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Thousands of barrels of industrial waste litter the ocean floor off Los Angeles and have been there for decades — but scientists still don’t fully understand what chemicals this junkyard is leaking into the environment. Now, research has revealed that some of the chemicals leaking from the barrel graveyard have been identified as strongly alkaline, the chemical opposite of acidic …

photo by: LMH Health Skyelar Maloney, a nurse navigator who works with IBD patients Crohn’s disease. Ulcerative colitis. You may have heard these names during the commercial breaks of your favorite show. If so, you’ve heard of the most common forms of a group of medical conditions known as inflammatory bowel disease. But what are …

McCulloch, W. S. & Pitts, W. A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity. Bull. Math. Biophys. 5, 115–133 (1943). Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar  Hopfield, J. J. Neural networks and physical systems with emergent collective computational abilities. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 79, 2554–2558 (1982). Article  ADS  MathSciNet  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Qian, L., Winfree, E. & …

Summary: Depression specifically impairs the ability to learn how to actively avoid unpleasant events, though it does not affect avoidance behavior once learned. Researchers tested 465 participants across a range of depressive symptoms in a task adapted from rodent research, involving sounds and visual cues. Those with more severe symptoms had difficulty at the learning stage but eventually performed at …

Summary: Depression specifically impairs the ability to learn how to actively avoid unpleasant events, though it does not affect avoidance behavior once learned. Researchers tested 465 participants across a range of depressive symptoms in a task adapted from rodent research, involving sounds and visual cues. Those with more severe symptoms had difficulty at the learning stage but eventually performed at …

Cohen, J. D., McClure, S. M. & Yu, A. J. Should I stay or should I go? How the human brain manages the trade-off between exploitation and exploration. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 362, 933–942 (2007). PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Daw, N. D., O’Doherty, J. P., Dayan, P., Seymour, B. & Dolan, R. J. Cortical substrates for exploratory decisions …

Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger models are not always better. The team demonstrates that, in certain climate scenarios, much simpler, physics-based models can generate more accurate predictions than state-of-the-art deep-learning models. Their analysis also reveals that a …

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered experimental feature in Google Translate designed to help people practice and learn a new language, the company announced on Tuesday. Translate is also gaining new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real time with a person speaking a different language. The new language practice feature is designed for both beginners …

Summary: A new study reveals that listening to music immediately after an experience can enhance memory—if the emotional response is just right. Researchers found that volunteers who experienced moderate arousal while listening to music were better at recalling details, while those with stronger or weaker emotions remembered only the gist. This suggests that music can shift the balance between gist- …