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A new MIT framework called SEAL allows language models to create their own study notes and choose how to train, improving learning without human-designed data.
MIT researchers developed SEAL, a framework that lets AI models generate study notes and train themselves to learn new knowledge.
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New research shows cycads heat their cones and beetles sense infrared, revealing one of Earth’s oldest pollination systems.
Green ImpactHarvard scientists tell a ‘hot’ story about beetles and plant sexMac Oliveau
New high resolution images show that nova eruptions unfold through layered bursts of gas, delayed ejections and fast moving shocks that light up the sky.
SpaceNew images reveal an early-stage stellar eruption (nova) in stunning detailJoseph Shavit
New experiments show Earth’s lower mantle trapped far more early water than thought, reshaping views of habitability.
Green ImpactEarth’s lower mantle trapped far more early water than previously thoughtJoseph Shavit
Image of microbial reef structures. A new study of the Black Sea shows that microbes in a thin, oxygen poor layer act like a biological filter, converting most nitrous oxide to harmless nitrogen gas before it can reach the surface. The work reveals a missing sink in the global N₂O budget and highlights how expanding low oxygen waters may reshape greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean.
Green ImpactBlack sea microbes stop potent nitrous oxide gas from escaping into the air we breatheJoshua Shavit
An MIT team taught a micro-robot to fly like an insect. With AI control, the tiny flapping machine leapt to 447% more speed and pulled off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds, even in windy tests.
AITiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brainShy Cohen
A large national study shows how sleep quality, diet choices, and blood sugar control are closely linked and may shape long term health.
HealthSleep, diet, and blood sugar: Study finds new link between sleep and metabolic healthJoshua Shavit
An artist’s rendering shows TOI-561 b with a thick atmosphere over a global magma ocean, supported by Webb observations indicating the planet isn’t a bare rock despite intense stellar radiation.
SpaceJWST may have found a thick atmosphere in an unexpected place — an ultra-hot super-EarthJoseph Shavit
New particle technology packs antibodies into small injections that may replace long intravenous infusions.
HealthAntibody injections could replace slow IV drips in treating many diseases, MIT scientists findMac Oliveau
Looking up into the LZ outer detector, used to veto radioactivity that can mimic a dark matter signal.
DiscoveriesLZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinosJoseph Shavit
A sheep tooth from Arkaim has given scientists the first proof of Bronze Age plague in an animal, offering new clues about how the ancient disease moved across Eurasia.
Health4,000 year old sheep tooth reveals how an ancient plague spread across EurasiaRebecca Shavit
A new study reveals that sorbitol, a popular sugar substitute, may contribute to liver disease when gut microbes fail to break it down.
HealthSugar substitute sorbitol linked to unexpected liver diseaseJoshua Shavit
A new AI tool from Thomas Jefferson University can identify two similar brain tumors using routine MRI scans, improving surgical planning and patient safety.
AIAI tool predicts brain tumors before surgery with near-perfect precisionShy Cohen
A Belgian teenager has earned a doctorate in quantum physics at 15 and now aims to tackle human aging using artificial intelligence.
AI15-year-old physicist sets his sights on creating ‘super-humans’Mac Oliveau
On Oct. 5, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers their clearest view of GRB 250702B’s host galaxy, which is so far away its light takes about 8 billion years to reach us.
SpaceThe seven-hour flash: Astronomers discover the longest gamma-ray burst on recordJoseph Shavit
Climate records from cave stone and elephant teeth reveal how severe drought pushed Homo floresiensis toward extinction.
DiscoveriesSevere drought pushed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores toward extinction 61,000 years agoJoseph Shavit
The photo shows the setup on the general-purpose beamline in the ReA6 vault at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
DiscoveriesResearchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break downMac Oliveau