martedì 30 aprile 2019

# evol: hanging by a rope off a cliff, the vibrant pigments of bird feathers to trace the mechanics of evolution

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<< All organisms depend on input of exogenous compounds that cannot be internally produced. Gain and loss of such dependencies structu...
lunedì 29 aprile 2019

# ai.bot: "Machine Behaviour", the multi-disciplinary, ethological approach to "Intelligent Machines", by MIT

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<< Rather than simply being scared of "intelligent machines," (..) society needs to study algorithms with a multi-disciplina...
sabato 27 aprile 2019

# phys: to move (momentarily) in and out of existence by extracting something from nothing

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<< According to Einstein, nothing can travel faster than light in vacuum. Because of this, it is usually assumed that the Cherenkov em...
venerdì 26 aprile 2019

# age: apropos of flatworm regeneration (2)

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AA << have developed a computational model of planarian (flatworm) regeneration that explains how fragments of planaria determine whic...
mercoledì 24 aprile 2019

# behav: to change moral decisions (between 'guilt aversion’ and 'inequity aversion) depending on the context.

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AA << find markedly different neural substrates for the strategies of "guilt aversion’ and 'inequity aversion", even und...
martedì 23 aprile 2019

# zen brain: imagine a movement, in total rest, to train and change brains

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AA << use NFB [neurofeedback by fMRI] to train healthy individuals to reinforce brain patterns related to motor execution while perfor...
sabato 20 aprile 2019

# phys: cloud-to-ground lightning often strikes twice (or more)

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<< Lightning is a dangerous yet poorly understood natural phenomenon. Lightning forms a network of plasma channels propagating away fr...