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How Computers Will Learn To Listen

Many people will have personal experience at how difficult it is for computers to deal with spoken language – people who “communicate” with automated telephone systems need a great deal of patience because if they speak just a little …

Science For Criminals – 19th Century Knowledge Helped Change Death Row

When did executions go from being functional example-setting to being more humane in method? Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati sociologist, examined newspaper accounts of 19th and 20th century Ohio executions to put more …

Tangential Science: If You Think It's Tough To Get A Date Now …

Tangential Science : it’s not necessarily science , but it’s still funny. 1. In an overhyped analysis certain to make biologists want to reach for their pistols, it has been declared that women are evolving to be more beautiful: …

Nanosized Violin String Makes Sweet Physics Music

Researchers at TU Delft have succeeded in measuring the influence of a single electron on a vibrating carbon nanotube. That can be a real milestone on the road to ultra-small measuring instruments