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A 1,024-electrode brain chip and AI clone of his old voice let him say 'I love you' again.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p>Kenneth Shock lost speech to ALS. A 1,024-electrode brain chip and AI clone of his old voice let him say 'I love you' again.</p><p><a href="https://sigmatic.science/en/neuralink-als-bci-speech-voice/">Read full article →</a></p>bciaineuroscienceneuralinkalsneuroprostheticsNeuralinkhttps://sigmatic.science/en/bioluminescent-plants-decade-story/https://sigmatic.science/en/bioluminescent-plants-decade-story/A Chinese startup showed off 'Avatar-like' glowing plants. The real story: ten years of science from MIT nanobionics to Sarkisyan's fungal trick.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p>A Chinese startup showed off 'Avatar-like' glowing plants. 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Those drawn to melancholic lyrics scored higher on cognitive tests.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p>A machine learning model tracked 185 people's listening habits for five months. 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It detects Parkinson's, dementia, and cancer years before symptoms appear.</p><p><a href="https://sigmatic.science/en/sleepfm-ai-sleep-disease-prediction/">Read full article →</a></p>sleepartificial-intelligencemachine-learningneuroscienceai-medicinedisease-predictionpolysomnographystanfordRahul Thapa, Magnus Ruud Kjaer, Emmanuel Mignot, James Zouhttps://sigmatic.science/en/humanitys-last-exam-ai-benchmark/https://sigmatic.science/en/humanitys-last-exam-ai-benchmark/2,500 questions no AI can Google. GPT-4o scored 2.7%, humans hit 90%. Inside the hardest AI benchmark and its 30% error rate.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p>2,500 questions no AI can Google. GPT-4o scored 2.7%, humans hit 90%. 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