Summary: A new study explores how infants and toddlers acquire language. The research challenges preconceived notions about language development, particularly in low-income families, by analyzing daylong audio recordings of 1,001 children from diverse backgrounds. Findings reveal early comprehension begins around 6-7 months, and significant improvements in language understanding occur around a child’s first birthday. The …
A team of Harvard scientists working on a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a significant breakthrough in the field of quantum computing. Researchers working with the Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (ONISQ) program say they have created the world’s first quantum circuit using logical quantum bits (qubits). The …
Summary: A new study, involving an extensive international sample of 1,001 children across 43 languages, offers groundbreaking insights into how infants and toddlers learn language. The research utilized day-long audio recordings and machine learning analysis. Key findings indicate that age, clinical factors, and the amount of adult speech children hear are the primary drivers of …
Rutgers Law School student threatened with doxxing: Interview Jannine Masoud, a Rutgers Law School student, said students threatened to dox her and colleagues over a statement they released supporting Palestinians Jannine Masoud was looking at screenshots sent to her from a student group chat at Rutgers Law School when she spotted her own name and …
Networks / Cyber An overheard view of the DARPA-funded, Harvard-led quantum computing experiment (Harvard photo) WASHINGTON — Widespread quantum computing may now come years sooner than widely expected, thanks to a Pentagon-funded project with implications for everything from rapid vaccine development and weather forecasting to cyber warfare and codebreaking. If the Harvard-led experiment can be …
MIT researchers developed an ingestible capsule that can monitor vital signs including heart rate and breathing patterns from within a patient’s GI tract. The scientists also say that the novel device has the potential to also be used to detect signs of respiratory depression during an opioid overdose. Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical …
A staff member at London’s Royal Academy studies the Jackson Pollock painting “Blue Poles” in … [+] advance of a 2016 abstract-expressionism exhibit. Getty Images Can a machine paint like Jackson Pollock? A team out of Harvard says yes. The scientists combined artificial intelligence and physics to invent a 3D-printing technique that replicates the artist’s …
Intriguingly, there is a possibility that a meteorite discovered at the bottom of the ocean originated from outer space. getty In 2014, a meteor the size of a washing machine lit up the sky as it descended towards the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea. While meteorites like this one …
A meteorite at the bottom of the ocean may have journeyed across the cosmos. getty In 2014, a meteor the size of a washing machine streaked across the sky and landed at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea, captivating the attention of scientists. While meteorites entering Earth’s atmosphere and …