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Talking to animals, ultra-high-speed public transport, Seoul art fairs and more from around the web
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International Council of Museums Finalizes New Definition of “Museum”
After a vote at their 26th general conference this August, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has refreshed their definition of the term “museum,” that they previously established in the 1970s. The …
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Machine Learning Attempts to Translate Animal Communication
Neuroscientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany have deployed machine-learning algorithms to decode communication recorded in mole rat colonies, and documented the importance of varying dialects. This technology …
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New Research Rethinks the Design of Letters
For centuries, scholars believed that there was no inherent visual correlation between certain signifiers (letters and words) and the signified (what they conveyed). For example, this belief—helmed by Swiss linguist and philosopher …
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Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Translate Whale Talk
To understand the “clicks” sperm whales make to talk (stringing together a series of statements called “codas”), researchers have launched a five-year-long quest called Protect CETI. It’ll be the most comprehensive attempt …
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Gender inclusive space terms, a futuristic Paris suburb, how banana trees can curb wildfires and more