“Existential Risk” – AI Is Evolving Faster than Our Understanding of Consciousness

As AI rapidly advances and ethical debates intensify, scientists contend that understanding consciousness has become more urgent than ever. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance ...

The year language stopped speaking: What ‘6-7’ reveals about a generation shrugging at meaning

Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year, “6-7,” has stirred debate over language’s fading meaning. Once, the annual selection ...
IEEE

Multiple Scale Convolutional Few-Shot Learning Networks for Online P300-Based Brain–Computer Interface and Its Application to Patients With Disorder of Consciousness

Abstract: P300 brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have significant potential for detecting and assessing residual consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) but are limited by ...
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Obesity epidemic 'astounding' under new definition of condition, Mass General Brigham researchers say

COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. A MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWSROOM AND MARY THE RESULTS AREN’T GOOD. NO, THEY’RE NOT, BUT THE RESULTS ARE MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PROOF THAT BODY COMPOSITION ...
Medical Xpress

Nearly 70% of US adults meet new definition of obesity, study finds

The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a definition of obesity released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission. Additionally, the ...
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Semitruck driver loses consciousness, veers into oncoming traffic on I-96 in Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A semitruck driver lost consciousness and veered into oncoming highway traffic near Grand Rapids Tuesday afternoon, according to Michigan State Police (MSP). The driver, a ...
MLive

Semi-truck crosses I-96 median after driver loses consciousness

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A semi-tractor trailer crossed the I-96 median and came to a rest on the opposite embankment after the driver lost consciousness, state police said. No other vehicles were involved.
IEEE

Consformer: Consciousness Detection Using Transformer Networks With Correntropy-Based Measures

Abstract: Consciousness detection is important in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of consciousness (DOC). Recent studies have demonstrated that electroencephalography (EEG) signals contain ...
Frontiers

The effect of health consciousness on older adults’ health information-sharing intention: the mediating role of self-efficacy and social norms

Background: In the modern society where social media and aging are intertwined, how to promote older adults to integrate into the digital society and enjoy digital interests, to improve their quality ...
The New York Times

Diane Keaton Was the Definition of a Style Icon

Her legacy will include the ways she shaped fashion, rather than allowing fashion to shape her. By Vanessa Friedman Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress whose death at 79 was revealed this weekend, ...
The New York Times

John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93

His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar. But sexual-harassment allegations ended his career. By Alex Traub John R.