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- 1Study Links Higher Vitamin Levels To Healthier Brain Scans▼Adults With More Of This Vitamin Had Healthier Brain Scans, Study Finds
A new study found that adults with higher levels of a particular vitamin showed healthier brain scans, according to coverage by Yahoo Health. The findings add to ongoing research into how nutrition may influence brain health and cognitive aging in adults. Details on which vitamin was measured and the study's size have not been widely reported yet.
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A new essay in Noema Magazine argues that artificial intelligence threatens to dismantle the meritocracy that long powered upward mobility in the United States. The piece contends that as AI takes over the cognitive, entry-level and professional work traditionally used by ambitious people to climb the ladder, the main route to advancement for talented outsiders could close. Readers are actively debating whether AI will entrench elite advantage rather than democratise opportunity.
- 3Study Finds Sex Differences in Attention Present at Birth●Sex differences in attention are present at birth
Researchers at the University of Cambridge report that measurable sex differences in attention can already be detected in newborn babies, suggesting the differences emerge far earlier in development than previously assumed. The finding is drawing discussion about how much of the gap is rooted in biology versus later social and environmental influence.
- 4Cognition passes $1 billion annualized revenue as Devin adoption doubles●Cognition tops $1 billion in annualized revenue as Devin adoption doubles
AI startup Cognition has crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue, with adoption of its Devin software engineering agent doubling, according to Fortune. The figures point to rapidly growing enterprise demand for autonomous coding tools, placing Cognition among the fastest-scaling AI companies and intensifying competition in the AI coding agent market.
- 5Slime Molds Fuel Debate Over What Counts as Intelligence●Slime Molds and the Growing Controversy Around “Intelligence”
Scientists are revisiting slime molds, single-celled organisms that can solve mazes and optimize networks despite having no brain, prompting renewed argument over whether the word 'intelligence' should apply beyond animals. Critics say such behavior is better described as simple adaptive processing, while others argue cognition exists on a spectrum across life forms.