Shoes that can warn you of injuries? How wearable technology is transforming foot care

Smart insoles and socks equipped with sensors and AI are transforming foot health.

Craig Gwynne, Senior Lecturer in Podiatry, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
March 27, 2025 ~6 min

AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Researchers fuse the best of two popular methods to create an image generator that uses less energy and can run locally on a laptop or smartphone.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 21, 2025 ~8 min


Fully AI driven weather prediction system could start revolution in forecasting

A new AI weather prediction system, developed by researchers from the University of Cambridge, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 20, 2025 ~6 min

Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.

Eli Elster, Doctoral Candidate in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of California, Davis • conversation
March 19, 2025 ~10 min

5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19

Public school access to high-quality teachers is shrinking, while teen reports of feeling unsafe at school are on the rise.

Gravity Goldberg, Visiting Assistant Professor in Education Studies, Wesleyan University • conversation
March 10, 2025 ~10 min

5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since the COVID-19

Public school access to high-quality teachers is shrinking, while teen reports of feeling unsafe at school are on the rise.

Gravity Goldberg, Visiting Assistant Professor in Education Studies, Wesleyan University • conversation
March 10, 2025 ~10 min

Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction

New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 7, 2025 ~7 min

What’s that microplastic? Advances in machine learning are making identifying plastics in the environment more reliable

To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.

Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~8 min


AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation

Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.

Rutvik Desai, Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 ~8 min

Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches

New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Feb. 21, 2025 ~6 min

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