Model making is a great hobby, but knowing how and where to start is another story. It can be overwhelming for novices: Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, ...

Modern large language models (LLMs) might write beautiful sonnets and elegant code, but they lack even a rudimentary ability to learn from experience. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of ...

Foundational learning, which includes basic literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills, is the foundation for a life of learning. They also foster social and emotional growth, cognitive ...

“We introduce our first-generation reasoning models, DeepSeek-R1-Zero and DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1-Zero, a model trained via large-scale reinforcement learning (RL) without supervised fine-tuning (SFT ...

Weather and climate experts are divided on whether AI or more traditional methods are most effective. In this new model, Google’s researchers bet on both. Researchers from Google have built a new ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

Tesla single-handedly accelerated the automotive industry’s transition from combustion engines to fully electric vehicles, and its first mass-market EV, the Model S, played a big part in this.

Two shows — an art fair in Brooklyn and an Yves Klein exhibition uptown — ask if nude art can still inspire or shock. I joined in to find out. By Rachel Sherman Before last week, I had never ...

In the quest for groundbreaking materials crucial to nanoelectronics, energy storage, and healthcare, a critical challenge looms: predicting a material’s properties before it is even created. This is ...

String theory captured the hearts and minds of many physicists decades ago because of a beautiful simplicity. Zoom in far enough on a patch of space, the theory says, and you won’t see a menagerie of ...

Twelve years ago, I remember a conversation with my neurosurgeon during a follow-up visit after an accident-related sacroiliac joint fusion surgery, where I subsequently also broke several vertebrae.