Month: March 2026

55 posts
Techno stress,.

The hidden human cost of the artificial intelligence workplace revolution

As companies rush to integrate generative artificial intelligence into everything from chatbots…
Burn out.

Psychological therapies look to rewire brains as worker burnout hits two-thirds

Two-thirds of employees now identify job burnout as a major challenge, prompting…
Class consciousness.

The 2008 financial crash permanently downgraded American class identity

The Great Recession didn’t just devastate bank accounts — it fundamentally and…
cognitive sciences

MIT scientists finally reveal how your brain solves the cocktail party problem

Picture yourself in a crowded, deafening room, yet you can effortlessly tune…
Flock of seagulls.

Why artificial intelligence is learning from bird flocks to stop hallucinating

One of the primary concerns surrounding artificial intelligence is its tendency to…
Storytelling.

Why telling stories is the ultimate evolutionary hack for your memory

Humans have been swapping tales around campfires for millennia, but new research…
Gabriella Gobbi, MD, PhD

Profit over patients is stalling the future of mental health drug discovery

Promising treatments for mental illness are failing to reach patients simply because…
Neurobots.

Scientists create the first living biological robots with a nervous system

Researchers have successfully grown a functional nervous system inside tiny, self-organising biological…
Democracy in decline.

Democratic backsliding hits Western nations at unprecedented speed

Nearly a quarter of the world’s nations are currently experiencing democratic backsliding,…
Disaster relief.

New AI algorithm uses trucks and drones to make disaster relief fairer

When natural disasters destroy infrastructure, delivering emergency aid becomes a massive logistical…