How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts to correct structure and medication tries to correct function.
Salvatore Domenic Morgera, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, University of South Florida
• conversation
July 16, 2020 • ~11 min
July 16, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: bioengineering brain neuroscience cognition electricity neurons fmri neural-networks cognitive-skills wireless near-field-communication neural-processing cognitive-function nerve-signal neural-circuitry neural-circuits neural-signals
How technology can combat the rising tide of fake science
The internet has allowed pseudoscience to flourish. Artificial intelligence could help steer people away from the bad information.
Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
• conversation
March 9, 2020 • ~8 min
March 9, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: education climate-change artificial-intelligence covid-19 natural-language-processing fake-news bigfoot climate-change-denial superstition pseudoscience aliens evidence ghosts magical-thinking neural-networks flat-earth scientific-literacy haunted-house paranormal-beliefs evidence-based
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