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Brain Organoids: How Soon Before Lab Grown Mini Brains Achieve Consciousness?

The cutting-edge method of growing clusters of cells that organize themselves into mini versions of human brains in the lab is gathering more and more attention. These “brain organoids”, made from…

Gender Inequality Has Been Around Since The Stone Age

The Neolithic period, the end of the Stone Age and the beginning of civilizations, began about 12,000 years ago with the advent of agriculture in the Epipalaeolithic Near East. It spread to other…

A Lot Of People Have Impostor Syndrome - Here's How To Deal With It

Impostor syndrome is where people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified. A new group of interviews finds that impostor syndrome is quite common and uncovers one of the…

Congress Pulls Funding For IARC Statistics Organization

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organisation, which is part of the United Nations, but it is really its own agency that shares little in common with…