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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:23:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Offers Media an Early Glimpse of Polar Weekend at Baltimore's Maryland Science Center
NSF Offers Media an Early Glimpse of Polar Weekend at Baltimore's Maryland Science Center
Reporters can get a close-up look at a cylinder of ice more than 100,000 years old and a prototype lunar habitat that survived the rigors of a year in Antarctica during a media availability at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore on April 3. This event also offers reporters a chance to speak to a Polar researcher and tour a gallery filled with artwork inspired by the rugged landscapes and cutting-edge science of the southernmost continent.
The Maryland Science Center will be the ...
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:26:42 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Maybe Robots Dream of Electric Sheep, But Can They Do Science?
Maybe Robots Dream of Electric Sheep, But Can They Do Science?
Using the digital mind that guides their self-repairing robot, researchers at Cornell University have created a computer program that uses raw observational data to tease out fundamental physical laws. The breakthrough may aid the discovery of new scientific truths, particularly for biological systems, that have until now eluded detection.
Reporting in the April 3, 2009, issue of Science, Cornell University researcher Hod Lipson and his doctoral student Michael Schmidt report ...
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:27:15 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Researchers Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply?
Researchers Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply?
As science fiction plot lines go, the unintended consequences of yielding tasks too complicated or dangerous for human hands to computers and robots is a popular one. Yet real life scientists are increasingly doing just that, creating automated systems and devices that can not only help collect, organize and analyze scientific data, but that are also able to intelligently and independently draw up new hypotheses and approaches to research based on the data they receive.
In a ...
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