Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...
Tech Xplore

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
Live Science

When an AI algorithm is labeled 'female,' people are more likely to exploit it

People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
Grist

This pig’s bacon was delicious. But she’s alive and well.

I’m eating Dawn the Yorkshire pig and she’s quite tasty. But don’t worry. She’s doing perfectly fine, traipsing around a sanctuary in upstate New York. (Word is that she appreciates belly rubs and ...
THE WEEK

Has 21st-century culture become too bland?

Music is blending into an algorithm-generated playlist, cinema is dominated by blockbuster movies from decades-old franchises, and the rest of the cultural scene is as flat and bland as a pancake.
THE WEEK

‘Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America’ and ‘Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary’

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the ...
Live Science

Google's breakthrough 'Quantum Echoes' algorithm pushes us closer to useful quantum computing — running 13,000 times faster than on a supercomputer

The new quantum computing algorithm, called "Quantum Echoes," is the first that can be independently verified by running it on another quantum computer. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
Indiana Daily Student

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky terminated Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush on Tuesday afternoon after he refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student. Ahead of our Oct. 16 newspaper, which ...
MIT Technology Review

AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

Some companies are working to remedy the issue. Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by ...
Newsweek

Reported Emails From Epstein’s Private Account Revealed: What To Know

A newly uncovered trove of private emails from Jeffrey Epstein's personal Yahoo account has provided the most detailed view yet into how the disgraced financier operated, revealing previously ...
GamesRadar+

The Office creator reveals why only one main character returns for The Paper spin-off, and it's a decision that stems from the comedy classic's finale

The Office star Oscar Nuñez is the only original cast member returning for the spin-off The Paper, which is arriving this week on Peacock. According to the creators, this decision made sense with the ...
Scientific American

The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...