2024 world oil demand growth forecast seen at 860k bpd (previously 900k bpd)China demand seen only rising by 150k bpd in 20242025 world oil demand growth forecast seen at 1 mil bpd (previously 950k bpd) IEA notes that “in the absence of a major disruption, the oil market is faced with a sizeable surplus in...
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As digital devices permeate every corner of life, video games have become both a popular pastime and a point of contention. Public concerns about gaming’s impact on mental well-being often cast these activities in a negative light. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified “gaming disorder” as a mental...
What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter lives – often for better, sometimes for worse. They have conjured dramatic scenarios, like AI-driven extinction of humans (and...
A new study has uncovered a surprising player in ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects: astrocytes, the star-shaped support cells of the brain. By studying larval zebrafish, researchers found that ketamine reduces behavioral passivity by altering astrocytic activity in response to futile conditions. Their findings have been published in the journal Neuron....
