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Cleo, A Company That Has Created A Digital Assistant To Provide Personalised Financial Support For Generation Z.

Barney Hussey-Yeo is the founder and CEO of Cleo. Founded in 2016, Cleo’s budgeting chatbot has been used by millions of young people to manage their finances.

Food Prescriptions Would Save US Lives & Billions Of Dollars

The Food is Medicine initiative is about incorporating targeted food and nutrition strategies into US healthcare nationally.

Light Therapy Helps The Brain Clear Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins

A new study has found that light therapy applied to mice during deep sleep increased the brain's ability to clear away beta-amyloid, a toxic protein linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Substance Use Disorder May Be Connected To A Specific Brain Circuit

Brain scans or neuroimaging can help inform treatment options, since abnormalities in brain scans are associated with substance use disorders.

Microsoft Wants Small Nuclear Reactors To Power Its AI And Cloud Computing Services

Unlike traditional nuclear reactor designs, an SMR is meant to be far more cost-effective, easier to construct, and smaller, all the while still capable of generating massive amounts of energy.

Why Astronomers Want To Put A Telescope On The Dark Side Of The Moon

Once landed, LuSEE-Night will peer out into the Universe's Dark Age vastness for about 18 months beginning in 2026..

James Webb Spots Carbon On Europa, Boosting Case For Life

More evidence for the presence of life on this intriguing icy moon could be discovered sooner rather than later, as NASA plans to launch the Europa Clipper mission in October 2024.

How SpaceX Will Launch Starship Again

On September 8, the FAA closed its inquiry, citing 63 corrective actions SpaceX would need to take before its second attempt to send Starship to orbit.

86% Of New Renewable Electricity Was Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels Last Year

The authors suggest the rapid build-out of green energy in recent years probably prevented the spike in fossil fuel prices from developing into an all-out energy crisis last year, highlighting the energy security benefits of renewables.

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Scores In The Top 1% Of Creative Thinking On Benchmark

The creative abilities now realized by AI may provide a "Sputnik moment" for educators and others interested in furthering human creative abilities, including those who see creativity as an essential condition of individual, social, and economic growth.

MDMA Nears Breakthrough Approval For PTSD

Compared to patients given the same therapy with a placebo, MDMA was far more effective at dampening PTSD symptoms. Roughly twice the number of people given MDMA rather than a placebo recovered from their PTSD diagnosis.

Study Reveals Why Cancer May Spread To The Spine

The discovery opens up a new line of research on spinal disorders, helps explain why solid tumors so often spread to the spine, and could lead to new orthopedic and cancer treatments.