131 articles from FRIDAY 16.9.2022
Drone surveillance and crowdfunded ransom: How tech is changing borders and those who cross them
Millions of people are on the move today, in the biggest forced displacement since the Second World War. And unlike in decades past, new technologies are changing the narratives of their movement — both by reinforcing and extending borders, and acting as a lifeline for those trying to cross...
Climate change from the ground up: Researchers explore sea level rise impact on building foundations
- ScienceDaily
- 22/9/16 22:17
Researchers have considered how flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges will damage the built environment along the coast, but what about climate change's less noticeable impacts below the surface? A new study by civil engineers examines the hidden costs to building foundations due to sea level rise. They propose a method for inspection and repair to lower the cost associated with...
Algorithm sheds new light on ICU patients' consciousness
- ScienceDaily
- 22/9/16 22:17
Researchers have developed a new algorithm that can accurately track a patient's level of consciousness, easing strain on clinicians and enabling new treatments.
Pythons are true choke artists
- ScienceDaily
- 22/9/16 22:17
Biologists have found that it's not just the size of its head and body that puts almost everything on a Burmese python's menu. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allows them to consume prey up to six times larger than similar-sized snakes.
Researchers Reveal the Worst Methane Super-Emitters in the U.S.
When it comes to global warming, methane is a monster. It may represent only 11% of the share of greenhouse gasses emitted each year, but during its first 20 years in the atmosphere it is 80 times more efficient at capturing heat than the far more commonplace carbon dioxide. That’s why it’s so important to spot the worst emitters and shut them down—or at least reduce their...
NASA's Perseverance rover investigates geologically rich Mars terrain
- ScienceDaily
- 22/9/16 21:37
NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.
Novel analysis shows the experience of reward increases connectivity between the default mode network and other brain regions
- ScienceDaily
- 22/9/16 20:46
In line with other studies, during the reward-processing task, researchers observed decreased activation of the default mode network (DMN) and relative increased activation of other networks.
Even smartest AI models don't match human visual processing
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- 22/9/16 20:46
Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) don't see objects the way humans do -- using configural shape perception -- and that could be dangerous in real-world AI applications. The study employed novel visual stimuli called 'Frankensteins' to explore how the human brain and DCNNs process holistic, configural object properties.
Namibian cheetahs head for India, 70 years after local extinction
Eight Namibian cheetahs were on Friday airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats after they were driven to extinction there decades ago, officials and vets said.
On thinning ice: This summer I got up close and personal with glaciers
Bob McDonald's blog: This summer I ventured into the land of ice at the top of the world. I wandered among towering icebergs, and came face to face with calving...