Why some video games improve brain function – and others don’t
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Category Systems Science
The creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do ‘side quests’ like making kombucha
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny said that he looked for engineers with “cool weekend projects.” Anthropic is also looking for “generalists,” he said. Source: The creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do ‘side quests’ like making…
The Cells in Your Body Are Conscious, a Controversial Theory Suggests—And That Could Change Everything
A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected. Source: The Cells in Your Body Are Conscious, a Controversial Theory Suggests—And That Could Change…
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries, but still legal in the United States. Now, a growing number of U.S. farmers are blaming the toxic pesticide for their Parkinson’s disease in a large lawsuit. Source: Thousands of U.S. farmers…
Anthropology of fire, money, AI, and innovation in the US
Irish economist David McWilliams is taking his “History of Money” to America: “You kind of feel the boominess of the place, right?” he told Fortune. Source: One of the world’s most popular economists on why AI is ‘undoubtedly going to…