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Mental health remains a struggle for AI chatbots, researchers find

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Desktop browsing trends: Gmail first, everything else later

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by Katya Poltorak
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Love it or loathe it, the movie ‘Misaligned’ is provoking debate on AI

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by Katya Poltorak
An in-house illustration shows three consecutive bubbles depicting end-of-life health care and communication between a doctor and a patient.

Can AI help doctors have difficult conversations with dying patients?

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by Tanner Stening
An illustration depicts molecules and connections within the brain.

One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging

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by Cyrus Moulton
A hand reaches toward a laptop screen displaying a glowing network of connected nodes, representing quantum computing.

Northeastern professor pushes computers to solve ‘unsolvable’ problems

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by Katya Poltorak
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What’s that sound? Possibly a more sustainable, affordable marimba

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by Hannah Morse
Two students in orange waders carry a wire lobster trap across a dock lined with barrels, coiled rope, and stacked traps, with a lobster boat moored alongside.

Researchers aim to keep New England seafood local from boat to plate

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by Cyrus Moulton
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These researchers are demystifying oobleck, Dr. Seuss’s ‘green goo’

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by Katya Poltorak
Vera C. Rubin Observatory's dome under a star-filled night sky at Cerro Pachón, Chile, with its telescope shutter open and interior lit.

A landmark cosmic project will reveal new truths about the universe

by Cody Mello-Klein
A construction worker looks at a buckled support beam inside 235 East 42nd Street.

Can the buckling Manhattan skyscraper be saved? Engineers weigh in

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by Tanner Stening
A bright-tailed comet streaks across a starry night sky above a fog-covered river and treeline.

How an interstellar comet sheds light on universe’s ‘cosmic noon’

by Cody Mello-Klein