Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

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Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New case! Armed, masked ICE agents in Alabama have twice arrested ...

Oct 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, a ...

DNA computers can use biological material to perform mathematical functions and store information, but their power sources have been fragile. Researchers now say they’ve developed a reliable source: ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday upheld a civil contempt finding against a Fox News reporter who refused to reveal an anonymous source while being deposed in a privacy dispute with a ...

Formula 1 returns to its original night race at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend with the event having become one of the most challenging on the calendar. Faced with high temperatures and ...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are married! Soon it will be her turn to say “I do” in front of all her friends and family, including Gomez, but for now, our congratulations are reserved for Selena ...

We’re about a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Summers across the global north are now defined by flash floods, droughts, heat waves, uncontainable wildfires, and intensifying named storms ...

Awards Circuit Podcast: In this season premiere episode, the star of Benny Safdie's MMA drama talks about his first big swing into dramatic roles Portraying real-life MMA legend Mark Kerr, Johnson ...

Shedeur Sanders remains third on the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback depth chart, but he says he is ready to go whenever his number is called. After watching quarterback play across the NFL over three ...