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A New Device Could Make Memory Implants a Reality

By mimicking the way neurons fire in the hippocampus during natural memory creation, a brain implant was used to successfully plant memories in the brains of rats. Though human implementation is far off, this breakthrough in cracking the hippocampus' mathematical "memory code" has very important implications for health and research.

January 18, 2017
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Sci-Tech Priorities in China’s Latest Five Year Plan

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Sci-Tech Priorities in China’s Latest Five Year Plan

January 18, 2017
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IBM Chief: Computers Will Soon be Smarter Than Humans

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Over the next three decades, that amount of data we encounter daily is expected to rise to over four zetabytes according to Northwester University psychology professor Paul Reber. Rob High, IBM Watson's vice president chief technology officer, believes that cognitive computing is the answer to this increase in data – and IBM is already working on it.

January 18, 2017
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Drug-Resistant “Nightmare Bacteria” Are Quickly Spreading Through U.S. Hospitals

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An antibiotic resistant bacteria, CSE, is rapidly spreading through hospitals across the United States, infecting 9,000 and killing 600 people per year. The spread of the superbug is difficult to track as individuals who contract it and spread it are often asymptomatic.

January 18, 2017
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Genetic Idiocracy? Genes Associated With High Education Are Becoming Rarer

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In a study of data from 129,808 people over an 80-year span, researchers found that the genome sequence variations linked to higher education are becoming rarer in the population. Despite the decrease in these genetic factors in the gene pool, education levels continue to increase, showing that genetics are not the only factor at play.

January 19, 2017
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China Takes Serious Anti-Coal Stance, Cancelling 104 New Coal Plants

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China is shutting down 104 coal-fired projects across 13 provinces, which were expected to deliver a total of 120 gigawatts of power. With this change, it might be possible for the world’s biggest industrial nation to meet its target of limiting coal-fired power generation to 1,100 gigawatts by 2020.