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MIT neuroscientists have discovered that computer models of hearing and vision can build their own idiosyncratic “invariants” — meaning they respond the same way to stimuli with very different features.
Human sensory systems are very good at recognizing objects we see or words we hear, even if the object is upside down or the word is spoken by a voice we’ve never heard.
Paleontologists have recently discovered a new genus and species of soft-bodied tubular polypoid mesozoan, named Paleocanna tentaculum, from a remarkably preserved specimen located approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Quebec City, Canada. Depiction of Paleocanna tentaculum. Individuals are found living in a single tube or in clusters of two or three interconnected tubes. Image credit: Ramirez-Guerrero
Images of Titan captured by Cassini Spacecraft NASA/JPL/SSI/Val Klavans Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, features vast plains often covered with up to a meter of light, organic “snow.” Remarkably, approximately 65% of Titan’s surface consists of uniformly flat plains blanketed in a porous layer made of particles deposited from its hazy atmosphere. Due to its dense
Recent studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from eight fossils unearthed in Poland’s Stazynia Cave unveil a tightly-knit community of Neanderthals who inhabited the region approximately 100,000 years ago. This discovery offers one of the most definitive genetic insights into a singular prehistoric group in Europe. Approximately 100,000 years ago, at least seven Neanderthals inhabited Stazynia