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Using brain mapping to understand psychological disorders | KCAL-TV

“The human brain and the universe are the two the most mysterious things in science,” [said UCLA’s Dr. Hong Wei Dong]. Dong is tackling one of those mysteries — the brain — with the help of 3D laser imaging and AI. Thanks to this new technology, researchers here are able to take a deeper look at the brain at a faster pace, and more accurately. (UCLA’s Mitchell Rudd was also featured.)

Sci-fi writer wrestles with China’s rise, and his own decline | New York Times

Michael Berry, who has translated several of Han’s books into English, said there were always multiple interpretations in the writing. “He makes you realize the humanity in the other — and the inhumanity,” said Berry, a professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Maybe more the latter, because I think a lot of what he is doing is exploring this darker side of human nature.”