Machine learning and high-powered data processing has the potential to transform medicine and healthcare. How will you make healthcare decisions in the future? How will treatments evolve thanks to data? In this talk, A.I. expert David Ducat will talk about the actual work in healthcare-related, machine learning based on what he is seeing in the… Continue reading How AI is Changing the Healthcare Landscape and What’s Coming Next
Category: Science
The Intelligence on A.I.
Have you seen the upcoming events for our One Book program? Over the next couple months the program will explore the expanding world of artificial intelligence. Get ahead of the robot invasion with the following books and videos from our collection. Looking for fiction? Machines Like Me: And People Like You Set in an alternate… Continue reading The Intelligence on A.I.
The Little Spacecraft that Could: 40 years Later, Voyager still going
“The Voyager mission was only supposed to last four years. But four decades after the launch of Voyager 1 and 2, the spacecraft are still sending back messages from the farthest reaches of the final frontier.” The Little Spacecraft that Could
Right-hoofed Horses Don’t Win Races
Are you right-handed or left-handed? I’m a rightie, which is a pretty good thing to be for us humans. About 90 percent of humans are right-handed and we’ve built our world to favor that majority. Many things end up being more cumbersome if you are left-handed, since humans use hands quite a lot. What… Continue reading Right-hoofed Horses Don’t Win Races
Event Video: Science & Computer Science in the Argonne Leadership Computer Facility
We are excited to share the video from this week’s STEM talk from computer scientist Ben Lenard. His talk focused on supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory’s Leadership Computer Facility which help solve problems within the world, from physics to medicine. Ben is responsible for overseeing the administration and improvement of database systems in the ALCF’s… Continue reading Event Video: Science & Computer Science in the Argonne Leadership Computer Facility
The Big Fake Out: Why Do we Fall for Fake News?
Our world of seamless information sharing and low-attention spans make it easy to spread news stories that are entirely fabricated. An entire industry of fake news sites has emerged generating advertising revenue for their owners. How do preexisting beliefs make us fall victim to outrageous stories? Why can’t we make rational decisions when it comes… Continue reading The Big Fake Out: Why Do we Fall for Fake News?
Three’s a Crowd?
Were there 5 million people at the Cubs rally downtown last week? Everyone agrees that there were a lot of people there, but just how do they decide on a number? One estimation method was developed by journalism professor Herbert Jacobs in the 1960s. The method is described by msnbc in an article that discusses… Continue reading Three’s a Crowd?
Can video games improve learning?
Can video games improve learning? Researchers from Yale say, “yes.” Check out their article (linked below) where they used games to improve test scores of grade schoolers. Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children
Where are all of the aliens? Fermi’s Paradox & Colonizing the Galaxy
In the video below, novelist and physicist Alastair Reynolds offers some thoughts on colonizing the galaxy. He notes that given the vast size of the galaxy it would take about 3.75 million years to colonize the entire galaxy. This is longer than humans have been in existence. But, it is actually not too long considering… Continue reading Where are all of the aliens? Fermi’s Paradox & Colonizing the Galaxy