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AI Systems Lack Internal Awareness of Physical Constraints

How does AI manage real-world settings without a physical body? This is what a recent study published in Neuron hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how AI would respond with external inputs (i.e., a physical body) as opposed to strictly internal inputs (i.e., data and visual). This study has the ...

Peanut Shell Biochar Boosts Soil Health and Crop Quality

How can peanut shell biochar (charcoal-like heated biomass) reshape soil microbes for better crops? This is what a recent study published in Biochar hopes to address as a team of researchers from China investigated the long-term impacts of peanut shell biochar on microbial communities. This study has the potential ...

Sun's Magnetic Engine More Complex Than Previously Thought

How does the Sun’s magnetic field react during solar storms? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists led by the Southwest Research Institute investigated the processes the Sun’s magnetic field undergoes during solar activity ...

Legged Robots Could Search for Life on Mars and Moon Resources

Can autonomous robots help cut space exploration times? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Space Technologies hopes to address as a team of scientists from Switzerland and the Netherlands investigated how semi-autonomous robots could be used to explore the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. This ...

JWST Data Reveals Saturn's Aurora Acts as a "Heat Pump"

How do Saturn’s northern lights drive the planet’s atmospheric winds? This conundrum has baffled scientists for decades, but now a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics might bring some long-sought answers from an international team of researchers investigating ...

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Dr. Eileen Cardillo on Neuroaesthetics, Beauty, and the Science of Human Experience: Part 2

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S2 E9 | Life of Her Mind

Dr. Eileen Cardillo, cognitive neuroscientist and Associate Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, discusses her research interests and career path. From her early childhood encounters with chimpanzees and a fascination with what makes humans unique in the animal world to a career in cognitive neuroscience, Dr. Cardillo explains how she realized that studying the brain was essential for ... . . .

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Dr. Shella Keilholz: From Physics to Brain Imaging and the Search for Scientific Truth

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S2 E4 | Life of Her Mind

What drives groundbreaking women in science to push beyond boundaries? In this episode of Life of Her Mind, Mia Wood sits down with Dr. Shella Keilholz, Principal Investigator in The Keilholz Mind Lab at Emory University and Georgia Tech. Dr. Keilholz discusses her academic journey, starting with physics and eventually focusing on non-invasive brain imaging through MRI. Hear Dr ... . . .

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