Physicists long believed time was a basic feature of the universe. But it may just emerge from cosmic information.
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Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.
Many of the amino acids that make up proteins are encoded by genetic material in more than one way. An information theorist explains how principles of nature may account for this variance.
The collective behavior of robot swarms is a route to making small, simple, inexpensive robots – and offers insights into how people make group decisions and adapt to changes.
As the pandemic drives more of our lives online, we move further into a world optimised by big tech to suit itself.
People across the globe all see millions of distinct colors. But the terms we use to describe them vary across cultures. New cognitive science research suggests it’s about what we want to communicate.
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Professor of Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Senior Investigator at the National Eye Institute, Section on Perception, Cognition, and Action, National Institutes of Health
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Senior Lecturer, School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Research Lead, Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance, Flinders University
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FNRS Research Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Assistant Professor of Physics, Leiden University
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University