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How Scientists Influenced Monkeys’ Decisions Using Ultrasound in Their Brains A few years ago, in a pitch black room at Stanford University, a monkey sat silently in his custom-made chair, … Read More
AI Is Getting More Creative. But Who Should Own the Art It Produces? Creativity is a trait that makes humans unique from other species. We alone have the ability to … Read More
4 Non-Obvious Trends That Matter During This Pandemic Last year at South By Southwest, author and entrepreneur Rohit Bhargava spoke to a packed auditorium about trends that, though they may … Read More
Epic Games’ Insane Video Game Graphics Demo Explained in Simple Terms Most of the words that follow aren’t necessary to see why the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, an Epic … Read More
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 23) COMPUTING OpenAI’s Supercomputer Collaboration With Microsoft Marks Its Biggest Bet Yet on AGI Kyle Wiggers | VentureBeat “Today, … Read More
A New Bionic Eye Could Give Robots and the Blind 20/20 Vision A bionic eye could restore sight to the blind and greatly improve robotic vision, but current visual sensors … Read More
3 Major Materials Science Breakthroughs—and Why They Matter for the Future Few recognize the vast implications of materials science. To build today’s smartphone in the 1980s, it would cost about … Read More
The US Government Just Invested Big in Small-Scale Nuclear Power Amid the coronavirus lockdowns around the world, one of few positive pieces of news we’ve heard is that carbon emissions … Read More
Scientists Are Cloning the Coronavirus Like Crazy. Here’s Why—and the Risks Most biomedical researchers are busy finding ways to squash the new coronavirus. Meanwhile, synthetic biologists are busy cloning it … Read More
Here Are the Results of the Biggest Universal Basic Income Trial Yet Widespread job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic are leading to renewed interest in the idea of a … Read More
