Sesame seed-sized hybrids of human and Neanderthal brains sparked briefly to life in a laboratory, offering tantalizing clues as to how the organs have evolved over millennia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/human-neanderthal-minibrains-created.html
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Cephalopod Passes Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
mi shares a report from ScienceAlert: The marshmallow test, or Stanford marshmallow experiment, is pretty straightforward. A child is placed in a room with a marshmallow. They are told, if they can manage not to eat the marshmallow for 15 minutes, they’ll get a second marshmallow, and be allowed to eat both. This ability to delay gratification demonstrates cognitive abilities such…
Human ancestor ‘Lucy’ gets a new face in stunning reconstruction
New depictions of Lucy and the Taung child are shedding light on the tricky task of facial reconstruction. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lucy-taung-child-facial-reconstructions.html
Hackers Exploit Websites To Give Them Excellent SEO Before Deploying Malware
schwit1 shares a report from ZDNet: Cyberattackers have turned to search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to deploy malware payloads to as many victims as possible. According to Sophos, the so-called search engine “deoptimization” method includes both SEO tricks and the abuse of human psychology to push websites that have been compromised up Google’s rankings. SEO optimization is used by webmasters to…
Gulf Stream at its weakest in over 1,000 years
A new study suggests that the Gulf Stream – an Atlantic Ocean current that plays a large role in shaping Earth’s weather patterns – is weaker now than at any point in the last 1,000 years. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/gulf-stream-atlantic-weakest-in-over-1000-years…
Cats are too socially inept to be loyal
A new study finds that cats, unlike dogs, will gladly accept food from people who are not nice to their owners. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cats-do-not-distinguish-human-enemies-friends.html
Scientists Have Invented Light-Up OLED Tattoos
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Tattoos are usually considered a form of personal expression, but a team of researchers in Europe have created what they’re calling the world’s first light-emitting tattoo based on OLED screen technology that, besides presumably looking kind of cool, could also serve as a visible warning about potential health concerns. In a recently published…
Klara and the Sun review: Ishiguro’s thought-provoking future for AI
Klara and the Sun by Nobel prizewinning author Kazuo Ishiguro is a fascinating tale about artificial intelligence, friendship and what it means to be human Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269338-klara-and-the-sun-review-ishiguros-thought-provoking-future-for-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
ESA is working on a mission to explore caves on the moon
Infrastructure is going to be one of the biggest components of any permanent human settlement on the moon. NASA Artemis missions are focused directly on building up the facilities and processes necessary to support a moon base. ESA is also contributing both material and knowledge. Most recently, they made another step in their path to explore lava tubes and caves in…
The First AI-written Play Isn’t Shakespeare – but It Has Its Moments
Science magazine describes what happens when a robot writes a play: The 60-minute production — AI: When a Robot Writes a Play — tells the journey of a character (this time a robot), who goes out into the world to learn about society, human emotions, and even death. The script was created by a widely available artificial intelligence (AI) system called…