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In the brains of people who speak multiple languages, the same language regions light up when hearing any of those languages. However, those regions are much less active when polyglots process their native language, suggesting something unique about it, scientists report.
Unlike humans, AI does not have peripheral vision. But a new image dataset that simulates it in machine-learning models improved their ability to detect objects in the visual periphery, helping the models see the world more like humans do.
Three alumni graduated on March 5 from NASA astronaut training. Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encouraged MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class.
Via @mitedgertoncenter on Instagram: “Some students travel to warm places during the winter... others trundle off to Detroit to test the aerodynamic capabilities of their solar-powered vehicle at the @ford wind tunnel!”
Patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience memory impairment and difficulty concentrating — a condition commonly known as “chemo brain.” But stimulating gamma brain waves may protect cancer patients from these cognitive effects.
A Boston Globe obituary called Edward Roberts one of New England’s “most influential pioneers in entrepreneurship.” Bill Aulet added: “It’s impossible to go into entrepreneurship, especially in Boston, but even globally, without finding his influences.”
Before coming to MIT, senior Nicole McGaa thought, “‘Space and medicine are the two things that I really enjoy, I’ll pick one of them eventually.’ But I got to MIT, and I realized by fate that MIT was one of the few places in the world that did space medicine.”