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Can a Machine Be Conscious?

Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000

Three neuroscientists argue that the architecture of consciousness in the human brain can help create artificial consciousness.

Credit to Author: Stephen Leahy| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Record-hot summers are now 70 times more likely than they were in the past 40 years.

Credit to Author: Thomas Rid| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000

It is time for Twitter to confront bots, extremists, and hostile spies by owning up to its own values.

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

We’ve always known that nudibranchs eat hydroids, but upon closer inspection, scientists have found they’re getting more than they pay for.

Credit to Author: Emma Paling| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:09:44 +0000

But will it mean losing astrology’s storytelling tradition?

Credit to Author: Ankita Rao| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:10:03 +0000

A study of fruit bat pups shows how bats use vocal learning, commonly thought of as uniquely human, to pick up new accents.

Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:26:07 +0000

How could innovative ideas improve funerals and final resting places? It’s a question not being asked enough.

Credit to Author: Kate Lunau| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:38:54 +0000

The Canadian province is just the latest place to look at a ban on “distracted walking.”