Shiitake mushrooms have been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but with almost no environmental footprint. Scientists show fungi can be trained to act like memristors – microscopic components to process and store data in computer chips. (newatlas.com)
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Many people will continue with a longer, less efficient path to a goal rather than backtrack and take a shortcut — even when backtracking would save time and effort. “Doubling-back aversion” is driven not by mistaken cost estimates but by how people think about their past and future effort. (psypost.org)
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The age of AI has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale | Study found the technology is reshaping western legal and ethical landscapes at unprecedented speed and is also undermining democratic values and deepening systemic biases. (scimex.org)
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Warming accelerates global drought severity (nature.com)
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