From Char to Chapter: Scrolls Speak Again
The team’s new imaging and AI workflow makes an entire Herculaneum scroll readable, moving from patches to full-text recovery and promising more ancient texts unlocked.
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What Homeopathy Studies Do—and Don’t—Show
A clear look at homeopathy papers on PubMed, what they show, and why the findings matter.
Echo chambers aren’t all on the platform; user choices matter
Echo chambers stem from user choices, while algorithms feed related content. No radicalization path found; transparency and user control urged.
Moon space after Earth lessons
A Moon-focused recycling concept could reshape how we manage space around the Moon, moving beyond Earth-centric rules to a collaborative, sustainability-driven approach.
Can Belief Override a Child’s Rights?
A Pennsylvania case involving faith healing has reignited a long-running debate over religious freedom, parental responsibility, and children’s right to medical care. The story explores a century of similar cases and the difficult questions they continue to raise.
2,000 Phones Reboot into a Data Center
UCSD and Google repurpose 2,000 retired Pixel Folds into a scalable, low-carbon compute cluster, using Linux, Kubernetes, and wired networking to run education and parallel-workloads.
Speech from Thought: ALS Patient Talks, Works Again
A breakthrough in brain–computer interfaces lets an ALS patient speak and work again, using AI‑driven neural decoding that translates brain signals into English.
Lessons from a bold claim fail
Donut Lab’s claims collapsed under independent testing, underscoring why skepticism and verification matter before embracing bold tech promises.
Roscosmos considered cutting into ISS
Roscosmos weighed risky access to the ISS, prompting NASA to pull back as leaks in Zvezda’s PrK module raise questions about the station’s future.
Acknowledging the pandemic’s impact
The sacrifices made by millions in 2020 deserve recognition, not revisionist takes from distant commentators.
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