research
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How Video Game Characters Can Make Girls Feel Better About Themselves
University of the Sunshine Coasts’ Katryna Starks is a researcher looking at how video game characters can affect perceptions of self worth, particularly in young girls.
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You Can Shame This Robot With Your Mind When It Screws Up
Like a dog obsessively watching its owners for signs it’s a good pup, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Boston University are now using mind-mapping techniques to help train robots to perform tasks correctly.
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Your Teeth Are Helping Scientists Build Better Aeroplanes
You might not think that the teeth in your mouth have much in common with the massive fangs you’ll find in a T-rex skull. But at the microscopic level, the core structure of tooth enamel hasn’t changed much over the ages. So, scientists are once again copying a tried-and-true Mother Nature design to potentially improve…
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USDA Ordered To Stop Talking To Public
Folks at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service received an email Monday morning from their chief of staff telling them not to talk to the public about their work.