Category: Life and Death
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Once upon a time in Hollywood... [About Death]
What does "Once upon a time in Hollywood" has to teach us? Nothing that life cannot teach us itself. The cynical nature of our existence. The void in which we experience the cosmos. The hope that we rely upon every night when we say good night: That we will wake up the next morning... Too…
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Thinking. Remembering. Being.
IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial intelligence. Their designs draw on concepts from the human brain and significantly outperform conventional computers in comparative studies. They reported on their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing. Today's computers are built on the…
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Understanding… nothing?
Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis the children had been given. The researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge…
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Starving to death…
Octopuses are fascinating creatures with incredible problem-solving skills and breathtaking camouflage. But overall, they are short-lived, typically around for just one to two years. That's because they're semelparous, which means they reproduce just once before they die. Once an octopuse mother lays her eggs, she stops feeding - she'll stay and watch over her eggs…
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Insignificant specks...
Vast universe. Huge planet. Look. In the desert. Insignificant specks. In the forest. Smiling. Walking down the road. (Good morning Madam!) Crying. Playing on the street. (Do you remember yourself as a child?) Cherries. Look. Feel the cold water. In a million years... We will not be here. Insignificant specks. Die. And the cosmos will…
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