Are human’s 5 senses the optimal number to interpret the world or might evolution provide better tools over time?

Are human’s 5 senses the optimal number to interpret the world or might evolution provide better tools over time?

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Animal senses—including sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell—are a masterwork of evolution, enabling an untold number of species to navigate the ...
Bio-based UV filter extracted from onions could replace petroleum in solar cells, improving solar tech sustainability

Bio-based UV filter extracted from onions could replace petroleum in solar cells, improving solar tech sustainability

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Solar power is one of the best tools in humanity’s decarbonization toolbox, but even these green energy technologies aren’t 100 percent sustainable. For ...
‘True intelligence’: What is AI ‘height dimension’ and its reach for human-like higher level thinking

‘True intelligence’: What is AI ‘height dimension’ and its reach for human-like higher level thinking

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[A]rtificial intelligence systems could truly become more like human brains, and some researchers believe they know how: AI design must ...
Missing teeth? A drug that that spurs regrowth shows promise

Missing teeth? A drug that that spurs regrowth shows promise

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Teeth ... are not bones. Although they’re made of some of the same stuff and are the hardest material in ...
Why consciousness? Is it an evolved survival mechanism, and what that might mean for the evolution of AI?

Why consciousness? Understanding the evolution of human intelligence helps inform the future of AI

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Neuropsychologists argue consciousness is not result of evolution of the central nervous system, but arose for humans to better communicate ...