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After adopting a pair of bonded cats who’d been in foster care for almost three years, a Reddit user is now facing a big problem—neither cat seems to be adjusting well to their new home. In a post ...

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BISC is an ultra-thin neural implant that creates a high-bandwidth wireless link between the brain and computers. Its tiny single-chip design packs tens of thousands of electrodes and supports ...