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AI's memory-forming mechanism found to be strikingly similar to that of the brain

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An interdisciplinary team consisting of researchers has revealed a striking similarity between the memory processing of artificial intelligence (AI) models and the hippocampus of the human brain. This new finding provides a novel perspective on memory consolidation, which is a process that transforms short-term memories into long-term ones, in AI systems.

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7 Jobs Humans Can Do Better Than Robots And AI

Smart Data Collective

The rise of artificial intelligence or AI in the past decades has resulted in collective anxiety worldwide. The common apprehension is that there will be a massive loss of jobs as robots and computers eventually replace employees.

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Botulism: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, History, and Epidemiology

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Did you know that less than one gram of botulism toxin can wipe out all of humankind? While the botulism toxin is one of the deadliest toxins known, a very diluted version, known as Botox, is used routinely as a chemical ‘fountain of youth.’ While botulism poisoning doesn’t spread from person to person, outbreaks do occur and, in severe cases, lead to hospitalization and even death.

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Why we need a new measure of maternal health: the “lifetime risk of maternal near miss”

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Ursula Gazeley According to the most recent data from the World Health Organization , the lifetime risk of maternal death for a girl in Chad is a staggering 1 in 15, compared with 1 in 43,000 in Norway. This means that a girl in Chad has an almost 3000 times greater risk of dying from a maternal cause during her reproductive lifetime than a girl in Norway.

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How technology and economics can help save endangered species

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A lot has changed in the world since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted 50 years ago in December 1973. Experts are now discuss how the ESA has evolved and what its future might hold.

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5 Tips to Master Entity Extraction in NLP for AI Programming

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AI is playing a huge role in the future of software development. We covered some of the important aspects of it in this article. Developing AI programs can be a very complicated task.

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Can we decode the language of our primate cousins?

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Are we able to differentiate between the vocal emissions of certain primates? A team asked volunteers to categorize the vocalizations of three species of great apes (Hominidae) and humans. During each exposure to these ''onomatopoeia'', brain activity was measured. Unlike previous studies, the scientists reveal that phylogenetic proximity -- or kinship -- is not the only factor influencing our ability to identify these sounds.

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Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began

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Researchers have analyzed more than one million galaxies to explore primordial fluctuations that seeded the formation of the structure of the entire universe.

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Exoplanets'climate -- it takes nothing to switch from habitable to hell

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The Earth is a wonderful blue and green dot covered with oceans and life, while Venus is a yellowish sterile sphere that is not only inhospitable but also sterile. However, the difference between the two bears to only a few degrees in temperature. A team of astronomers has achieved a world's first by managing to simulate the entirety of the runaway greenhouse process which can transform the climate of a planet from idyllic and perfect for life, to a place more than harsh and hostile.

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How jellyfish regenerate functional tentacles in days

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At about the size of a pinkie nail, the jellyfish species Cladonema can regenerate an amputated tentacle in two to three days -- but how? Regenerating functional tissue across species, including salamanders and insects, relies on the ability to form a blastema, a clump of undifferentiated cells that can repair damage and grow into the missing appendage.

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Cells of the future: A key to reprogramming cell identities

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The intricate process of duplicating genetic information, referred to as DNA replication, lies at the heart of the transmission of life from one cell to another and from one organism to the next. This happens by not just simply copying the genetic information; a well-orchestrated sequence of molecular events has to happen at the right time. Scientists have recently uncovered a fascinating aspect of this process known as 'replication timing' (RT) and how special this is when life commences.

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Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family

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Early in the 1970s, paleontologists discovered strange fossilized fruits between hardened rock from one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history. The identity of these fossils remained elusive for the next several decades. Using CT scanning, scientists have now determined they are the oldest fossils from species in the Frankincense and Myrrh family.

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Polymers that can kill bacteria

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Scientists have created a new family of polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance -- a major step in the fight against superbugs like E. coli and MRSA.

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Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia

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A new study identifies five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia. The study used DNA analysis and physical characteristics to describe two entirely new species of soft-furred hedgehogs and elevate three subspecies to the level of species.

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Reindeer sleep while chewing their cud

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Researchers report that the more time reindeer spend ruminating, the less time they spend in non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep. EEG recordings revealed that reindeer's brainwaves during rumination resemble the brain waves present during non-REM sleep, and these brainwave patterns suggest that the reindeer are more 'rested' after ruminating. The researchers speculate that this multitasking might help reindeer get enough sleep during the summer months, when food is abundant and reindeer feed

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Rise of archery in Andes Mountains dated to 5,000 years ago -- earlier than previous research

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Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists found through analysis of 1,179 projectile points that the rise of archery technology dates to around 5,000 years ago. Previous research held that archery in the Andes emerged around 3,000 years ago. The new research from UC Davis indicates that the adoption of bow-and-arrow technology coincided with both the expansion of exchange networks and the growing tendency for people to reside in villages.

