Study could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning

Researchers developed a way to make large language models more adaptable to challenging tasks like strategic planning or process optimization.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
today ~6 min

Undersea cables are vulnerable to sabotage – but this takes skill and specialist equipment

Former submarine commander: cutting the cables could cause significant disruption, but this is easier said than done.

John Aitken, Associate, RAND Europe, RAND Europe • conversation
yesterday ~6 min


New postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care

Launched with a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support postdocs in health and life sciences.

Michaela Jarvis | Office of Innovation and Strategy • mit
yesterday ~6 min

Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed

Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.

Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame • conversation
yesterday ~10 min

Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 4, 2025 ~7 min

MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ allocation

In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
July 3, 2025 ~6 min

What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know

A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process has become politicized.

Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University • conversation
July 2, 2025 ~10 min

AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations

AI could save people time when analysing text for its meaning.

Ana Jovančević, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick • conversation
July 2, 2025 ~6 min


Galápagos tomatoes are evolving in ‘reverse’

On some islands of the Galápagos archipelago, wild tomatoes are doing something peculiar. They're shedding millions of years of evolution.

Jules Bernstein - UC Riverside • futurity
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

Could electric brain stimulation lead to better maths skills?

A new study shows painless brain stimulation technique may improve people’s ability to learn maths skills.

Roi Cohen Kadosh, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Surrey • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

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