Science
Leaves May Have Helped Apes Evolve An Upright Stature
Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
If an ape's back is horizontal, the hands and feet are typically underneath the body, which makes it harder to move outward to the smaller branches of the tree.
White House Puts Aside $5 Billion For Future COVID Treatments
Posted in Medicine, Science on 15th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
Operation Next Gen will have three main goals: creating long-lasting monoclonal antibodies, speeding up the development of mucosal vaccines to possibly reduce transmission and infection risks, and speeding efforts to develop a universal coronavirus vaccine that protects against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses.
Surgeons Are Simulating Whole Brains To Pin Down The Source Of Their Patients' Seizures
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 12th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
A decade ago, the Human Brain Project launched with a blue-sky goal: digitizing a human brain. The implications were huge: simulated brains could provide crucial clues to help crack some of the most troubling neurological diseases.
Antarctic Ice Can Melt 20 Times Faster Than We Thought
Posted in Science on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
A study published April 5 in the journal Nature found that at the end of the last Ice Age, parts of the Eurasian Ice Sheet retreated up to 2,000 feet per day.
Finding A Song People Were Listening To Based On Their Brain Activity
Posted in Science on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
A neural decoding model that is able to reconstruct heard music from brain activity can form a reasonable step towards other forms of neural decoding models that have applications for aiding communication.