In February, leaked software code predicted the demise of the back button on the latest version of Google's Android smartphone. Apple did away with the iPhone's home button in 2017. LG’s latest handset allows users to control their devices without touching them at all. Now, we scroll, swipe, and tap. Soon, we may never again need to hit a button on our phones.

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How Phone Taps and Swipes Train Us to Be Better Consumers

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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
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Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

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Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
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A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.
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How Phone Taps and Swipes Train Us to Be Better Consumers

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