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A new study of interpretations of Trump’s and Harris’ statements among Republican and Democrat voters suggests that we may arrive at different conclusions from the same statement, depending on who the speaker is and how much trust we grant them.

EEG study from MIT found people who wrote essays with ChatGPT showed the weakest brain connectivity of any group, and when later asked to write unaided, their brains stayed under-engaged compared to people who never used AI.

To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]

The Cold War's Accidental Whale Observatory

The Productivity J-Curve [pdf] (2018)

How did software get so reliable without proof? (1996)

Man-Computer Symbiosis J. C. R. Licklider (1960)

A new approach to cancer vaccination yields more powerful T cells using mRNA vaccines

The future of AI seems weirdly dependent on water

Researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks

Virtual violin produces realistic sounds

The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters

SICP Video Lectures (1986)

To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

The Genius of the Barn Owl's Feathers

A new sensor could enable earlier detection of bladder cancer: « Using a catheter coated with carbon nanotubes, researchers can detect biomarkers produced by cancer cells in the bladder

A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline

Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms: « A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties

6.828: Operating System Engineering (2012)

MathNet:30k competition math problems for AI mathematical reasoning benchmarking

SICP actually a good resource?

Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies: « MIT researchers leveraged a surprise discovery to devise a faster and more precise biomedical imaging technique

Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alternative to liver transplantation

A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

Data from Greater Boston shows that relaxed density restrictions (upzoning) increase housing supply and reduce per-housing-unit rents and prices.

The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA

'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic

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