Machines Beat Humans on a Reading Test. But Do They Understand?A tool known as BERT can now beat humans on advanced reading-comprehension tests. But it’s also revealed how far AI has to go.Dec 3, 2020Dec 3, 2020
The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four TimesIt was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe.Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Computer Scientists Achieve ‘Crown Jewel’ of CryptographyA cryptographic master tool called indistinguishability obfuscation has for years seemed too good to be true. Three researchers have…Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
Scientists Find Vital Genes Evolving in Genome’s JunkyardEven genes essential for life can be caught in an evolutionary arms race that forces them to change or be replaced.Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
The Maid Who Mapped the HeavensWilliamina Fleming was just supposed to help the director of the Harvard Observatory with household tasks. Instead, she changed the course…Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.SpaceX’s achievements include the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit (Falcon 1 in 2008),[12] the first private…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
