What can glass beads collected from the lunar surface more than 50 years ago teach scientists about the Moon’s volcanic history? This is what a recent study published in Icarus hopes to address as a team of…
Author: admin
-
ALMA Detects Molecular Activity in Largest Known Oort Cloud Comet
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) — the largest and second most distantly active comet ever observed from the Oort Cloud — while it was more…
Continue Reading
-
New robot swarm builds resilient structures without human interference
Bees, ants, and termites build complex structures without blueprints, architects, or construction supervisors.
Their colonies produce intricate hives and nests by relying on local cues like warmth, scent, or the presence of material, rather…
Continue Reading
-
Cache of military helmets from both World Wars discovered during roadworks
Road construction works in the Polish city of Wroclaw have unearthed an unusual cache of military objects from WWI and WWII.
The discovery was made on Koszarowa Street, coincidently just a few metres from the University of Wrocław’s Institute…
Continue Reading
-
Soaring coffee prices are fueled by deforestation, but solutions exist
Roughly a billion people enjoy coffee daily, and more than 100 million people rely on it for income. However, the coffee industry is the sixth-largest driver of deforestation and is also rife with human rights abuses, including the labor of…
Continue Reading
-
Combining technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning | MIT News
MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) Fellow Caitlin Morris is an architect, artist, researcher, and educator who has studied psychology and used online learning tools to teach herself coding and other skills….
Continue Reading
-
NASA Welcomes Community, Astronauts to Marshall’s 65th Anniversary Celebration July 19
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center invites the community to help celebrate the center’s 65th anniversary during a free public event noon to 5 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama.
Marshall, along with…
Continue Reading
-
CEOs push back on proposed cuts to commercial satellite imaging programs
WASHINGTON — The heads of leading U.S. satellite imaging firms are urging Congress to reject proposed budget cuts to commercial remote sensing programs, warning the reductions could undermine national security and reverse years of…
Continue Reading
-
A sounding board for strengthening the student experience | MIT News
During his first year at MIT in 2021, Matthew Caren ’25 received an intriguing email inviting students to apply to become members of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing’s (SCC) Undergraduate Advisory Group (UAG)….
Continue Reading
-
Unpacking the bias of large language models | MIT News
Research has shown that large language models (LLMs) tend to overemphasize information at the beginning and end of a document or conversation, while neglecting the middle.
This “position bias” means that, if a lawyer…
Continue Reading