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Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice

11 May 2018

Would you kill someone to save five others? The first lab enactment of this classic thought experiment raises issues for how we programme self-driving cars
Eye scanner can tell if you've mastered a foreign language

Eye scanner can tell if you've mastered a foreign language

10 May 2018

By monitoring unconscious eye movements while reading, an algorithm can predict the proficiency of someone learning English as a second language

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