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Brainless fungi trade resources with plants like a stock market
Fungi and plants have a symbiotic relationship in which they trade phosphorous for carbon, and the mechanics of this market are surprisingly sophisticated. By Daniel Cossins.
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When People Are as Predictable as Water
With Simon DeDeo on cosmic microwaves and crime.
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Is The Sun Conscious?
Rupert Sheldrake
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The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains
The military wants future super-soldiers to control robots with their thoughts. By Michael Joseph Gross.
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This SuitX exoskeleton made me super strong
It’s almost as good as an Iron Man suit. By Lexy Savvides. [Autoplay]
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A neural network that operates at the speed of light
A team of researchers at the University of California has developed a novel kind of neural network—one that uses light instead of electricity to arrive at results. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their ideas, their working device, its performance, and the types of applications they believe could be well served by such a network. By Bob Yirka.
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All the rage in Sweden: embedding microchips under your skin
Humans can get chipped, too — just like their dogs. By Victor Tangermann.
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Cells Talk and Help One Another via Tiny Tube Networks
Long-overlooked “tunneling nanotubes” and other bridges between cells act as conduits for sharing RNA, proteins or even whole organelles. By Viviane Callier.
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Blame the Computer
The fake science that keeps threatening to kill us. By Corey Pein.
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X marks the self
Thomas Jones reviews "Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Our World" by Greg Milner.
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Automatica: Robots vs. Music
Nigel Stanford
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Individual with complete spinal cord injury regains voluntary motor function
Extended activity-based training with epidural stimulation resulted in ability to stand and move without stimulation.
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How to Escape a Death Spiral
The aviator’s hazard offers a lesson about responding to supposed crises. By Toni Wall Jaudon.
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One-Way Salesman Finds Fast Path Home
The real-world version of the famous “traveling salesman problem” finally gets a good-enough solution. By Mark H. Kim.
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The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes. By James Somers.
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A Brain Built From Atomic Switches Can Learn
A tiny self-organized mesh full of artificial synapses recalls its experiences and can solve simple problems. Its inventors hope it points the way to devices that match the brain’s energy-efficient computing prowess.
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Understanding the brain using topology: the Blue Brain project
Alert! Alert! Applied topology has taken the world has by storm once more. This time techniques from algebraic topology are being applied to model networks of neurons in the brain... By Rachael Jane Boyd.
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How We’ll Eventually Control Everything With Our Minds
Brain-controlled computers are currently helping paralyzed patients, but one day they might be used to control everything around you. By Daniel Oberhaus.
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Melding mind and machine: How close are we?
Brain-computer interfacing is a hot topic in the tech world, with Elon Musk's announcement of his new Neuralink startup. Here, researchers separate what's science from what's currently still fiction.
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The Swan Automaton
John Joseph Merlin
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