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Brains and AI Neural networks are powerful thanks to physics, not math

Posted in Software on 12th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The very nature of the universe helps deep learning computers solve problems quickly.

Sleep 'prioritizes memories we care about'

Posted in Medicine on 11th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

A study has found that during sleep, the experiences you care about are more likely to enter your long-term memory.

Ketamine component produces improvement in resistant depression within 2 hours

Posted in Medicine on 10th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Esketamine, component of the general anesthetic ketamine, shows rapid and significant improvement in depressive patients.

Physicists Go Hunting for Consciousness

Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

It was only recently that physicists shifted their attentions from concepts like the Big Bang, quantum information and began tendering their two cents on consciousness.

Pollution particles 'get into brain'

Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The finding, described as "dreadfully shocking" by the researchers, raises a host of new questions about the health risks of air pollution.