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How we’re teaching computers to understand pictures
When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are...
Can we create new senses for humans?
As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David...
Building “self-aware” robots
Can robots and humans interact the way that human beings interact with each other? Guy Hoffman researches embodied cognition and...
This is why your brain needs sleep
The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the...
How our microbes make us who we are
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that...
Brain-to-brain communication
You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the...
New device allows deaf people to ‘hear with their tongue’
Cochlear implants are expensive, invasive and are occasionally unsuitable for elderly patients - so scientists are working on a device...
How Ponies Affect Chemists
Look like your Chem class notes?
Noel Tree Decoration in Lab
Noel Tree Decoration in Lab
Christmass and Microbiology
A set of petri dish Christmas tree ornaments Story Source: The above story is based on materials provided by Etsy,...
Nordic Neuroscience 2015: Trondheim
A scientific meeting for all neuroscientists in the Nordic and Baltic states. From June 10th to June 12th, 2015, the...
How to look inside the brain
There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using...
Building a dinosaur from a chicken
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood...
This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly
Forget stitches — there's a better way to close wounds. In this talk, TED Fellow Joe Landolina talks about his...