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The parasitic wasp Megaphragma amalphitanum, one of the smallest insects, can serve as a stripped-down model of neural connections.
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Lecture Learning Physics with Deep Neural Networks
Stéphane Mallat, Ph.D.
École Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS)
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Founded in 2014, the Simons Society of Fellows is a community of scholars that encourages intellectual interactions across disciplines and across research centers in the New York City area.
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What We're Reading
August 21
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Every (Fifth) Breath We Take: Friends of Phytoplankton and Why They Matter (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
A paper by researchers in the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology characterizes a symbiotic relationship between diatoms and bacteria.
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Clues to Your Health Are Hidden at 6.6 Million Spots in Your DNA (New York Times)
With a sophisticated new algorithm, scientists have found a way to forecast an individual’s risks for five deadly diseases.
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Big Bang Telescope Finale Marks End of an Era in Cosmology (Nature News)
With the end of Europe’s major Planck mission, researchers are moving to smaller projects studying different aspects of the cosmic microwave background.
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Next to Its Solar Twins, the Sun Stands Out (Science News)
Its subtly different chemistry from its ‘solar twins’ may be the result of having rocky planets.
