Posted inNuclear Energy Nuclear Weapons Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Research A.I. or Nuclear Weapons: Can You Tell These Quotes Apart? Many experts on artificial intelligence are warning of its potential dangers and calling for regulation, just as others once did with the atomic bomb. Posted by By Ian Prasad Philbrick and Tom Wright-Piersanti
Posted inBirds Brain Music Research Birds Sing, but Are They Making Music? What Scientists Say. Scientists are finding more evidence that birdsong parallels human-made music. Posted by By Marlowe Starling
Posted inBlack People Dictionaries English Language Gates, Henry Louis Jr Harvard University Language and Languages Oxford University Press Research The First 10 Words of the African American English Dictionary Are In An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) Posted by By Sandra E. Garcia
Posted inComputer Chips Computers and the Internet Engineering and Engineers Factories and Manufacturing Innovation Research Silicon Valley (Calif) Silicon Valley Chosen for $4 Billion Chip Research Center Anticipating federal subsidies, Applied Materials said it planned to invest up to $4 billion in the semiconductor project in Sunnyvale, Calif. Posted by By Don Clark