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7 Popular Science Museums

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Science museums from all around the world capture and document this knowledge allowing anyone interested in learning about science, to access this wealth of knowledge and learn about major achievements and milestones that got us where we are today. The Museum of Natural Sciences contains several galleries and sections.

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

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Literacy skills have a profound impact on a person’s life,” says Dr Jacqueline Cummine, a professor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine – Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Alberta. They won first place for Outstanding Communication! (© Do you have a question for Jacqueline?

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How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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Published: Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. Intelligent systems can also facilitate better communication and collaboration between healthcare teams. This could be particularly important in areas that lack access to sufficient healthcare facilities, or during emergencies, such as natural disasters and pandemics.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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Looking forward Jin’s team is currently investigating the fine but critical details of cellular science. “My My team is trying to understand how cells function, how they metabolise, and how the organelles within cells work together and communicate with one another,” he says. “In The other potential limitation is people.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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When researchers visit the facility to capture images, they are supported by scientists, including research software engineers who help them process their data and access software. Once this is done, the CTC video footage will be accessible to artificial intelligence image analysis techniques.

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Charting a Course for “Complexity”: Metamodeling, Ruliology and More

Stephen Wolfram

It seemed as if there was a vast new domain that had suddenly been made accessible to scientific exploration. And in it I could see so much great science that could be done, and so many wonderful opportunities for so many people. But I think it does well at communicating what this science that I’ve enjoyed for so long is about.

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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram

But the lesson of the past several hundred years of science is that there are things that can be figured out by formal processes, but aren’t readily accessible to immediate human thinking. Nontrivial mathematics is one big example. So how is it, then, that something like ChatGPT can get as far as it does with language?

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