European Telescope Discovers ‘Einstein Ring’ in Nearby Galaxy

VOA Learning English • voa
yesterday ~5 min

New tech could protect you from QR code scams

A new QR code format would let smartphone users know if they’re heading to a secure website—or wading into a potential "quishing" scam.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
Feb. 14, 2025 ~5 min


AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

Whitehead Institute and CSAIL researchers created a machine-learning model to predict and generate protein localization, with implications for understanding and remedying disease.

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
Feb. 13, 2025 ~11 min

Important Terms and Ideas for Describing Artificial Intelligence

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 12, 2025 ~6 min

DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake

A big bet on open-source technology has enabled China to rapidly scale its AI innovation while Silicon Valley remains limited by corporate structures.

Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~39 min

Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there

Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.

Anna Mae Duane, Professor of English, University of Connecticut • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~9 min

MIT engineers develop a fully 3D-printed electrospray engine

Ideal for propelling tiny satellites, the lightweight devices could be produced on board a spacecraft and cost much less than traditional thrusters.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 12, 2025 ~8 min

To keep hardware safe, cut out the code’s clues

New “Oreo” method from MIT CSAIL researchers removes footprints that reveal where code is stored before a hacker can see them.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Feb. 11, 2025 ~6 min


Why a physicist hates this 1 Star Trek scene

Watch a physicist explain how a 'Star Trek: Generations' scene violates the laws of physics.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Feb. 11, 2025 ~2 min

Men and women have unique strengths in reaching for goals

Women and men differ in drive, passion, and flow when it comes to achieving their goals, a new study shows.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
Feb. 11, 2025 ~4 min

/

750