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Computers Evolve a New Path Toward Human Intelligence
...artificial intelligence called neuroevolution, which co-opts the principles of biological evolution to design smarter algorithms. With Picbreeder, each image was the output of a computational system similar to a neural...
Decoding Flu Viruses Before an Outbreak
...humans, Rabadan’s team hopes to identify mechanisms common to different viruses. For example, if two kinds of viruses develop the same genetic change, a phenomenon known as convergent evolution, it...
Early Life in Death Valley
...on land more than a billion years ago. Before he retires, Knauth would like to add microfossils from the cave to the body of evidence that supports his evolutionary model....
A Primordial Nucleus Behind the Elements of Life
...enables the genesis of life, but it also drives the evolution of stars. “The carbon-oxygen-nitrogen cycle is simply crucial for the formation of almost all the other elements, and for...
In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge
...may behave like the parameters you computed.” This technique is enabling scientists to understand the structure and evolution of the Internet. Certain properties of this vast computer network, such as...
Peering Into the Early Universe
...theories of the birth and evolution of space and time, Gilmore said. A rendering of the European Extremely Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The 39.3-meter E-ELT will be the...
In Natural Networks, Strength in Loops
...When it comes to creating an efficient network, evolution must consider two factors: the cost of building the network and the cost of operating it. For vasculature, this translates to...
Could Knots Unravel Mysteries of Fluid Flow?
...tying a shoelace.) Investigating knotted fluids both on paper and in the lab could provide a much richer picture of how these tangles, once formed, affect the future evolution of...
A Fundamental Theory to Model the Mind
...frequent smaller collapses wherever he looked. His 1996 book, “How Nature Works,” extended the concept beyond simple sand piles to other complex systems: earthquakes, financial markets, traffic jams, biological evolution,...