Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age – study suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern also seen in the elderly

There are many changes that can come with aging: hair turns gray, vision is no longer what it was and mobility is often limited. But in addition to these physiological changes, people also experience changes in their social world. As we get older, our social circles become smaller. Such declines in social networks have raised … Read more

What happened when computers learned to read

Credit – Getty Images cComputers love to read. And it’s not just fiction before you go to bed. They read voraciously: all literature, all the time – novels, encyclopedias, scientific articles, private messages, advertisements, love letters, news stories, hate speech and crime reports – everything written and sent, no matter how insignificant. This swallowed print … Read more