Giraffes combine quantities similarly to addition

In addition to humans, some species of primates and birds have demonstrated under experimental conditions their ability to ...
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Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Dismantling peer review at NIH

A recent report in Nature describes how the Trump administration is weakening peer review in favor of ideology-based grant ...
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Node Placement and Path Planning for Improved Area Coverage in Mixed Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract: For the large-scale monitoring of a physical phenomena using a wireless sensor network (WSN), a large number of static and/or mobile sensor nodes are required, resulting in higher deployment ...

University of Maryland launching AI-based bachelor’s program this fall

Two new bachelor’s degree programs based on AI technology are coming to the University of Maryland. The Bachelor of Arts in human-centered AI and the Bachelor of Science in AI: computational ...

British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with ...

A new quantum computer sets a high watermark for accuracy. Are we on the verge of a big breakthrough?

In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in midair, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero.