William Jevons was the 19th century economist credited with starting the mathematical method in economics. He concluded that by making a process more productive, people use it more, not less.

Biological vs. Artificial Intelligence, or human-AI synergy?

Six common questions about them, answered without any miracle claims.

I recently wrote a Substack article “The many clocks in our body”, arguing that the human body does not age as one synchronized machine.

When people believe they can influence an outcome, they are more likely to engage with the work required to achieve it. But that raises another question. Can engagement itself be deliberately shaped?

The world’s professional graveyard is full of unrealized potential. This is because innate talent only guarantees success if accompanied by ambition, effort and context.

We usually assume that we get older in sync with the ever-deepening wrinkles around our eyes. Yet, new science is finding that our body does not age synchronously.

Understanding FSGS reveals why a recent wave of therapeutic progress, culminating in the approval of Sparsentan, is more consequential than it looks on the surface

A recent headline in The National News reports that the Middle East is forecast to face a major rise in breast cancer cases by 2050.

The fog of time clouds memories. What in youth was easy to remember becomes ephemeral as we age. Yet, recent work seems to have opened a door to memory rejuvenation.

The future of food security will be less about producing more food, and more about building a digital system that can anticipate problems…

Can a humble viral protein reset the brain stress response to restore cognition and memory in disease and old age?

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The human gut microbes turn part of the food we eat into unflattering gases. Scientists have now discovered that this metabolic exhaust provide a rich source of information about our gut health.

I understand that many people need the extra money now, but the forward cost is high.

Sleep is not weakness. It is a daily dose of natural regeneration. And AI could help to leverage the underlying biology to helps us sleep better.

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

A landmark trial is showing how AI will help, rather than replace, specialist care

The opening line of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karénina is so good that it has the sharpness of a mathematical theorem.

Multiple Sclerosis is often called the disease of a thousand faces, which explains why its current diagnosis lags behind those for other conditions.

The "Art of Thoughtful Disagreement" is a concept most prominently associated with Ray Dalio. When done well, it is one of the most powerful tools that we have to make better decisions about problems.

Modern AI can feel like a magic trick. It generates stunning art, writes human-like text, writes code and devises novel strategies for complex games. But the truth is that its most powerful secret is

Dysthymia is a form of low-grade depression that never quite leaves. Let’s discuss why it seeps throughout every aspect of life and is so notoriously hard to treat.

Bad sleep hits the collective purse. A Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Sleep Disorders in Europe study (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.70463) that was published just five days ag...

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The brain of pregnant women undergoes profound plastic changes that will impact herself as well as her newborn. Here is a deep dive into this important, fascinating, and often misunderstood process.

Matcha is powdered green tea coming from Asia. Yerba mate is a tea-like infusion from South America. At first glance, matcha and yerba mate seem to occupy the same niche, but they are very different.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable disease that remains one of neurology's most perplexing puzzles. Understanding MS means grappling with a condition that can look entirely different from one

Biological systems are never in equilibrium, yet they maintain stability in the face of continuous external disturbances. A prime example of this is organ regeneration, during which organs are reliably rebuilt through controlled cellular proliferation. In this study, we employ a cell-based computati …

Can AI predict Black Swan events better than humans do? Not really, but it can make us less blind to them.

Artificial intelligence is poised to redefine sports talent scouting by measuring innate ability anywhere in the world.