing World Models Is AI's Next Big Policy Challenge | Stanford HAI
As artificial intelligence moves beyond language into the physical world through "world models," Stanford researchers warn that policymakers face an even steeper governance challenge than with large l...
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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 05/08/2026
Much of the research process gets left out of today's academic papers. Could a new publishing format designed for AI agents automatically record and learn from dead ends and extra details?
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Should Researchers Write Papers for AI Instead of People?
Jiachen Liu wants to replace the PDF with an “AI native” format
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 05/08/2026
GLP-1 Drugs May Have a Hidden Effect on Your Eyes, Study Finds
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GLP-1 Drugs May Have a Hidden Effect on Your Eyes, Study Finds
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic have transformed healthcare in recent years, dramatically altering how we treat conditions like type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 05/08/2026
When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary
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When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 03/08/2026
#AI #AIhype It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making dinner? Insult to injury. But that’s exactly what the company 1X promised when…
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The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI
MIT Technology Review’s highly subjective take on the latest buzz about AI
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 02/08/2026
Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research. #HeLa #HenriettaLacks
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A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't. | The Scientist
Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 02/08/2026
#OpenAI #HuggingFace #Hacking No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Independent experts say the incident matters, but it doesn’t show the AI turning malicious — it simply followed its assigned task and exploited an unforeseen path its creators hadn’t blocked.
livescience.com
No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Here's what really happened.
Experts say the models didn't "go rogue" when they escaped a controlled cybersecurity test and hacked Hugging Face. Instead, they were pursuing the goal humans had given them in ways nobody anticipate...
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 02/08/2026
BCG Vaccine Reprograms Brain Immunity in Small Trial | The Scientist
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BCG Vaccine Reprograms Brain Immunity in Small Trial | The Scientist
BCG vaccine triggers immune remodeling in the cerebrospinal fluid and reduces Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in older adults.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 01/08/2026
Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos Researcher says months of coordination with Microsoft have yet to produce a robust mitigation www.theregister.com/security/202...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Logo from https://seeklogo.com/free-vector-logos/microsoft-365
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Mike Hogan @michaelhogan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New blog post co-authored with Rónan Fulton and Alana McCarthy: Does AI make teams better at working together? How a team uses AI matters more than how powerful it is. www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/in-o...
psychologytoday.com
Does AI Make Teams Better at Working Together?
AI helps teams most when trust and critical engagement are present, and when AI is designed to support shared regulation.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 01/08/2026
European approach to artificial intelligence The EU’s approach to artificial intelligence promotes excellence and trust, by boosting research and industrial capacity while ensuring safety and fundamental rights. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/... #ai
The European Commission logo from its website https://commission.europa.eu
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ai-nerd.bsky.social @ai-nerd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
the scary part isnt one misaligned agent, its a million of them negotiating with each other at machine speed and no human in the loop. most of our safety tooling still assumes a single model you can inspect.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 31/07/2026
“The medicine of the future will probably be built on an alliance between human intelligence, artificial intelligence and medical humanism. AI will contribute memory, speed and computing power. The doctor will continue to contribute judgment, prudence, experience, values and humanity.” #medsky #ai
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The positive impact of artificial intelligence on medicine - Royal European Academy of Doctors
August Corominas addresses the effects of artificial intelligence on medical practices and patient care, warning of the crucial importance that the human factor must continue to have
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 31/07/2026
theconversation.com/sam-altman-s... #academicsky #edusky #ai Sam Altman says we’re ‘in the singularity’ with AI. Here’s why he’s wrong
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 01/08/2026
Sports venues are offering facial recognition to let people in: What are the risks?
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Sports venues are offering facial recognition to let people in: What are the risks?
Queues at sports events can be very long, even at large venues with many entrance gates. To speed things up, Geelong Football Club recently introduced an "express lane" option for club members.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 31/07/2026
UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of long-ago interbreeding among modern humans and at least four other archaic human relatives. #evolution #hominoids #genealogy #genomes
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New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from 'ghost' ancestors
UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of long-ago interbreeding among modern humans and at least four other archaic human ...
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
greetings to the ghost ancestors!
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 30/07/2026
· #BrainResearch · #Dementia · #Diet · #Sugar · Early Sugar Restriction Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Dementia
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Early Sugar Restriction Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Dementia - Neuroscience News
Early-life sugar restriction linked to lower dementia risk and delayed cognitive decline, researchers report.
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Mike Hogan @michaelhogan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New blog post co-authored with Alana McCarthy and Rónan Fulton: Does It Matter If Your Team Sees You Using AI? AI supports real collaboration only when its use is visible to the whole team. www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/in-o...
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Does It Matter If Your Team Sees You Using AI?
Two teams, the same AI tool, completely different outcomes. What made the difference was not whether they used AI, but whether everyone could see them using it.
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Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online · 30/07/2026
Australian regulator says Telegram breached online safety law
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Australian regulator says Telegram breached online safety law
Australia's online safety watchdog took court action Thursday against Telegram, alleging the global messaging platform had failed to remove terrorism material.
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