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In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Critics of artificial intelligence caution that, as a relatively new technology, its long-term effects on the human brain are still unknown. But a new study shows that AI could be dangerous even in ...

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay up to date on current AI trends” to prepare students for the future. But ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. In the early nineteen-nineties, when Arindrajit Dube was growing up in Seattle, where his parents were ...

Controlling the flow Vortex-induced heat backflow (top) in a simulated 2D graphite strip, compared with conventional heat flow (bottom). (Courtesy: 2026 THEOS EPFL CC BY SA) We are all familiar with ...

In 2019, Monte Leifheit, a warehouse operator at 3M, noticed his left eye was bloodshot and swollen. What began as a minor irritation turned into a yearlong medical odyssey marked by the lack of a ...

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NASA will likely delay the launch of the Artemis II mission around the moon again after the discovery of a helium flow problem overnight Friday. The space agency said Saturday that the rocket and ...

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listens as Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Congress is ...