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Where Infants Beat AI

It seems that infants can detect what motivates other people's actions, outperforming AI at the same task. A study performed by researchers at New York University shows the fundamental differences between cognition and computation and where…

On-Demand Genome Sequences

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed an innovative software tool to assemble complete (gapless) genome sequences from various species. Dubbed Verkko, “network” in Finnish, the tool makes creating the sequences…

Quantum Signals Up, Noise Down

There’s some noise in every quantum system that can cause unavoidable errors. They typically use “parametric” amplification to “squeeze” or decrease the noise affecting one variable while increasing the noise that affects its conjugate…

Your Brain on Movies

We all love a good movie. They transport us, taking us to worlds and environments many of us won't see in our everyday lives. Movies and the stories they tell can cause us to laugh, weep, feel, and think, sometimes changing us in…