Month: July 2022
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Faster than light… So?
Faster-than-light speeds could be why gamma-ray bursts seem to go backwards in time. (1) Amazing. Isn’t it? But wait a minute. If gamma rays can do that, then why are we so keen on doing the same? And what is more… Why are we so keen on doing something that common matter can do? Do…
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Huo Philosopher v2.0 (Commodore philosophy application for the BASIC 10Liners 2021 contest)
Huo Philosopher is a tiny open source program for Commodore. With just 10 lines of code, it is able to conduct clever conversations about philosophy with deep meaning…
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Programming and Philosophy: Not so much different as they seem…
What is common between programming and philosophy? Well, at first glance… nothing! Yet, if one scratches below the surface he or she may find some peculiar correlations. People like philosophy. Because they like to ask questions and seek their answers. Because they are interested in the major questions of humankind and would like to reach…
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Picking up voices…
Our brains have a remarkable ability to pick out one voice from among many. Now, a team of Columbia University neuroengineers has uncovered the steps that take place in the brain to make this feat possible. The auditory cortex is the brain’s listening hub. The inner ear sends this brain region electrical signals that represent…
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Evolution. Dark DNA.
Scientists long assumed that new genes appear when evolution tinkers with old ones. There are studies suggesting that genes do not always evolve from existing ones, as biologists long supposed. Instead, some are fashioned from desolate stretches of the genome that do not code for any functional molecules. For example in the fish genomes, there…
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