A conversation with Kevin Scott: What’s next in AI
For example, I’ve been playing around with an experimental system I built for myself using GPT-3 designed to help me write a science fiction book, which is something that I’ve …
Exploratory Data Analysis in Social Science Research
by Kamya Yadav, D-Lab Data Science Fellow Political science has taken a turn towards causal inference in the last two decades, evidenced by the focus of methods courses in graduate …
What Are Costa’s Levels Of Questioning?
Costa’s Levels of Questioning — designed by educational researcher Art Costa — feature three tiers of questioning designed to promote higher-level thinking and inquiry. Similar to Bloom’s taxonomy, Costa’s lower …
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.
Which Research Process Should You Follow? Advice for Super, Super Junior Social Science Researchers
*Pro Tip: Throughout all the stages discussed in this piece, always take good notes on the sources you read and your thoughts in general. Jot down important points, ideas, and …
Tutoring Was Supposed to Save American Kids After the Pandemic. The Results? ‘Sobering’
Their preliminary results were “sobering,” according to a June report by the University of Chicago Education Lab and MDRC, a research organization. The researchers found that tutoring during the 2023-24 …
NASA’s Webb Telescope just found 300 galaxies that defy explanation
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope …
University of Memphis Global — an Online Path to a Better Future
I’ll be the first in my family to earn a college degree, and that’s something I hold very close to my heart. My family and I moved to the United …
Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution
An illustration of an uprising that preceded the French Revolution Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Severe volcanic eruptions and changes in the activity of the sun may have set the …
Science research benefits everyone; withholding funds hurts us all
Photo by Michael Ferguson/AAUP In early March the Trump administration froze $400 million in federal funding for scientific research at Columbia University, citing antisemitism and referencing pro-Palestinian protests on campus. …