Meghana Sanagaram was celebrating her grades for the spring semester of her graduate program at Harvard University on Wednesday. By Thursday, she was no longer sure about the future of her degree at all. “It is disheartening to internalize that all those evenings […]
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Will AI soon teach a generation of kids to read, do long division, and that cooties aren’t real, but germs are, so to stop wiping boogers under their desks? Luis von Ahn, founder and CEO of language-learning app Duolingo, seems to think so.
Duolingo’s CEO says AI will soon replace teachers. But… should it? Read More »
Good luck picking up the books on an unofficial summer reading list from the Chicago Sun-Times. Hoping to delve into the “multigenerational saga” Tidewater Dreams by Isabel Allende, for instance? Keep dreaming. Maybe a science-driven story like Andy Weir’s The Last Algorithm is more to your
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With its warm climate, comparatively affordable living and rich culture, Portugal has long appealed to visitors, whether it’s for a vacation or a more permanent move. The southwestern European country was a top destination for migrants, thanks to its formerly
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U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl across the border must be stopped. But U.S. border officials are increasingly cracking down on another valuable product these days: eggs. Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and
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It’s safe to say U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t exactly endearing himself to many foreign leaders these days. In the last few days alone, he’s clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and paused its U.S. military aid, launched a trade war with Canada,
There’s a first time for everything. But the phrase “copious secretions” in an official update from the Vatican on Pope Francis? That level of detail may be surprising even to those who aren’t aware historically how taboo it was considered to openly discuss a
In Nanyuki, a market town just northwest of Mount Kenya, some foreign aid workers and volunteers are worried what U.S. President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will mean for the people there. “It’s a concern. It’s a real
He was known as “the man with the golden arm.” James Harrison, who according to the Australian Red Cross was the world’s most prolific blood and plasma donor, has died at age 88. Harrison’s plasma contained the rare antibody Anti-D, also known
Egg gone. Trump take egg. No, we haven’t hit our heads, forgotten how to use syntax, or reverted to caveman times. The term “Trump take egg” is in fact a viral meme circulating online as U.S. consumers grapple with sky-high
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