As the 21st century progresses, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations will cause urban and indoor levels of the gas to increase, and that may significantly reduce our basic decision-making ability and complex ...
Environment
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Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead.
Education
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Squirrels that strongly favour their left or right side are less good at learning, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
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Many new parents are familiar with terms like "baby brain" or "mommy brain" that hint at an unavoidable decline in cognitive function associated with the hormonal changes of pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal caregiving. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2019
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Artificial neurons for deeply intelligent machines – this is the new artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, led by Geoffrey Hinton and his team since 2012. That year, Hinton, an expert in cognitive science at the University ...
Machine learning & AI
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Mapping genetic influences on connections between neural networks could lead to a better understanding of brain organization and behavior.
Mathematics
May 15, 2018
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A recent article published in Economics & Human Biology by LISER and UniLu researchers (J. Olivera, F. Andreoli, A. K. Leist and L. Chauvel) documents the persistent effects of educational inequalities suffered in the past ...
Economics & Business
Apr 23, 2018
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The key to working better, sleeping better, and feeling better could be rooted in the design, maintenance, and operation of the buildings where we spend the majority of our time, a new Harvard study has found.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 8, 2017
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You've likely heard about being in the right place at the wrong time, but what about having the right genes in the wrong environment? In other words, could a genetic mutation (or allele) that puts populations at risk for ...
Evolution
Dec 30, 2016
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As the champagne corks pop at the end of the New Year's Eve countdown, it's the perfect time to think about what you'd like to accomplish in 2016.
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