Multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra — topics that many MIT students can ace without breaking a sweat — have consistently stumped machine learning models. For the full article, click here.
Engineering
Marques Brownlee: Ford F150 Lightning is the iPhone of Pickup Trucks!
SpaceX’s Starship is ready for its first trip into space
The largest spacecraft ever built is expected to reach orbit for the first time in March 2022 — and if all goes as planned, we’ll be a huge step closer to a future in which spaceflight is cheaper and more accessible than ever before. For the full article, click...
A papyrus reveals how the Great Pyramid was built
The Great Pyramid in Egypt is the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. The tomb for Pharaoh Khufu — “Cheops” in Greek — sits on the Giza plateau about 3 kilometers southwest of Egypt’s capitol Cairo, and it’s huge: nearly 147 meters high and 230.4 meters on...
Freethink: New cardiac patch can be implanted with a syringe
Anew cardiac patch developed by Canadian researchers is both electrically conductive and flexible enough to be placed without risky open-chest surgery — two qualities that could give it an advantage over existing patches used to repair heart damage. For the full...
New gene therapy helps the heart repair itself after a heart attack
Damage to the heart after a heart attack is usually permanent. But scientists have created a new technique for repairing cardiac muscle post-heart attack by delivering gene silencers straight to the heart muscle. These gene silencers “turn down” genes that inhibit...
Marques Brownlee: Nothing Ear(1) Review: See Through the Hype!
Astroneurs: The Private Sector Goes to Space
Through the 1990s and into the new millennium, advocacy groups such as the National Space Society (full disclosure: I was in charge of policy and legislation at the NSS starting in 1989 and was executive vice president from 1991 to 1995) worked to advance the position...
Newsthink: 3D Rocket Size Comparison 2021
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Starship Nails Landing For the First Time When the smoke cleared, the SpaceX rocket was still in one piece.
For the first time, SpaceX has successfully flown a prototype of Starship — the massive rocket it expects to one day ferry humans to Mars — high into the air and landed it in one piece. What happened: On May 5, SpaceX's latest Starship prototype (dubbed Serial Number...