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Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks
For all their triumphs, AI systems can’t seem to generalize the concepts of “same” and “different.” Without that, researchers worry, the quest to create truly intelligent machines may be hopeless.
Are Crabs Truly Crabby?
Humans have long projected their insecurities and ill tempers onto animals, including crabs. Can science help us tell fact from fable?
When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source
How a bad “fact” helped the lab-leak hypothesis go viral.
Is the Universe Open-Ended?
An intriguing proposal about what makes reality tick under the surface.
Heeding the Water’s Call
Allison Wallis’s disability rendered the ocean off-limits. But the adaptive surfing movement says they can get everybody—of any ability—in the water.
To the Passionate Youth: Why Wait?
Eloise Sent’s Redford Center Stories film entry says that young people can change the world right now—so don’t wait.





