Artemis 2 astronauts enter quarantine ahead of historic NASA moon launch
The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission went into quarantine on Jan. 23, keeping everything on track for a possible launch in early February.
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Perceiving AI as a ‘job killer’ negatively influences attitudes towards democracy, study suggests
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our society and economy. A new study shows that the majority of people believe that artificial intelligence is displacing more human labor than it is creating new opportunities. Scientists at the University of Vienna and…
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge gets an upgrade, as the Disneyland attraction adds classic characters from the original trilogy
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader are coming to Batuu!
US hospitality and tourism professors don’t reflect the diversity of the industry they serve
White and male professors continue to dominate U.S. hospitality and tourism education programs, our new research has found, even as the industry is growing increasingly diverse. This imbalance raises questions about who shapes the future of hospitality and whose voices…
Personalized library model adapts book recommendations to readers’ changing knowledge
University libraries hold vast collections of scholarly work, yet most academic books are borrowed only a handful of times each year. A study published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology suggests that the problem lies less in…
Lit bots beware: AI creative writing faces reader skepticism, study shows
When it comes to creative writing, score one for the humans over the machines. For now, anyway. New research finds that people evaluate creative writing less favorably when they learn it was generated in whole or part by artificial intelligence.…
Q&A: Even small amounts of online math practice can improve skills
An analysis of data from 200,000 students using a computer-assisted math program supports an optimistic view of skill-focused, mastery-based learning, even with limited use.
The masters behind Bronze Age rock art
For more than 200 years, Nordic Bronze Age rock art has sparked the interest of academics. Yet we still know surprisingly little about the individuals who carved these figures into the rock. A new doctoral dissertation at the University of…
Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone
Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple or Nvidia. But he does have a great ear for useful phrases, and in 2024 he organized an…
Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a dramatic friend, a…