Science magazine reports on a new mission for German scientists, who are working to identify the human remains stored for study by Nazi euthanasia centers:
… Read the rest “Scientists start identifying the brains taken by Nazi researchers.”During World War II, as part of
Nature reports on the latest surprise to come out of the DeepMind project, who just revealed one of their programs as the anonymous master who’s been defeating all comers in online… Read the rest “Mysterious new go champion revealed to be an AI.”
Science Daily brings us one step closer to a sci-fi tomorrow with researchers publishing open-source directions on making a tractor beam at home:
… Read the rest “You can now 3D-print a sonic tractor beam.”Last year Asier Marzo, then a doctoral
Big valley in the Antarctic ice. A bonus image for the New Year, from NASA’s Image Gallery, photographed a couple weeks before Thanksgiving 2016:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Rift in Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf, by NASA/John Sonntag”Ice shelves are
This photo is part of NASA’s IceBridge mission, an airborne survey of polar ice, which completed an eighth consecutive Antarctic deployment on Nov. 18 of this year.… Read the rest “Science Art: Mt. Balfour, Antarctica, by NASA/Joe MacGregor”
Nature delves into the surprising intricacies of bat language:
… Read the rest “Bats have more to say than you think.”Bats are noisy creatures, especially in their crowded caves, where they make calls to their neighbours. “If you go into a
Popular Science brings a 1970s science-fiction dream one step closer to reality with news that Uber Freight is ready to put robot truckers on the highway:
… Read the rest “10-4, bot buddy. Robot truckers join the convoy….”Uber, the technology company (which,
SONG: “Tiny Reindeer”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Reindeer are shrinking, because of warmer arctic temperatures ,” Science, 11 Dec 2016, as used in the post “Reindeer… Read the rest “SONG: “Tiny Reindeer””
The Guardian reports on a rational, logical approach to making the big bucks… by evaluating trades (and making hiring and firing decisions) using a custom-built computer rather… Read the rest “World’s largest hedge fund set to replace management with supercomputer.”
BBC unveils how exactly our brains are able to turn the garbled sounds of a crowded room into understandable speech:
… Read the rest ““The Cocktail Party Effect” noise filter is revealed at last.”A team measured people’s brain activity as the words of a previously
Heard this odd bit of medical science on Marketplace this morning. A new study of 1.5 million patients found that those treated by doctors who were women have a 5-percent better chance of … Read the rest “Female doctors’ patients live longer.”
SONG: “Your Molecular Structure (penitential cover)”.
ARTIST: grant (originally by Mose Allison).
SOURCE: This song doesn’t have a scientific source; it’s… Read the rest “SONG: “Your Molecular Structure (penitential cover)””
My old dog was a basset. And now there’s a bulldog in my house. I’m not sure how dogs happen, but they do.
This is what these breeds (pretty “over-bred” breeds) look… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate 20. – Skeletons of the cross between the English bulldog and bassethound showing contrast in leg length…, 1941”
Science Daily goes for a schvitz and a think with the University of Finland, where researchers have found that frequent sauna visits protect men against dementia:
… Read the rest “Sauna for your mental health.”The effects of sauna bathing
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