Team finds surprising ‘copycat evolution’ in some cats and dogs

Biologists have shown evidence of a kind of "copycat" evolution between extremely short-faced breeds of cats and dogs.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
May 6, 2025 ~9 min

Hybrid AI model crafts smooth, high-quality videos in seconds

The CausVid generative AI tool uses a diffusion model to teach an autoregressive (frame-by-frame) system to rapidly produce stable, high-resolution videos.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 6, 2025 ~6 min


How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holes

Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques are making their recovery from US sources increasingly viable.

Scott McWhorter, Distinguished Fellow in the Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
May 6, 2025 ~9 min

Predictive policing AI is on the rise − making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects

AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic accountability could shine a light on the technology and how it’s used.

Maria Lungu, Postdoctoral Researcher of Law and Public Administration, University of Virginia • conversation
May 6, 2025 ~8 min

New tool evaluates progress in reinforcement learning

“IntersectionZoo,” a benchmarking tool, uses a real-world traffic problem to test progress in deep reinforcement learning algorithms.

MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • mit
May 5, 2025 ~7 min

Tiny fin features may explain this fish’s super grip power

New research has uncovered a surprising feature on the fins of sculpins, potentially aiding their ability to grip their surroundings.

Dan Bernardi - Syracuse U. • futurity
May 5, 2025 ~7 min

Adolescents with mental health conditions use social media differently than their peers, study suggests

One of the first studies in this area to use clinical-level diagnoses reveals a range of differences between young people with and without mental health

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 5, 2025 ~9 min

Novel AI model inspired by neural dynamics from the brain

New type of “state-space model” leverages principles of harmonic oscillators.

Adam Conner-Simons | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 2, 2025 ~4 min


How millions of people can watch the same video at the same time – a computer scientist explains the technology behind streaming

A lot of sophisticated digital plumbing goes into delivering that streaming video to your phone, computer or TV.

Chetan Jaiswal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University • conversation
May 2, 2025 ~8 min

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

A new method helps convey uncertainty more precisely, which could give researchers and medical clinicians better information to make decisions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 1, 2025 ~7 min

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