The 21-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays like an old soul. On a new album, he puts his own stamp on lesser-known music by Tchaikovsky. Bonsook Koo hide caption toggle caption Bonsook Koo Sometimes it takes a first-rate artist to breathe life into a second-rate piece of music. Let’s be honest, the set of piano miniatures called The Seasons …
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Watch a 65-year-old grandmother navigate a tense family dinner, diplomatically managing three generations of competing needs while keeping everyone fed and relatively happy. Then watch her 35-year-old daughter have a meltdown because the restaurant got her order wrong. There’s a certain kind of intelligence that only comes with mileage. The conversation around aging brains has been stupidly simplistic. Sure, you …
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Postdoctoral researcher Erin Kunz holds up a microelectrode array that can be placed on the brain’s surface as part of a brain-computer interface. Jim Gensheimer hide caption toggle caption Jim Gensheimer Surgically implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also eavesdrop on their inner monologue. That’s the conclusion of a study of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in the journal …
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Postdoctoral scholar Erin Kunz holds a microelectrode array. Surgically implanted in the brain’s surface layer, the array records neural activity patterns directly from the brain to a computer. Credit: Jim Gensheimer Our inner voice has always been a sanctuary — a private psychological space where half-formed sentences float safely between thought and speech. But what happens when machines can hear …
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Just after the Buccaneers completed their joint practice with the Steelers, head coach Todd Bowles told reporters that all starters aside from Mike Evans and Lavonte David would play in Saturday’s preseason game. But upon further review, Bowles wants to hold out one more starter. Via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, Bowles decided after reviewing tape of Thursday’s …
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Your brain is never still. Each pulse of sound tweaks its wiring faster than a drummer can tap a snare. A fresh study pairs magnetoencephalography with a clever algorithm called FREQ-NESS to watch that rewiring happen live. Lead researchers Dr. Mattia Rosso and Associate Professor Leonardo Bonetti from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford say the method lets them …
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About 5% of common Australian wild birds including kookaburras and lorikeets could have undergone a “sex reversal” where their genetic sex does not match their reproductive organs, according to a new study. The study is thought to be the first to find widespread sex reversal across multiple wild bird species, but the cause of the phenomenon is not yet known. …
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Even when your dreams are coming true as fast as you can dream them, sometimes you’ve just got to pump the brakes. For Ella Langley, the Hope Hull native who has enjoyed a rocket ride to country music stardom over the last year, this appears to be one of those times. She posted a message Monday morning on Instagram saying …
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