A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.

Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard ...

The Secret Of Why These Eleven Words Are Prominently Included When You Ask AI To Write A Creative Story

Latest AI mystery is that there are 11 specific nouns used frequently by LLMs when creating short stories. Why those words?

Duckett execution back to Supreme Court as judge denies DNA hearing

A circuit judge has denied a new DNA evidentiary hearing for James Duckett as the state asks the Supreme Court to lift a stay ...

Are you actually smarter than you were in junior high? See if you can answer these 8th grade assessment test sample questions.

Are you smarter than an Eighth Grader? Stacker uses real questions from a national eighth grade assessment test to find out.

The Big Changes Coming to the Times/Siena Poll

You might remember, for instance, that the well-regarded Selzer poll of Iowa found Kamala Harris leading by three percentage ...

There may be 3 times more insect species than previously thought

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...
Times Higher Education

Design learning that works with the brain, not against it

Educating used to be about explaining concepts – now it’s about designing experiences to help the brain develop understanding. Find advice to tweak your teaching here ...

Burnham wants to destroy Thatcher’s legacy. He should be careful what he wishes for

If, as expected, Andy Burnham soon reaches 10 Downing Street, he will have been the only Labour prime minister to have ...
Communications of the ACM

Technical Perspective: Synthetic Data Needs a Reproducibility Benchmark

Synthetic data is a vital substitute for real sensitive personal data in supporting social science research and policy ...

Bakersfield and 5 other California cities ranked among least educated

Residents of the San Joaquin Valley, and Kern County in particular, have long found themselves at or near the top of “bad” lists and the bottom of “good” lists. For example, air pollution, obesity ...

Beyond 3-D: Data scientists introduce novel AI tool to interpret complex biological data

As humans, our eyes take in two-dimensional images that our brains convert to three-dimensional experiences. This ability enables us to be aware of our position in space, judge distances, possess ...