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Turns out 'neurons that fire together, wire together' was incomplete. A newly discovered mechanism lets a single experience reshape your brain across longer timescales than anyone thought possible.

Stock market hits a record high while ship captains sneak through the Strait of Hormuz with transponders off. Patrick Boyle explains why those two facts can't coexist much longer.

A soldier used classified military intel to place prediction market bets. The DOJ charges read like a thriller pitch. This is the first case of its kind, and it won't be the last.

Billions of people watch 90-second dramas about love and betrayal produced by Chinese studios you've never heard of. This is how an entire entertainment format conquered the world without anyone noticing.

Scientists propose building a dam between Russia and Alaska to stabilize Atlantic ocean currents. Yes, seriously. The science is more plausible than the geopolitics.