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Sexsomnia causes sexual behavior during non-REM sleep with no memory after. Ambien is one known risk factor.

Two AI models got $25 and $100 to make an AI music video alone. All 4 finished; the priciest cost $73.65.

Scientists named a new monkey species, Likweli -- only 8 of 52 villages near its Congo range knew it.

The Portsmouth Sinfonia let anyone join regardless of skill. Brian Eno played clarinet. They sold out Albert Hall in 1974.

A brain implant let a paralyzed man feed himself and drink -- his arm strength rose 86% in 35 weeks.

New cocktail party problem research: switching voices, your brain tracks both for a beat, cued every 15-30s.

In 1978, a proton beam passed through Anatoli Bugorski's brain. He finished his PhD and ran the same accelerator.

I Feel Fantastic stars Tara, a $2,000 pop-star android. Its 2009 upload drew 6M views and murder theories.

The volcanic winter of 536 dimmed the sun for 18 months and starved 3 continents. Maybe history's worst year.

Single-minded voice interfaces in sci-fi: a smug toll door, a castrato ATM, and 4,000+ talking machines.