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- Anticipation and accents: Talking like a southerner even if you're not
- New species of extinct vampire-squid-like cephalopod is the first of its kind with 10 functional arms
- Astronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
- Traces of life in the Earth's deep mantle
- Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms
| Anticipation and accents: Talking like a southerner even if you're not Posted: 08 Mar 2022 09:01 AM PST Linguistic convergence refers to temporary (and often subtle) shifts in speech to sound more similar to those around us. A new study shows that even our expectations about how other people might speak (rather than the speech itself) is enough to shape our own speech patterns. |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2022 08:56 AM PST New research shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses and vampire squids had not eight but 10 arms. The study, which describes a new species of vampyropod based on a 328-million-year-old fossil that had not been previously described, pushes back the age of the group by nearly 82 million years. |
| Astronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc Posted: 08 Mar 2022 07:28 AM PST Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc. With nine atoms, this is the largest molecule identified in such a disc to date. It is also a precursor of larger organic molecules that can lead to the emergence of life. |
| Traces of life in the Earth's deep mantle Posted: 08 Mar 2022 07:28 AM PST The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth - deep into its lower mantle. A team has now found traces of this development in rocks from this zone. |
| Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms Posted: 07 Mar 2022 10:20 AM PST Computer engineers have developed virtual eyes that simulate how humans look at the world accurately enough for companies to train virtual reality and augmented reality programs. Called EyeSyn for short, the program will help developers create applications for the rapidly expanding metaverse while protecting user data. |
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