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Walter Pitts

How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork

30 May 2018

Walter Pitts would have become one of the most famous names in computer science - if it hadn’t been for the frogs
A brain implant

Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

23 May 2018

A person who has a brain implant for OCD has had an unexpected side-effect: better blood sugar control. The finding reveals the brain has a role in diabetes

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