Popular Mechanics

Scientists Think They Just Accidentally Proved String Theory

String theory attempts to unify general relativity and quantum theory. Popular in the 1990s, string theory fell out of favor as it failed to provide testable predictions and required ten dimensions ...
The New Yorker

Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest

In “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits,” an essay published in 2013, the writer and translator Lydia Davis offers a cardinal rule: “work on your character.” (She happened on a variation of ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. Credit...Video by Lauren Lancaster For The New ...
New York Magazine

The People Falsely Accused of Using AI

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BroadwayWorld

Richard Vetere's POET ON A STRING to Play Off-Broadway at The ATA

1 Review Roundup: GIULIA: THE POISON QUEEN OF PALERMO, Written by and Starring Jennifer Nettles 2 Photos: Jennifer Nettles' GIULIA: THE POISON QUEEN OF PALERMO American Theatre of Actors will present ...
NBC News

Using AI makes writing more bland, study finds

Does money lead to happiness? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Researchers from a coalition of West Coast universities were curious ...
Inside Higher Ed

Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI

The world’s largest professional organization of writing educators disagrees with the notion that the rise of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom is unavoidable. Earlier this month, ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
CNN

Symbols found carved into 40,000-year-old artifacts may be precursor to writing

Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 artifacts ...
MIT Technology Review

Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools. MIT ...
The New York Times

Is A.I. Changing the Way You Teach Writing? Tell Us.

We want to hear from high school teachers and college professors who assign writing. By Dana Goldstein For decades, American students have struggled to produce one dominant form of academic writing: a ...
University of California

How writing rewires your brain to face everyday challenges

Written words can do more than communicate. They can also unlock the writer’s ability to process distress, identify hurtful feelings and take control of personal conflict. Emily Johnston, a writing ...