The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
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What is uranium enrichment and how quickly could Iran build a nuclear bomb? ⊖
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera spoke with MIT professor Ted Postol about what Iran could do with its 440kg of 60 percent enriched uranium.
52 days ago
There's an 'art' to writing AI prompts for personal finance, MIT professor says ⊕
There's a good and bad way to write effective artificial intelligence prompts for personal finance advice.
64 days ago
AI may replace your financial advisor, MIT professor says — but there's one big hurdle ⊕
Artificial intelligence has gotten sophisticated with respect to financial advice. But it doesn't have a legal obligation to put clients first.
3 months ago
Only 20% of people can solve this three-question IQ test backed by MIT... are you one of them? ⊕
A 20-year-old exam that's been called the world's shortest IQ test recently gained popularity on social media, but it's a lot trickier than it seems.
5 months ago
Brown shooting suspect: gruelling academic climate may have taken mental toll, say ex-classmates ⊖⊖
Cláudio Valente and one of victims, Nuno FG Loureiro, both studied at notoriously challenging Técnico in Lisbon
As investigators in Massachusetts work to piece together a motive for the murders of two…
‘I want that escape route’: once a sign of disloyalty, Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump ⊕⊕
Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behind
Daniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he sp…
MIT scientist poised to upend fossil fuel industry before assassination linked to Brown University shooter ⊖⊖
The murdered MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro, was leading a potentially world-changing effort to upend the fossil fuel industry when we was fatally shot Monday.
Brown University shooting suspect died two days before body discovered, autopsy shows ⊖⊖
Suspect killed himself after allegedly killing an MIT professor and two Brown University students
An autopsy report on the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT pr…
Brown University and MIT gunman's autopsy reveals how long he had been dead during massive manhunt ⊖⊖
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An autopsy revealed that Brown University and MIT killer Claudio Neves Valente had been dead two days before he was found by law enforcement Thursday.