Can you get sleep’s brain benefits without actually sleeping?

New research could potentially change our fundamental understanding of how sleep boosts brainpower.

Alexandra Becker - Rice U. • futurity
Nov. 25, 2024 • ~7 min

Clay cylinders upend the origin story of the alphabet

Archaeological findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Nov. 25, 2024 • ~4 min

AI that mimics human problem solving is a big advance – but comes with new risks and problems

Chain of thought reasoning has been used in OpenAI’s new AI model.

Nikolay Malkin, Chancellor's Fellow (AI and Datascience), School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 • ~6 min

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 25, 2024 • ~5 min

NASA Reconnects with Voyager, Longest Serving Mission in History
VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 • ~6 min

Fossil Found in Brazil Shows Birds’ Brain Development
VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 • ~6 min

American Companies Develop Unmanned Aircraft for Crops
VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 • ~6 min

AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond

The damage AI algorithms cause is not easily remedied. Breaking algorithmic harms into four categories results in pieces that better align with the law and points the way to better regulation.

Sylvia Lu, Faculty Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan • conversation
Nov. 22, 2024 • ~10 min

MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI agents

The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 22, 2024 • ~7 min

‘A Great Situation:’ Canadian Town Lives with Polar Bears
VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 21, 2024 • ~6 min

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