“Engineers Develop A Magnetic Transistor For More Energy-Efficient Electronics”
“Perspectives For The Perplexed” A Guide To GenAI In Schools
People (Broadly) Have Worse Moods In Hotter Weather
“An analysis of social media in 157 countries finds hotter weather is associated with more negative sentiments.”
Robots Can Now Hit Ping Pong Balls (Even With Good Topspin)
How Voice Based Chatbots Affect Our Socialization – OpenAI & MIT
“Results showed that while voice-based chatbots initially appeared beneficial in mitigating loneliness and dependence compared with text-based chatbots, these advantages diminished at high usage levels, especially with a neutral-voice chatbot. Conversation type also shaped outcomes: personal topics slightly increased loneliness but tended to lower emotional dependence compared with open-ended conversations, whereas non-personal topics were associated […]
“New Platform Lets Anyone… Prototype Large, Sturdy Interactive Structures”
How Old Is Human Language? At Least 135,000 Years, Scientists Say
“Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different forms of evidence, from fossils to cultural artifacts. The authors of the new analysis took a different approach. They reasoned that since all human languages likely have a common origin — as the researchers strongly think — […]