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Brain's Network of Bottlenecks May Limit Multitasking

By Kate Shaw, Ars Technica

Although the human brain is a very complex structure, it’s still not big or efficient enough to process every single thing we see, hear and do. Sometimes this limitation is a good thing, since it forces our brains to filter out minor details that we don’t need to dwell on. Other times it’s more of a hassle, since it interferes with how we process information.

Researchers previously thought that different processes in the brain were subject to separate bottlenecks. For example, the process of reading a map might be limited by a very different...

Now We Get To See if Android Is Actually Any Good

The Google/Motorola purchase is going to test everyone in the smartphone and tablet industry. But it’s also going to test whether Android’s success has come from the strength of the platform itself or if Google was just at the right place at the right time.

Looking back, the conditions for Android’s breakthrough were perfect. Google took advantage of what every other major software company had done in the space, but sidestepped all of their commitments.

  • Apple fundamentally transformed the smartphone market. It changed user expectations about what the phones looked like and what they could do....

Scientists Want You to Track Ants in Your Neighborhood

Ants seem common and ubiquitous, especially at summertime picnics. But the names and types of ants crawling around city parks and streets are largely unknown to researchers.

The School of Ants project is recruiting ant-gathering citizen-scientists for help creating detailed lists and maps of ants living in urban areas, particularly around homes and schools.

“The diversity of ants, even around your home, is pretty high,” said Andrea Lucky, project leader and ant specialist at North Carolina State University. “They’re fairly charismatic, compared with other insects, and we don’t know that much ...

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