The shootings at the Vietnam War protest was seen “as an indication that things in the U.S. — on and off campus — were spiraling out of control,” a historian said.
National Guardsmen fire a barrage of tear gas into a crowd of demonstrators on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Bettmann Archive.
The North Korean leader made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang.
This ingenious cactus leather is a true alternative to animal leather that doesn’t have a negative impact on the planet like other faux leathers that use plastics.
Environmentalists say a misguided attempt to protect residents has damaged a sensitive ecosystem.
One Danish city is exploring a new concert alternative.
This robot contains the digitized brain of a worm, and without any outside input it just… works! Here’s what this could mean for the future of AI.
This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts — https://youtu.be/yxUkUaV2VPs
Thumbnail image courtesy of OpenWorm, Wormbase, and Caltech.
Scientists Put a Worm Brain in a Lego Robot Body — And It Worked
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-put-worm-brain-in-leg…connectome
“The ultimate goal of the project was to completely replicate C. elegans as a virtual organism. But as an amazing starting point, they managed to simulate its brain, and then they uploaded that into a simple Lego robot.”
These Robots Merge Their Nervous Systems Into a Single Megabot
https://www.seeker.com/tech/robotics/these-robots-merge-thei…le-megabot
“A group of small robots have taken teamwork to the next level, physically connecting and merging their nervous systems to become a single megabot with one “brain.” Researchers describe the robots and their “mergeable nervous system” in a paper published in the latest issue of Nature Communications.”
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More than 100 weapons were found at 12 locations.
Learn more about two exceptions birds-of-paradise, the Superb and the Vogelkop. With Vantablack feathers and elaborate mating rituals, they’re very unique.
Valves will keep you more comfortable, but endanger those around you.
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