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Long Term Depression Permanently Changes the Brain

New brain imaging research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that the brain alters after years of persistent depression, suggesting the need to change how we think about depression as it progresses.

Teams, Microsoft’s Slack competitor, is about to become a whole lot more competitive

Captain Obvious Finally Arrives: Ride-sharing Actually Causes Congestion

A recurring theme among ride-hailing executives from the likes of Lyft and Uber is that their platforms will help reduce congestion in the world’s most populous cities. However, anyone actually living in these places will tell you it doesn’t appear to be working. Cities like New York were already clogged with taxi cabs but, instead of seeing all of these drivers buy personal vehicles to enlist as independent contractors for ride-hailing firms, Uber and Lyft brought in new drivers, more vehicles, and fresh competition.

Most images of black holes are illustrations. Here’s what our telescopes actually capture.

James Webb Telescope sun shield snags, further launch delays likely

Elon Musk’s Bacteria-Covered Space Car May Be a ‘Biothreat’

“ The load of bacteria on the Tesla could be considered a biothreat—or a backup copy of life on Earth.”

Toyota’s new magnet won’t depend on some key rare-earth minerals

Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers

Bayesian Methods for Hackers is designed as a introduction to Bayesian inference from a computational/understanding-first, and mathematics-second, point of view. Of course as an introductory book, we can only leave it at that: an introductory book. For the mathematically trained, they may cure the curiosity this text generates with other texts designed with mathematical analysis in mind.

Details emerge about Porsche’s new electric car, charging network

The electric vehicle market is finally about to get interesting. It has been some time since Tesla proved that EVs didn’t have to involve hair shirts, and at long last some other automakers are ready to enter the fray. Later this week at the Geneva Motor Show, Jaguar is going to reveal the I-Pace, which goes on sale shortly.

Forecasts of genetic fate just got a lot more accurate