Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading technology. …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 23, 2017
Smart birds: Canada geese give hunters the slip by hiding out in Chicago
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•It’s open season for Canada geese in Illinois from mid-October to mid-January. Unfortunately for hunters, Canada geese are finding a new way to stay out of the line of fire. …read more Source:: Science
Drug can dramatically reduce weight of people with obesity
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•A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft adds multithreading to Node.js for compute-heavy apps
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•By Paul Krill Microsoft’s beta Napa.js runtime is offering multithreaded support for the Node.js server-side JavaScript platform, to provide the flexibility of JavaScript with speedy performance akin to C++’s. By introducing multithreading to …read more Source:: OpenSource
Mongolian microfossils point to the rise of animals on Earth
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•A cache of embryo-like microfossils has been discovered in northern Mongolia that may shed light on questions about the long-ago shift from microbes to animals on Earth. …read more Source:: Science