Nobel Prizes Overlook Black Scientists Because of This Quiet Bias
December 11, 2024 5 min read A Quiet Bias Is Keeping Black Scientists from Winning Nobel Prizes The way scientists recognize one another’s work overlooks the seminal contributions of Black scientists. The Nobel Committees need to recognize how this excludes Black scientists from awards By Jared Boyce, Faith Crittenden & AZA Allsop edited by Kate
What Are AI Agents, and Why Are They About to Be Everywhere?
All day, every day, you make choices. Philosophers have long argued that this ability to act intentionally, or with agency, distinguishes human beings from simpler life-forms and machines. But artificial intelligence may soon transcend that divide now that technology companies are building AI “agents”—systems able to make decisions and achieve goals with minimal human oversight.
The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024
December 12, 2024 3 min read Unsolvable problems, many-dimensional wheels and new prime numbers are among new mathematical discoveries this year By Clara Moskowitz The quest for an einstein tile—a shape never seen before in mathematics. Miriam Martincic Mathematicians have been extremely busy this year: they’ve discovered the biggest prime number yet, a new formula
A Rapidly Warming Arctic Looks Dramatically Different Now Than 20 Years Ago
December 11, 2024 4 min read Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its historical norms By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News An aerial view of icebergs and ice sheet in the Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland on July 19, 2022 as captured on a NASA Gulfstream V
Mysterious ‘Disease X’ Outbreak Might Be Malaria. What We Know
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