Abstract: Non-binary polar codes (NBPCs) decoded by successive cancellation (SC) algorithm have remarkable bit-error-rate performance compared to the binary polar codes (BPCs). Due to its serial ...

Alien possibilities, government secrecy and a race for truth collide in Disclosure Day, a new science-fiction thriller created and directed by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is screening in ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

DNA stores the body’s operating playbook. Some genes encode proteins. Other sections change a cell’s behavior by regulating which genes are turned on or off. For yet others, the dark matter of the ...

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery. By Carl Zimmer In 2024, two scientists from Google DeepMind ...

After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist Gasper Begus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project ...

[Note this is an in-progress specification to be used in an upcoming format.] The decoder supports adaptive binary and multi-symbol models, as well as specialized encoding schemes like truncated ...

[Note this is an in-progress specification to be used in an upcoming format.] At a high level, the decoder works by maintaining a current range (defined by a base value and length) within a large ...

Virgos, the Beyoncé of the zodiac, are having their moment. Every year, Virgo season brings forth the opportunity for optimization, digging deep into the process, focusing on health, self-improvement, ...

Most experimental brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that have been used for synthesizing human speech have been implanted in the areas of the brain that translate the intention to speak into the muscle ...