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Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

Large language models (LLMs) represent a major advance in artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular toward the goal of human-like artificial general intelligence (AGI). It’s sometimes claimed…

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A team of researchers in the UK has taught blind people, as well as people with complete vision, how to echolocate objects using tongue clicks.

Researchers Successfully Trained People to Echolocate in Just 10 Weeks Share Filed to:animal echolocation Millions of bats fly out of the Khao Chong Pran Cave at sunset for feeding on September 12, 2020 in Ratchaburi, Thailand. (Photo: Lauren DeCicca, Getty Images) Scientists in the UK say the same sort of echolocation practiced by bats may also help people living with blindness better navigate the world. In a new study, they found that blind and sighted participants who took part in a 10-week ...

Blind and sighted participants in a 10-week training program were able to learn how to perform echolocation, according to new research by scientists in the UK.

John Paul Minda has penned a wide-ranging book on the workings of the mind. The author uses the case of an epileptic named Henry Molaison to illustrate the importance of memory.

Top 10 People Capable Of Superhuman Feats We all love superhero movies, and every time we go to the theatres, we are excited to see them doing incredible feats as they fight against threats to their worlds. Yet, movies use computers to tell fictional stories that could never be repeated or replicated in real life. But, did you know that there are real-life superhumans living with us? Some of these humans with incredible capabilities were born with gifts, but others chose to train and perfect th...

A Kazakh start-up helps the blind – through echolocation   Galimzhan Gabdreshov testing his non-intrusive echolocation system for visually impaired people. Photo courtesy of Galimzhan Gabdreshov. Although bats can see, many species have evolved an unusual way to fly and hunt in the dark—echolocation. To do so, they emit ultrasonic sound waves that bounce off objects and navigate using the resulting echoes. Dolphins use a similar technique. Can this technique be used by people without sight...