Links for 2022-07-28
Eggs can survive decades without signs of aging. Now, scientists may know why https://www.statnews.com/2022/07/20/why-eggs-can-survive-decades-without-signs-of-aging/
Predicting Word Learning in Children from the Performance of Computer Vision Systems https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09847
Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled https://newatlas.com/science/fly-brains-hack-remote-controlled/
“Today I want to talk to you about silk. However I can’t quite remember details. Which huge land empire exclusively controlled its production and trade, making a fortune in the process and exporting it to the other side of Eurasia? Oh right, the Romans! Wait, what??” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1549780767689129985.html
Recipes and Economic Growth: A Combinatorial March Down an Exponential Tail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl2R63atyAE&t=1s
One-to-one mapping between deep network units and real neurons uncovers a visual population code for social behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.18.500505v1
Language models of protein sequences at the scale of evolution enable accurate structure prediction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.20.500902v1.full
"1 in 5 Americans believes violence motivated by political reasons is—at least sometimes—justified. Nearly half expect a civil war, and … 40% said having a strong leader is more important [than] … United States to remain a democracy" https://www.science.org/content/article/half-of-americans-anticipate-a-us-civil-war-soon-survey-finds
Baidu Races Ahead of Tesla With Launch of Robotaxi With Detachable Steering Wheel [The Wall Street Journal] https://archive.ph/aRkXm
"Defeatist headlines arguing that Russia’s economy has bounced back are simply not factual - the facts are that, by any metric and on any level, the Russian economy is reeling, and now is not the time to step on the brakes." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4167193