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AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (677+ words) Thomas "erban von Davier does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Carnegie Mellon University provides…...
The magic of maths: festive puzzles to give your brain – and imagination – a workout
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (1149+ words) Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, City St George's, University of London Neil Saunders is a supporter of the Campaign for Mathematical Sciences. City St George's, University of London provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation…...
What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science
1+ week, 3+ day ago (789+ words) Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, University of South Australia Vitomir Kovanovic does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would…...
Gazing into the mind’s eye with mice – how neuroscientists are seeing human vision more clearly
1+ week, 6+ day ago (926+ words) Bilal Haider receives funding from NIH and the Simons Foundation. Georgia Institute of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see…...
Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
2+ week, 3+ day ago (780+ words) Amirali Aghazadeh receives funding from Georgia Tech. Georgia Institute of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing....
Aging bridges are crumbling. Here’s how new technologies can help detect danger earlier
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (861+ words) Emre Erkmen receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Amirreza Torabizadeh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed…...
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data trains AI to solve real problems
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (605+ words) Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan Ambuj Tewari receives funding from NSF and NIH. University of Michigan provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. There are other reasons that help explain the growing use of synthetic data…...
How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and culture
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1011+ words) Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the "QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification" project, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union"s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme…...
How number systems shape our thinking, and what this means for learning, language and culture
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1011+ words) Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the "QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification" project, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union"s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme…...
How generative AI is really changing education by outsourcing the production of knowledge to big tech
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (707+ words) Kimberley Hardcastle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Northumbria University, Newcastle provides funding as…...