Listen: How ads and politicians weaponize fear

We’re bombarded with messaging trying to hijack our quick fear responses, says political scientist Marika Landau-Wells.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Feb. 5, 2025 ~3 min

Salamanders control blood in their toes to get around easily

"This could redefine our understanding of how salamanders move across diverse habitats."

Washington State • futurity
Feb. 5, 2025 ~6 min


How telecommunications cables can image the ground beneath us

By making use of MIT’s existing fiber optic infrastructure, PhD student Hilary Chang imaged the ground underneath campus, a method that can be used to characterize seismic hazards.

Paige Colley | EAPS • mit
Feb. 4, 2025 ~7 min

Huge Iceberg Could Threaten Penguins in the South Atlantic Ocean

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 4, 2025 ~5 min

Putting DeepSeek to the test: how its performance compares against other AI tools

This evaluation shows how competitive DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot is, beating OpenAI’s flagship models for performance as well as price.

Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and ​Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Feb. 4, 2025 ~6 min

Scientists Find ‘Chorus Waves’ in Unexpected Part of Space

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 3, 2025 ~3 min

Discovery sheds light on how you hear faint sounds

A new discovery provides important insights into how faint sounds entering the human cochlea can be amplified enough for us to hear them.

Yale • futurity
Feb. 3, 2025 ~5 min

Why honesty is the best policy for couples

New research suggests that "being honest and seeing honesty in a partner can benefit relationships. Even when the truth may hurt."

Sandra Knispel-U. Rochester • futurity
Feb. 3, 2025 ~4 min


Bacteria can eat ‘forever chemicals’

Researchers have identified a strain of bacteria that eats forever chemicals—and even some of their toxic byproducts.

U. Buffalo • futurity
Feb. 3, 2025 ~8 min

Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

The consortium will bring researchers and industry together to focus on impact.

Liam McDonnell | Office of Innovation • mit
Feb. 3, 2025 ~12 min

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