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Can we control the electrical activity in our brains?

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Two areas of overlapping colours show the primary and secondary whisker areas. First discovered in the 1960s by Dr Osamu Shimomura, GFP has revolutionised many fields of science. In 2008, Dr Shimomura was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work, alongside Dr Chalfie and Dr Tsien. Pinterest.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

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For example, computers can perform thousands of calculations per second, meaning they can solve some mathematical problems far more quickly and accurately than humans. Understanding how the human brain functions so efficiently and flexibly remains one of the greatest mysteries of science. But does this mean they are smarter than us?

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

The function Map takes a function f and “maps it” over a list: Comap does the “mathematically co-” version of this, taking a list of functions and “comapping” them onto a single argument: Why is this useful? A recent example where we needed to do direct curation was in data on alcoholic beverages. are Comap and ComapApply.

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