The science of friendship and loneliness
Assistant professor of psychology Jessica Ayers’s new research challenges assumptions about the kind of friendships we need
Cats want to talk to us. Scientists are trying to decipher the meow
Cats are conversationalists. Researchers suggest the meow has evolved over centuries as a tool to better communicate with humans.
Air Names Andrej Danko Chief Product & Technology Officer
This post was originally published on here Andrej Danko previously served at ServiceNow, Productboard, CEAI, Merlon Intelligence and SAP.
Hexagon takes full ownership of 3D scanning specialist ZG Technology
This post was originally published on here Hexagon acquired a 51% stake in 2021; ZG’s scanners support inspection, reverse engineering and digitization across multiple industries.
Gilead opens new research centre bringing together oncology, inflammation and research data science teams
The centre in California supports the company’s $32bn US investment
John Mulaney circling lead role in reboot of a Mel Brooks comedy classic
John Mulaney is circling the role of Maxwell Smart in a reboot of spy spoof Get Smart at Warner Bros. Read more at Empire.
Slime mould has no brain, no neurons and no central control, yet when scientists placed food at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo, it grew a network strikingly similar to the rail system — with comparable efficiency, cost and resilience
A single-celled organism with no brain solved a transportation puzzle that took human engineers decades to perfect.
Opinion: Why the rise of AI makes me optimistic about the future. CT has safeguards.
This post was originally published on here More than 40 years later, I sometimes think about that Sinclair when I use AI because, in a strange way, the computer I imagined as a teenager is finally here.
Quartz deposit purity in central China ‘highly similar’ to US Spruce Pine: study
This post was originally published on here Geologists say they have identified a new deposit in central China that can produce high-purity quartz comparable to the quality produced at a critical world-leading mine in the United States. The high-purity quartz from the Chinese deposit is described as having “highly similar” properties to the resources produced…