When a scientist sends an electric pulse through the electrodes, the neurons can respond with activity spikes, a biological equivalent of the binary ones and zeroes in digital computing.
Pennie Clark Ianniciello spent decades as Costco’s book buyer, building the company into a major publishing-industry player by the mid-aughts.
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Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Since then, the Hussar pelisse ironically became something of a uniform in the early aughts for musicians, including Michael Jackson, Beyoncé and Rihanna, and bands such as British alt-indie group The Libertines and US pop-punk band My Chemical Romance.
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