Monthly Archives: November 2022

2 women stopped binge eating after an implant started zapping their brains with electricity, a small study found

A burger is seen in a restaurant. Burgers are common in food cravings. Oscar Wong/Getty images A brain implant reduced two patients’ binge eating for at least six months.  The two women said their behavior towards food changed almost without thinking about it.  More research is needed, but these early results are promising, a study…

‘Big Short’ author Michael Lewis has been interviewing and traveling with Sam Bankman-Fried for 6 months for an upcoming book on FTX’s founder: report

Michael Lewis. Reuters/ Lucas Jackson Author Michael Lewis has spent the last six months embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried for an upcoming book, the Ankler reported.  The email, sent by an agent from the Creative Artists Agency, said Lewis hasn’t begun writing yet but “the story has become too big for us to wait.” Lewis likened…