Neural network model shows people with autism spectrum disorder have difficulty interpreting facial expressions. Using a neural network model that reproduces the brain on a computer, a group of researchers based at Tohoku University have…
Scientists can now tell if you’re in love by scanning your brain
Love is one of the biggest human mysteries - people write songs about it, die for it and dedicate their lives to it. But what, exactly, is it? Scientists believe that they may finally have…
Is #TheDress white and gold or blue and black? Rice University expert on visual perception…
HOUSTON – On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population over a simple question: What color is #TheDress? Some viewers saw gold…
X-Rays of Buddhist Statue Reveal Mummified Monk
By Carl Engelking | Discover [caption id="attachment_2858" align="alignright" width="1484"] (Courtesy: Drents Museum)[/caption] It’s not surprising that Southeast Asia is home to countless ancient Buddha statues, but when one of those statues contains a mummified monk, that iscertainly a…
Apes Prefer the Glass Half Full
[caption id="attachment_2700" align="alignright" width="250"] Kiki is a chimpanzee at Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo. A new study of chimpanzees and bonobos finds that humans aren’t the only species susceptible to “glass half…