MSU researchers given millions of dollars to search for endometriosis cure

Researchers from Michigan State University have received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health to continue studying endometriosis, a condition where tissue grows on the outside ...
Princeton University

Princeton scientists identify first experimental evidence of a 'co-extinction' connection: Without elephants, dung beetles disappear

A new study from Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institute, the Mpala Research Centre and many partner institutions has now documented the interconnection between the largest animals in the ...
Psychology Today

Balancing Tradition and Innovation With AI in Psychology

Artificial intelligence (AI) was not a formal or informal part of my graduate school training, yet AI is increasingly ...
Harvard Business Review

To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It

Five steps to ensure that you don’t jump to solutions by Julia Binder and Michael D. Watkins When business leaders confront complex problems, there’s a powerful impulse to dive right into “solving” ...
Los Angeles Times

Microplastics are everywhere — even in the labs studying them. That’s a problem for research

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Microplastics found in human tissue, food and the environment are everywhere — even contaminating the very labs ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI. OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources ...
The Hechinger Report

Biting, kicking, wandering the classroom: Teachers say there’s a rise in misbehavior even among the littlest kids

A sign in a classroom at Lead Elementary encourages children to take a break when feeling big emotions. Teachers across the country say student behavior is still challenging post-pandemic, and more ...
The New York Times

These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
Science-Based Medicine

“Gain of Function” Research Is Misunderstood – And That Is A Problem

“Gain of function” (GoF) research refers to genetic modification that deliberately enhances the abilities of an organism — often a virus or bacterium — to study how such changes affect its function, ...
Education Next

The Practice Problem

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...