BIZARRE: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

Could growing human brain tissue inside a mouse finally help scientists study brain diseases that are difficult to recreate, understand and treat?

A small piece of human brain tissue was placed inside newborn mice. Over the following months, it did something researchers had rarely been able to observe so directly. The human tissue grew. It occupied much of the space where the mouse’s cerebral cortex would normally develop. It produced several types…

The Economic Times · Sep 23

The Love Hypothesis review – hit BookTok romcom lacks spark on screen

Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart does some heavy lifting in adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s hit book, but it’s not quite enough

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Stanford AI photo controversy: White male student replaced by Black woman in ad, ‘silenced and erased’

A Stanford student newspaper reported that an official dining hall photo was edited using AI, with students saying their appearances were changed in the final version. One student said he was replaced by a Black woman, while two others reportedly had their faces visibly slimmed. Two other students pictured with…

The Economic Times · Sep 22

Charges dropped against Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest

Students faced prison terms and thousands of dollars in restitution over campus protest against Israel’s war on Gaza

The Guardian - US · Sep 21

Your brain may be one organ today, but scientists have uncovered a hidden split that may date back more than 500 million years

New research suggests the human brain develops from two distinct cell populations. These groups follow separate paths from early embryonic development stages. This finding challenges long-standing assumptions in neuroscience and evolutionary history. Scientists used this discovery to create functional hindbrain motor neurons in the lab. This breakthrough offers a new…

The Economic Times · Sep 21

Sam Altman was just 19 when he left Stanford to build an app Loopt that struggled to take off; years before ChatGPT, Green Dot paid $43.4 million for it

Years before ChatGPT, Sam Altman left Stanford at 19 to build Loopt, a location-based social networking app that struggled to attract users. Green Dot later acquired the startup for $43.4 million, seeing value in its mobile technology, patents and experienced team. The acquisition made strategic sense even though Loopt had…

The Economic Times · Sep 21

College Football Week 3 Winners and Losers: Keep Louisville Weird

The Cardinals, who flew under the radar in a chaotic week, are a delight to watch.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 20

Top Business Schools 2026-27: Stanford stays on top, but IIM Bangalore makes a big move in Bloomberg MBA rankings

Stanford Graduate School of Business has topped Bloomberg Businessweek’s US business school ranking for an eighth straight year, ahead of Wharton and Harvard. In Asia-Pacific, IIM Bangalore’s Executive Post Graduate Programme climbed to second place, making it India’s highest-ranked programme in the list for the fifth consecutive year.

The Economic Times · Sep 19

Human brain is actually two separate organs, scientists find

The Stanford University breakthrough stands to open new doors for research into fatal neurodegenerative diseases

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 3 Fearless Predictions

Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of the tio regional contests this weekend.

SuperWest Sports · Sep 18