Humans have the incredible capacity to learn how to recognize and categorize stimuli, even if only given a small portion of the object or rotating it to a different angle. However, this task is difficult for machines, which must follow strict commands that are often unique to specific situations. Any … Continue reading
It is easy to abandon one’s baggage when one is caught in the chaos that is characteristic of airports and train stations. However, the consequence of such a mistake is not light. The emergency services have to enter the scene on the assumption that the baggage is an improvised explosive … Continue reading
While there is little doubt that human development – including deforestation and urban development – has changed the landscape of the Earth, scientists are still debating whether human activity has become significant enough to define a new epoch in the geological time scale. An international team of scientists, the Anthropocene … Continue reading
Pain serves an important function in alerting the body to negative inputs and preventing damage. However, some people with a mutation in the SCN9A gene, which codes for the critical sodium channel Nav1.7, are unable to sense any pain at all (1). Pain insensitivity is an extremely rare condition, with … Continue reading