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Researchers force two mice to hang out and induce FOMO in a third

Enlarge (credit: David Aubrey) Since its advent in 2005, a technique called optogenetics has made it vastly easier to link neural activity with behavior and to understand how neurons and brain regions are connected to each other. Neuroscientists just pick the (animal) neurons they’re interested in, genetically engineer them to express a light-responsive protein, and […]

Rocket Report: Russia developing a space plane, Europe frets about SpaceX

Enlarge / Hot fire test of integrated second stage for ABL Space System’s RS1 rocket in the fall of 2020. (credit: ABL Space Systems) Welcome to Edition 3.38 of the Rocket Report! This week, we have launch news from around the world, including several snippets from across the pond, where Europe is grappling with the […]

In rare interview, Monkey Island designers tell Ars about long-awaited Return

Enlarge / Welcome back. We’ve been expecting you. Nine years ago, The Secret of Monkey Island creator and designer Ron Gilbert wrote a blog post laying out what he would do if he made another Monkey Island game. But now that Gilbert is actually working on Return to Monkey Island—his first work on the franchise in over […]