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.

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Researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan have published a mathematical argument that, they say, rules out ...

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Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

My academic funding was running out and my patience with the delirious pace of start-up culture had run thin. You might say I got fired; I might reply that I was never really hired in the first place.

A team of researchers has found a way to steer the output of large language models by manipulating specific concepts inside ...

The Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells Ezra Klein what he sees coming in the new era of A.I. agents. This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever ...

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student-led team has developed a new algorithm to help scientists determine direction in ...