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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help explain how blood vessels in the brain expand and contract together.

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As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...