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What Makes the Human Brain Unique? Scientists Compared It With Monkeys and Apes to Find Out

Singularity Hub

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our recent study may have brought us one step closer by taking a new approachcomparing the way brains are internally connected.

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How to cure stage fright: The science behind public speaking

The Next Web

Whether it’s five people or 50, public speaking is a gut-wrenching experience for most of us. Before co-founding ooomf, I had a huge fear of speaking in public. To get over my fear of public speaking, I realized a good place to start would be to understand why I was getting stage fright in the first place. Palms sweaty.

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11 Nonprofit Professionals Share Social Media and Technology Advice for Nonprofits via Instagram Video

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thanks to a partnership with the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good was able to report live from the Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #14NTC ) last week in Washington, DC. Public Interest Registry. Joleen Ong, Director of Marketing and Publications Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN).

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Timnit Gebru’s team at Google is going public with their side of the story

The Verge

They also said the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.”. Gebru sent an email to the Brain Women and Allies listserv at Google detailing the pushback she’d gotten on the paper. That’s antithetical to what it means to be that kind of researcher.”.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 13

Mashable Tech

The NYT 's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic , the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints. This Tweet is currently unavailable.

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Notes From A Brain Tweetup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. The event promised an after-hours look at their special exhibition Brain: The Inside Story , a chat with its curators, a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, and an opportunity to meet other fans of AMNH.

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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 28, 2025

Mashable Tech

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words."

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