Links for 2021-11-30
“A new machine-learning model could enable robots to understand interactions in the world in the way humans do. When the researchers gave the system two relational scene descriptions that described the same image but in different ways, the model was able to understand that the descriptions were equivalent. The model has such a property that allows it to learn from fewer data but generalize to more complex scenes or image generations.” https://news.mit.edu/2021/ai-object-relationships-image-generation-1129
After single injection, paralyzed animals regained ability to walk within four weeks https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/11/dancing-molecules-successfully-repair-severe-spinal-cord-injuries/
Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-didnt-know-why-half-of-messengers-voice-traffic-comes-from-cambodia-heres-why/
A New Material Can Block Out 94% of Noise. Even in a Jet Engine https://interestingengineering.com/new-material-can-block-out-94-of-noise-even-in-a-jet-engine
Deuterium molecules in superposition act as slits for classic quantum experiment https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/quantum-double-slit-experiment-done-with-molecules-for-the-first-time/4014819.article
Native American dogs arrived in the Americas about 10,000 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_dogs
Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/
The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire: “Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world’s biggest companies — just by spoofing an email. This is the nature of a threat vector recently removed by a Fortune 500 firm that operates one of the largest Internet backbones.” https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/the-internet-is-held-together-with-spit-baling-wire/