Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space[1] – and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge on one critical challenge: propulsion – the methods used to push rockets and spacecraft forward.
To make interplanetary travel faster,...
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Pecans have a storied history in the United States. Today, American trees produce hundreds of million of pounds[1] of pecans – 80% of the world’s pecan crop[2]. Most of that crop stays here. Pecans are used to produce pecan milk, butter and oil, but many of the nuts end up in pecan pies.
Throughout history, pecans have been...
Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. And it’s easy to understand their appeal: Ask a question, get a polished synthesis and move on – it feels like effortless learning.
However, a new paper I co-authored offers experimental evidence that this ease may...
Read more https://theconversation.com/learning-with-ai-falls-short-compared-to-old-fashioned-web-search-269760