S ix weeks into the term, I assigned my rhetoric and writing students a 20-page article. It was the same length I had assigned for five years and the same length I had read without complaint as an ...

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...

A dry multielectrode array can be used to visualize propagating electrical signals in plants with high-curvature tissues. You have full access to this article via your institution. Mapping the fast ...

Understanding how atoms collectively interact with light is important for both fundamental studies and the design of light–matter interfaces in quantum technologies. Over the past decades, many ...

Steven Rosenbaum has decided that the real villain behind the bogus quotes in his book is a chatbot. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that The Future of Truth, Rosenbaum’s much-discussed ...

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As AI absorbs more of the fast, transactional work that once filled our days, the cognitive tasks that remain distinctly human (reflection, synthesis, planning, original thinking) are getting harder ...

A few weeks ago, where I live in Johannesburg, a man ran a stop sign and crashed into my Subaru. At the scene he was frantic, unable to gather his thoughts. Half an hour later, I received a lengthy, ...

I usually write about the sad state of our country as the Trump/Republican party goes about destroying it piece by pice and lie by lie. But can’t seem to find any new ways of sending out that message ...

Ms. Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and led its global task force on A.I. and education. I am a big fan of technology. I’ve blissfully given ...

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Every book you open is an adventure – whether you are exploring new places, meeting new characters, or learning something new. A whole summer of reading fun is waiting just for you! This summer, as we ...