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User Research Is Storytelling

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX). Now, I realize that there’s an element of theater to UX—I hadn’t really considered it before, but user research is storytelling. And to get the most out of user research, you ne

A List Apart · EN

Can we trust LLMs to judge whether a research idea is novel?

A Blog post by Ai2 on Hugging Face

Hugging Face Blog · EN

LifeVal

Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to managing finances and government paperwork.

OpenAI Blog · EN

IEEE Xplore Digital Library Adds AI Assistant

IEEE recently released the IEEE Xplore AI Research Suite , built on the full text of millions of peer-reviewed publications in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library . The library offers full-text access to IEEE standards , journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and more. Researchers who use the AI suite to search the digital library receive answers grounded in verified scientific results, ensuring a high level of accuracy and trust. The suite is available as an optional subscription upgrade to all IEEE Xplore Digital Library institutional subscribers. Powered by a proprietary AI system optimiz

IEEE Spectrum · EN

Do Animals Grieve?

The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.

NYT Science · EN

MIT engineers design a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish

Water-resistant microneedles made from food-grade silk could deliver vaccines to help prevent the spread of disease in aquaculture.

MIT News · EN

A flexible new route to designer materials built from nanoparticles

Pliable connector molecules could be key to creating nanoparticle-based materials for photonics, chemical catalysis, medicine, and more.

MIT News · EN

Powering up for a pivotal moment

From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

MIT News · EN

Why smart people stay stuck in research mode

I recently had coffee with a university colleague who told me she was in the middle of planning a workshop. She had bought a couple of books about hosting workshops, had created a spreadsheet projecting attendance under different scenarios, and was now comparing ticketing platforms. But she still hadn’t invited a single person. We talked about how none of that research was necessarily a waste of time. When you love learning, figuring out the best approach can be enjoyable in itself. But every answer can produce another question, and before you know it, preparation has become the project. Worse

Big Think · EN

New Research Resolves the Mystery Behind Van Gogh's The Starry Night

The sky in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the pre-dawn sky over Saint-Rémy around 22 July 1889, when a waning crescent moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster appeared close together, according to a study published inScientific Reports.

Universe Today · EN