Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds - The New York Times

Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds - The New York Times: Brain-networking research might someday allow people to join together in useful ways, Dr. Rommelfanger noted. Police officers might be able to make collective decisions on search-and-rescue missions. Surgeons might collectively operate on a single patient.

But she also warned that brain networks could create a host of exotic ethical quandaries involving privacy and legal responsibility. If a brain network were to commit a crime, for example, who exactly would be guilty?

Ageing rates vary widely, says study - BBC News

Ageing rates vary widely, says study - BBC News

Vagus nerve stimulation - Business Insider

Vagus nerve stimulation - Business Insider: . “Hospitals already track heart-rate variability – vagal tone – in patients that have had a heart attack,” she says, “because it is known that having low variability is a risk factor.”