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- Training computers to understand the human brain
- 'Disgusted' rats teaching scientists about nausea, work may lead to new cancer treatments
- How will smart cars affect the future of driving?
- What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5 -- or 3?
- Urban coyotes could be setting the stage for larger carnivores -- wolves, bears and mountain lions -- to move into cities
- Dating between modern humans and Neandertals
| Training computers to understand the human brain Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:43 AM PDT Researchers use fMRI datasets to train a computer to predict the semantic category of an image originally viewed by five different people. |
| 'Disgusted' rats teaching scientists about nausea, work may lead to new cancer treatments Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:38 AM PDT Nausea is a common and distressing side effect of many drugs and treatments. Unlike vomiting, nausea is not well understood, but new research may soon change that. Researchers believe they've found the mechanism in the brain that is responsible for the sensation of nausea -- with the help of some "disgusted" rats. |
| How will smart cars affect the future of driving? Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:38 AM PDT California, Nevada, and Florida have already made driverless cars street-legal, and continuing advances in the technology have led many to predict that the commercialization of automated vehicles is a real possibility in the not-so-distant future. As driverless vehicles become more commonplace, it is important to understand how humans interact with this new technology. |
| What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5 -- or 3? Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:38 AM PDT A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system. |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:09 AM PDT Coyotes are the largest of the mammalian carnivores to have made their way to, and thrived in, urban settings. A researcher estimates that about 2,000 coyotes live in the Chicago metro area. The coyote is "the test case for other animals," he says, such as wolves, bears and mountain lions. |
| Dating between modern humans and Neandertals Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:10 PM PDT To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research provides a historical context for the interbreeding. It suggests that it occurred when modern humans carrying Upper Paleolithic technologies encountered Neandertals as they expanded out of Africa. |
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