Tricksy evolution proves its worth
How do you create a sophisticated, clever robot? Let it evolve. So say researchers from the University of Sussex, who have "artificially evolved" the brains and the bodies of real machines
Search
-
-
Usage and abusage
Baroness Blackstone has ignored the advice that when you have got yourself into a hole it is best to stop digging. Why does she insist on taking a utilitarian view of science but not of other...
-
Childhood trauma rings true
THE controversial topic of recovered childhood memories is being put under the microscope. Researchers at Royal Holloway and Bedford College of Higher Education have studied the case histories of 690...
-
Slim girls and smart boys the gender ideals
YOUNG women believe "slim" is the key quality of the ideal women's body while for young men the ideal body is "handsome", "muscular" and "smart". Barbara Lloyd and Helga Dittmar from the school of...
-
Smokers lost in a fug of mental confusion
SMOKERS in Britain overestimate their risk of suffering lung cancer by nearly three times. Research by Stephen Sutton at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London...
-
Brainy Magnus sees a few of the options
FOR Igor Aleksander of Imperial College, London, artificial intelligence is only really of interest if it tells us something about human intelligence. Software, he says, can recognise patterns, such...
-
Sensors on hilly learning curves
Contrasting approaches to simulated mutations and neural networks are transforming artificial intelligence EDINBURGH University's mobile robot group believes hands-on experience is essential in the...
-
V-cs seek to simplify indicators
Australian vice chancellors have rejected new quality checks proposed by the federal Higher Education Council and have called for a single, simple set of performance indicators that might be used to...
-
Buthelezi backs disputed new bill
South Africa's controversial higher education bill was due to be placed before the National Assembly last week. The African National Congress's dominance assures its easy passage despite a failure to...
-
Lecturers regard research as their top priority
LECTURERS have failed to respond to pressure from United States legislators and fee-paying students to devote as much time and effort to teaching as to research, according to a new study. Research...
-
Italy in EU dock over ban
The European Commission is being called upon to take further action against Italy after 1,500 foreign-language teaching staff were excluded from the National University Council elections due to be...
-
Intakes squeezed to aid jobless medics
Germany plans to cut the number of medical students by 20 per cent in an attempt to tackle high unemployment among doctors and to improve the quality of medical training. Health Minister Horst...
-
Initiation rites close top school
A PRESTIGIOUS grande ecole has been forced to close two of its centres in a French education ministry clampdown on abusive initiation rites. The director of the Arts et Metiers grande ecole closed...
-
Usurped rector loses ungracefully
The battle to head Rome's La Sapienza University, Europe's largest university, has ended with the defeat of Giorgio Tecce, 73, the autocratic and controversial rector who has ruled Europe's most...
-
Ex-colonial club fails education test
The crush barriers and unfamiliar national flags have gone. Edinburgh's citizens can now reclaim their streets from the invasion of Commonwealth leaders and their entourages that they anticipated for...