Supercomputers can take months to simulate the climate – but my new algorithm can do it ten times faster

These are some of the most complex and important pieces of software ever written.

Samar Khatiwala, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford • conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~8 min

Taliban Aiming to Bring Visitors to Afghanistan
VOA Learning English • voa
May 1, 2024 • ~5 min

Police Clear Protest Camps at Several US Colleges
VOA Learning English • voa
May 1, 2024 • ~5 min

New Research Learns Evolution of Flowering Plants
VOA Learning English • voa
May 1, 2024 • ~5 min

How TikTok’s Technology Makes the Service Popular
VOA Learning English • voa
May 1, 2024 • ~6 min

Fostering research, careers, and community in materials science

MICRO internship program expands, brings undergraduate interns from other schools to campus.

Stefanie Koperniak | MIT Open Learning • mit
May 1, 2024 • ~7 min

Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, and robotics

Three neurosymbolic methods help language models find better abstractions within natural language, then use those representations to execute complex tasks.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 1, 2024 • ~13 min

Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows

Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure − and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.

Joan A. Casey, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington • conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~10 min

Climate models can run for months on supercomputers – but my new algorithm can make them ten times faster

These are some of the most complex and important pieces of software ever written.

Samar Khatiwala, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford • conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~7 min

Are young people smarter than older adults? My research shows cognitive differences between generations are diminishing

Young people are losing their advantage when it comes to IQ.

Stephen Badham, Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~7 min

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