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India has used traditional methods of agriculture for generations, but with 1.4 billion people now dependant on the crops farmers produce, some are turning to technology to boost productivity and profit.

For example on one vineyard, sensor devices are being used to check weather and soil health.

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Jeanette Norden, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Emerita, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, explores how the brain learns and remembers. This video focuses on a discussion of how the brain is organized in general.

These lectures will provide the foundation.
information necessary to the understanding.
of the lectures which will follow. A special.
emphasis will be given to systems in the brain.
that underlie learning and memory, attention.
and awareness. These introductory lectures.
will be followed by a lecture on how different.
areas of the brain encode different, specific.
types of information—from the phone number.
we need only remember for a few minutes or.
less to the childhood memories we retain for.
a lifetime. We will also address the \.

AI technology, such as ChatGPT, is rapidly advancing and has the potential to greatly impact the world, with future improvements focusing on reasoning, reliability, and personalization.

Questions to inspire discussion.

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Kilgore, P.B., Sha, J., Andersson, J.A. et al. A new generation needle-and adjuvant-free trivalent plague vaccine utilizing adenovirus-5 nanoparticle platform. npj Vaccines 6, 21 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-020-00275-3

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Take a deep dive with NFX into the hottest longevity startups, exploring the mindset of the Founders and why they’re on a mission to keep healthy people healthy, to redesigned healthcare that prevents us from falling into disability and disease over time.

Solving this holds incredible financial and societal value — we have only a few decades left.

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Researchers are trying to figure out what is making more young adults sick, and how to identify those at high risk.

A new way to experience adventure and challenge your limits.

Do you love exploring the great outdoors, but feel limited by your physical stamina or the weight of your backpack?

A robot startup, Hypershell from Y-Combinator China, has created an all-terrain exoskeleton that will take your outdoor adventures to the next level.

AI is going to change games in countless different ways, and it’s going to come at a cost too.

It doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to notice that AI is the star of CES 2024.

It doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to notice that AI is the star of CES 2024. At a certain point, every single conversation I had at the giant technology show led back to AI and how it’s going to change the way we use our computers and even play our games.

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The shift is indicative of the importance of new artificial intelligence technology to Silicon Valley and Wall Street investors.