The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.
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Scientists use machine learning to control specific brain circuits

A team of researchers in Japan has developed an artificial intelligence tool called YORU that can identify specific animal ...

Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95

An engineer by training, he used systems theory and quantitative analysis to examine criminal behavior, revealing the ...
Psychology Today

Cognitive Offloading: Using AI Reduces New Skill Formation

Is cognitive offloading harmless or does it have negative effects for cognition? A new study offers interesting insights.

California, 4 other states praised for aligning high school and college math

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.
Axios on MSN

AI is advancing too quickly for research to keep up

AI is evolving faster than the systems designed to evaluate it, meaning a lot of the scientific research you may read is already out of date by the time it's published. Why it matters: If AI's going ...
Nation

New system, old problems: Shame of Grade 10 STEM learners using 8-4-4 textbooks

A teacher collects newly arrived Grade 10 textbooks from the collection centre in Nakuru Day Senior School on February 3, 2025. Grade 10 learners pursuing the Science, Technology Engineering and ...