Category: Humans
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Computers speaking like humans? Irrelevant.
Google's DeepMind AI is learning how to talk. And learning how to do it like a person, not a computer. DeepMind has many learning projects going on right now, but the newest one to catch our ears seems to be an increasingly realistic voice and speech pattern system that eliminates more and more of the…
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Behavior. Molecules. Defining a human…
The immune system affects – and even controls – social behavior, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that blocking a single type of immune molecule made mouse brains go hyperactive and caused abnormal behavior; restoring it fixed both. The discovery could have enormous implications for neurological conditions such as autism and schizophrenia. (1) It…
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Chromosomes. Pinocchio. Fairy Tales…
Men have one copy, women have two, but scientists have long puzzled over why the human X chromosome mostly contains genes that are active in a small number of tissues. Now, a team of researchers led by the University of Bath studying the evolution of this X chromosome has discovered why it contains such an…
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Being unique, the Purpose of life & Running… (but not because you like it!) [free will, purpose of life etc]
What on earth do runners think about while pounding the pavement mile after mile after mile? Mostly, they think about how miserable they are. At least that's what a new, first-of its-kind study of elite runners seems to show. For the study, 10 long-distance runners used audio recorders so they could speak aloud their thoughts…
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