It started as a low, haunting roar building in the distance. It grew into a deafening thunder that drowned out all else. The sky turned an unnatural shade of green, then black. The wind lashed at trees and buildings with brutal force. Sirens…
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How we think about protecting data
How should personal data be protected? What are the best uses of it? In our networked world, questions about data privacy are ubiquitous and matter for companies, policymakers, and the public.
A new study by MIT researchers adds depth to the…
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New study shows AI can predict child malnutrition, support prevention efforts
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing and the Keck School of Medicine, working alongside experts from the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, Amref Health Africa, and Kenya’s Ministry of Health, has developed an…
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New global model shows how to bring environmental pressures back to 2015 levels by 2050
A first-of-its-kind study in Nature finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices — across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency — humanity could, by 2050, bring global environmental pressures back to levels seen…
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All identical objects reduce memory load at the late maintenance stage in working memory
Luck, S. J. & Vogel, E. K. Visual working memory capacity: from psychophysics and neurobiology to individual differences. Trends Cogn. Sci. 17, 391–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2013.06.006 (2013).
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PRefLexOR: preference-based recursive language modeling for exploratory optimization of reasoning and agentic thinking
The training of the model proceeds in two distinct phases, each designed to progressively enhance its reasoning capabilities. This improves the ability develop enhanced reasoning, here exemplified for structured thinking processes. Within the…
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Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people
Ethics
This study was carried out in accordance with the British Psychological Society’s Code on Human Research Ethics and the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Experimental…
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Bridging computational thinking research and practice of pre-service and in-service teachers
We conducted a systematic review to find out what type of guidance is provided to teachers about computational thinking and what the most common definitions researchers use in the professional training they organize. This review allowed us to…
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