Share this on WhatsApp Perhaps the most unnerving aspect of COVID-19 is its startling range of severity: from completely asymptomatic to deadly. Starting early in the pandemic, researchers identified factors that put people at risk of a serious case of the disease, such as advanced age, having certain chronic diseases and being male. But these […]
Share this on WhatsApp Artificial intelligence still needs to bridge the “sim-to-real” gap. Deep-learning techniques that are all the rage in AI log superlative performances in mastering cerebral games, including chess and Go, both of which can be played on a computer. But translating simulations to the physical world remains a bigger challenge. A robot named […]
Share this on WhatsApp Sometimes, discoveries seem so simple. “You know, basically we found a bunch of holes in the ground.” That’s Eduard Reinhardt. He’s an archaeologist and geologist at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. “But ultimately very important holes in the ground.” Reinhardt and colleagues believe they’ve found some of the first clear […]
