Semantic cognition encompasses human performance based on knowledge about the properties of objects, relations among objects and word meanings. One approach to semantic cognition has arisen within the ...

Here we first define robustness and review experimental ways to detect it. We then discuss the proximate mechanisms underlying robustness. Finally, we discuss evolutionary causes and consequences of ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET, the precursor to today’s internet. Around the same time, the SWIFT protocol used for money transfers was also established. These are both early ...

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MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next. You can read more from the series here. For more than a ...