Links for 2020-10-30

  1. Yale captures first ever video of brain clearing out dead neurons [New Atlas]
  2. The science of scare. “Watching each movie in 5.1 surround sound, our panel of 50 people consumed over 120 hours of the best horror movies, each fitted with a heart rate monitor to measure which movies got their blood pumping the most to find the ultimate horror movie and crown the king of fright night.” [Broadband Choices]
  3. Translating lost languages using machine learning [MIT]
  4. We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need new programmers now. “As Moore’s law reaches the end of its dominion, Myhrvold’s laws suggest that we basically have only two options. Either we moderate our ambitions or we go back to writing leaner, more efficient code. In other words, back to the future.” [John Naughton / The Guardian]
  5. Overactive brain has been linked to a shorter life. ✌🏼 [Elemental / Medium]
  6. Changing shifts at the Lighthouse of Kereon. This is wild. [@MachinePix]
  7. Would you hire Trump? So good. [Win America Back…PAC]