To find out which team, the American League or National League, will come out on top, Sony Computer Entertainment America has tapped into its own gaming simulation with MLB 12 The Show.

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Considering that, a few years ago, it was rare to get the computer time needed to do even a single geoengineering simulation with a state-of-the-art climate model, this investment of time and effort marks a big step forward.

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Now, Markram is announcing a collaboration with IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) to create a computer simulation of these fundamental neurological units, called neocortical columns.

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