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Snowflakes swirling in turbulent air as they fall through a laser light sheet

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A winter wonderland calls to mind piles of fluffy, glistening snow. But to reach the ground, snowflakes are swept into the turbulent atmosphere, swirling through the air instead of plummeting directly to the ground. Researchers found that regardless of turbulence or snowflake type, acceleration follows a universal statistical pattern that can be described as an exponential distribution.

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New 1.5-billion-pixel image shows Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail

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While many holiday traditions involve feasts of turkey, soba noodles, latkes or Pan de Pascua, this year, the European Southern Observatory is bringing you a holiday chicken. The so-called Running Chicken Nebula, home to young stars in the making, is revealed in spectacular detail in this 1.5-billion-pixel image captured by the VLT Survey Telescope.

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Evaluating the truthfulness of fake news through online searches increases the chances of believing misinformation

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Conventional wisdom suggests that searching online to evaluate the veracity of misinformation would reduce belief in it. But a new study by a team of researchers shows the opposite occurs: Searching to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing misinformation.

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Supernova encore: Second lensed supernova in a distant galaxy

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In November 2023, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed a massive cluster of galaxies named MACS J0138.0-2155. Through an effect called gravitational lensing, first predicted by Albert Einstein, a distant galaxy named MRG-M0138 appears warped by the powerful gravity of the intervening galaxy cluster. In addition to warping and magnifying the distant galaxy, the gravitational lensing effect caused by MACS J0138 produces five different images of MRG-M0138.

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How To Use Big Data As Part Of Your Investment Planning

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We have talked extensively about a lot of the changes that big data has brought to the financial industry. Earlier this year, we covered a post on some of the biggest benefits of using financial analytics to streamline financial processes. Another major benefit of big data is that it can help with investment planning.

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Analytics in Machining Techniques in Making Advanced Exoskeleton Robots

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Analytics technology has seriously disrupted the manufacturing industry over the last decade. According to Mordor Intelligence, the market for analytics in manufacturing will be worth $19.5 billion by 2028. There are a number of ways that analytics has helped manufacturing companies improve their bottom line.

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Maximizing Project Efficiency With A Point Cloud Viewer Software

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Cloud technology has been a godsend for companies in almost every sector. Therefore, it should not be particularly surprising that a growing number of companies are investing in cloud-based tools to improve scalability and boost profits.

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Study uncovers major hidden human-driven bird extinctions

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Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species -- twice as many as previously thought -- with major implications for the ongoing biodiversity crisis, a new study has found. The estimated extinctions would mean almost 12 per cent of bird species have died out over modern human history, since the Late Pleistocene around 130,000 years ago, with the vast majority of them becoming extinct directly or indirectly due to human activity.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Software Development

Smart Data Collective

New technology has always transformed aspects of our lives, but perhaps none has more potential to bring change than artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). While the latest developments are watched with excitement by some and trepidation by others, engineers must look at how best to use them.

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Meet 'Coscientist,' your AI lab partner

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An artificial intelligence-driven system has autonomously learned about certain Nobel Prize-winning chemical reactions and designed a successful laboratory procedure to make them. The AI did so in just a few minutes and correctly on its first attempt. According to the authors, this is the first time that a non-organic intelligence planned, designed and executed this complex reaction that was invented by humans.

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Artificial intelligence can predict events in people's lives

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Artificial intelligence can analyze registry data on people's residence, education, income, health and working conditions and, with high accuracy, predict life events.

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5 Reasons Data-Driven SEO Agencies Are the Future

Smart Data Collective

Data analytics is undoubtedly the future of the marketing profession. Businesses spent $3.9 billion on marketing analytics in 2021 and that figure is likely to reach $14.3 billion by 2031. Big data technology has led to tremendous changes in the marketing realm in recent years.

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Essential Online Safety Guidelines for Kids’ Internet Use

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The internet can be a very dangerous place for— well, anyone actually. But the risks are particularly pronounced for the most vulnerable members of the population—specifically, children. There is the usual risk of cybercrime. There is also the frightening potential for exposure to strangers, or other harmful content.

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New brain-like transistor mimics human intelligence

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Researchers develop transistor that simultaneously processes and stores information like the human brain. Transistor goes beyond categorization tasks to perform associative learning. Transistor identified similar patterns, even when given imperfect input. Previous similar devices could only operate at cryogenic temperatures; new transistor operates at room temperature, making it more practical.

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Light color is less important for the internal clock than originally thought

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Light in the evening is thought to be bad for sleep. However, does the color of the light play a role? Researchers compared the influence of different light colors on the human body. The researchers' findings contradict the results of a previous study in mice.

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Insects already had a variety of defense strategies in the Cretaceous

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Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect themselves from predators 100 million years ago.

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A trillion scents, one nose

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A research team has uncovered a previously undetected mechanism in mice -- starring the genetic molecule RNA -- that could explain how each sensory cell, or neuron, in mammalian noses becomes tailored to detect a specific odor chemical.

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Using AI, researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates

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Using artificial intelligence, researchers discovered a class of compounds that can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

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