Human memory is notoriously (众所周知地) unreliable. Even people with the sharpest facial recognition skills can only remember so much.
It’s tough to quantify how good a person is
Machines aren’t limited this way. Give the right computer a massive database of faces, and it can process what it sees – then recognize a face it
The thing is, machines still have limitations when it comes to facial recognition. And scientists are only just beginning to understand what those constraints are.
As the databases grew, machine accuracy dipped across the board. Algorithms
Machines also had difficulty adjusting for people who look a lot alike –either doppelgangers (长相极相似的人), whom the machine would have trouble
Charles Dickens
It has been 150 years since Charles Dickens died, 184 years since his first work was released to the public and 156 years since his last completed book came out. In all of this time, these novels have never been out of print. Dickens may have left us, but his work remains timeless,
Most people have read, watched or at least heard of Dickens’ stories, but what makes him and his work so popular? Since he began novel writing in his 20s, Dickens constantly produced quality classics. Year after year his awaiting fans were not left
In the Victorian era he lived in, much of the work Dickens produced
Any Dickens fans will know the diverse and outrageous (耸人听闻的) characters coming to life between the pages.
Over a century and a half later, Dickens’ themes can be relevant to today’s world problems. His words and imagery have been transformed further into the media of modern film, television and even musical adaptations.
Natural early risers are less likely to develop mental health problems than night owls, according to scientists.
Prof Mike Weedon, of the University of Exeter, said, “
The study
The number of areas of the genome known to influence
The evidence suggested evening types were roughly 10% more likely to develop schizophrenia while morning people were also at lower risk of depression and reported
Samuel Jones, the paper’s lead author, said that the current hypothesis is that evening types have to work
Why modern music should quieten down
Quietness may be underestimated values in pop music.
In a way, increasing the volume of a song makes biological sense, something the music industry
On the other hand,
So forget the “loudness war”. Manowar
The Million Pound Bank Note
It was the summer of 1903. Two old and wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver, made a bet. Oliver believed that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London. His brother Roderick doubted it. At that moment, they saw a penniless young man
The next morning Henry had just about given himself
Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe
The nation’s leading pediatricians (儿科医生) say this miracle compound exists. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe (开处方)
What is this wonder drug? Play.
“This may seem old-fashioned,
The advice,
The pediatricians insist that it is not. The academy does not include specific recommendations for the amount of play. Instead, it
When parents engage in play with their children, it deepens relationships and offsets (抵消) the bad effects of all kinds of stress, including poverty, the academy says. In the pediatricians’ view, essentially every life skill