A secret Central Intelligence Agency mind control program. National Security Agency spy operations aimed at Martin Luther ...

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Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield doesn't like to be told what to do, but is strong-willed and knows friction "is just part ...

Secret Santa gift exchanges can be chaotic in the best way. One minute you’re drawing a name from a hat, the next you’re scrambling to figure out what they’d actually like. The trick is finding ...

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

Discover the real Cold War experiments that inspired "Stranger Things"—from MK-ULTRA to alleged psychic Nina Kulagina.

Alex Baber — a 50-year-old West Virginian with autism — used AI programs and his codebreaking prowess to whittle down the Zodiac killer’s infamous 1970 clue he sent to newspapers and identify a single ...

What is the neuropsychological basis for the brain's ever-changing contextualized goals? I explore this question from the perspective of the Affect Management Framework (AMF).