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Everyone who reads both books and fanfiction knows there’s a clear difference in reading speed. While a 500 page book might take a week to get through, reading at “fanfiction speed” can allow a reader to devour a similarly sized fic over the course of one night. How is fanfic routinely able to defy the bounds of eye strain and the need for sleep?How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?It’s possible because fanfiction is some of the best writing out there, excelling at hooking…

June 2023 Astronomy should, in principle, be a welcoming field for blind researchers. But across the board, science is full of charts, graphs, databases, and images that are designed to be seen. So researcher Sarah Kane, who is legally blind, was thrilled three years ago when she encountered a technology known as sonification, designed to transform information into sound. Since then she’s been working with a project called Astronify, which presents astronomical information in audio form.  For millions of blind and…

Chicago. August 4, 1948. This photo originally published in the Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, IN, tells a tragically heart-breaking, yet all too familiar story about Chalifoux family and the trials and tribulations surrounding poverty. Well ... that's what the original caption wanted the reader to think. Facing eviction from their apartment, the jobless couple decided to sell their four children ranging in age from two to six. The mother posted a sign in the front yard and waited for buyers while Lana, Rae Ann, Milton,…

—This is an excerpt from a new book, The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots, by MIT CSAIL director Daniela Rus  Robots are an incredible way to enhance and extend the reach of human capabilities. In 2009, I worked with the biologist Roger Payne to use camera-mounted drones to study whales and their life spans.  The same drone was used to study uncontacted tribes in the Amazon, so they could be observed without the risk of bringing germs to people who had not developed immunity.  We also built a drone…

Tom Humberstone is a comic artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh, Scotland.…

Charles Darwin University Professor of Accounting Indra Abeysekera asked ChatGPT to answer assessment questions from two accounting courses. Credit: Charles Darwin University ChatGPT will not be replacing human teachers anytime soon, with a study into the technology's capabilities finding it can't help students critically understand academic assessment solutions. …

In dozens of archaeological discoveries around the world, from the once-successful reservoirs and canals of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the deserted Viking colonies of Greenland, new evidence paints pictures of civilizations struggling with unforeseen climate changes and the reality that their farming practices had become unsustainable. Among these discoveries are also success stories, where ancient farming practices helped…

Working in an Apple store in my early twenties while attending university was a lot of fun. For five years, I dedicated my spare time between classes to product launches, merchandise resets, endless customer interactions, and four different roles between two stores. One of the roles that took up most of my Apple career was the wonderful role of Creative, where I taught classes within the Apple Store, and it still holds a very special place in my heart. It's also a role with photography at its heart — and an excellent…

The interview and assessment platform CodeSignal has a new AI-powered, online learning platform that aims to build professionals’ technical skills, as companies everywhere struggle to keep up with rapidly changing technology.On Thursday, the company debuted CodeSignal Learn, which features about 100 technical skills courses ranging from intro to programming to full stack engineering. CodeSignal Learn will offer a free tier and a paid tier, which will cost $24.99 per month. The platform was announced at CodeSignal’s annual…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review. As a process, peer review evaluates academic papers for their quality, integrity and impact on a field, largely shaping what scientists accept as "knowledge." By instinct, any academic follows up a new idea with the question, "Was that peer reviewed?" …