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Happy Tuesday! Scientists in Australia have taught a petri dish of human brain cells to play Doom—a stunning breakthrough previously achievable only by sitting down and playing it yourself.

Alex Demas is an editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in England as a financial journalist and earned his MA in Political Economy at King's College London. When not heroically combating misinformation online, Alex can be found mixing cocktails, watching his beloved soccer team Aston Villa lose a match, or attempting to pet stray cats.