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Researchers at Japan’s Kyoto University have developed a new artificial intelligence program that can be used to decode human thought patterns, translating brain scans into pictures of not only what the subject is looking at, but also simply remembering, into digital images that can be reviewed.
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The Bush administration has received enormous worldwide criticism for its refusal to support the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming, but new scientific evidence suggests that one of the treaty’s key strategies may be dangerously flawed.

The protocol gives governments the option to plant trees to soak up carbon dioxide, rather than cutting emissions of greenhouse gas. But this provision is not realistic, warns Richard Betts of Britain?s Meteorological Office. He says it does not take into account other ways that new forests can affect climate.
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