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Illustration: a person sits across a desk from a robot and asks: “I can't think of a way to start this essay. ChatGPT, write my first paragraph.” The robot responds: “Certainly! Here's the first paragraph of your essay, written like many others on the subject: ’The dictionary defines critical thinking as the act of using your brain to…’”

Culture

Brains vs. Bots

October 9, 2025

Does using ChatGPT for schoolwork harm students’ ability to think for themselves? A new study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, in Cambridge, has returned concerning results. To conduct the study, researchers divided 54 adults into…

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Sports

Home Run for Robots

September 24, 2025

Robot umpires will take the field at Major League Baseball (MLB) games next season. MLB has approved the Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) for use in the major leagues beginning in 2026. The system uses Hawk-Eye cameras, which track a ball’s…

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Culture

Ask Angela: Digital Distraction

September 11, 2025

Have questions? Angela Haupt connects with experts and shares their words of wisdom. Angela Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. She talks with experts about problems readers are having, then writes articles to share what she learns.…

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Education

Phone-Free Schools

August 28, 2025

A Pew Research Center study released in July found that 74% of U.S. adults support banning phones in middle and high school classrooms. That’s up from 68% last year. State lawmakers are listening. So far, 37 states have passed…

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World

Robot Rumble

August 14, 2025

Robots compete in a boxing match at the World Robot Expo, in Beijing, China. The expo took place from August 8 to 12. It showcased the latest in robotics, inclu…

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Space Robotics Teams

August 13, 2025

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California is a federally funded NASA research and development center. Spacecraft developed or managed by JPL have journeyed to every planet in our solar system. One of JPL’s current projects is developing three…

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Four AI Skills You Need to Know

August 5, 2025

This article is written by Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. Technology-related roles are projected to be the fastest-growing jobs that will shape the global labor market by 2030. The World Economic…

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Logging Off

May 1, 2025

CANBERRA, Australia—The February 5 press conference starts like any other. Journalists grill Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese on a range of tricky topics, from housing to foreign relations. Then Lana, 11, picks up the microphone. “Do you think social media…

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Space

Moon Milestone

March 6, 2025

Firefly Aerospace has become the first private business to conduct a successful moon landing. On March 2, its uncrewed Blue Ghost lander (above) touched down on lunar soil. The lander launched from Florida in January. It carried tools, including…

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Business

App’s Uncertain Future

January 23, 2025

On January 18, TikTok shut down in the U.S. The video-sharing platform’s 170 million American users were met with an error message. In part, it read, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.” The app came back…

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