If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

In a landmark study published in Cell Reports, scientists demonstrated that mouse cortical organoids (miniature, lab-grown ...

How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by Bruce ...

The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in quantum error correction has ...

In a new study, scientists successfully trained a brain organoid derived from mouse stem cells to solve an engineering benchmark known as the “cart-pole problem.” By applying weak or strong electric ...

Mental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictor What is 29 + 14?

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide ...

Deloitte’s 2025 Digital Media Trends survey found that the average American spent just under one hour per day on social media, with Gen Zers and millennials putting in the most time. While you might ...

Practical Application: The authors propose QFI-Informed Mutation (QIm), a heuristic that adapts mutation probabilities using diagonal QFI entries. QIm outperforms uniform and random-restart baselines, ...

While medical experts say it is normal for people to experience stress and anxiety — or feeling that the world descended into chaos overnight — it is important to find coping mechanisms and ways to ...

People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.