Think back to a time when you needed a quick answer, maybe for a recipe or a DIY project. A few years ago, most people’s first instinct was to “Google it.” Today, however, many people are more likely to reach for ChatGPT, OpenAI’s conversational AI, which is changing the way people look for information. Rather than […] … learn more→

Many people may think of dyslexia as a reading difficulty, or the occasional embarrassing mix-up of letters. For years, I thought that too. But as a dyslexic academic who has spent much of my life wrangling with academic norms, I’ve realised that dyslexia isn’t just a barrier. It’s also a unique and undervalued cognitive strength. Yes, you read […] … learn more→

It is not easy to teach about race in today’s political and social climate. One hundred and sixty years after the United States abolished slavery, racial differences continue to spark pervasive misunderstanding, engender social separation and drive political and economic disparities. American educators are naturally intimidated and, at times, discouraged by the huge task before them. Yet race […] … learn more→

Peer review, like many things, sounds great in theory. When you submit a paper for publication, qualified experts objectively review your paper, comment on its suitability for publication and give you feedback that you can use to improve it. However, in reality, the problems with peer review go far beyond getting a reviewer who just doesn’t get your […] … learn more→

Meta will make its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models available to the United States’ government, the tech giant has announced, in a controversial move that raises a moral dilemma for everyone who uses the software. Meta last week revealed it would make the models, known as Llama, available to government agencies, “including those that are working on […] … learn more→

The author John Steinbeck said: “It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” Many others have claimed they formulated breakthroughs and innovations in dreams. Recent studies on the science of sleep suggest these claims are supported by modern science. A 2024 study suggests […] … learn more→

It’s there on the nightstand, staring at us accusingly, that book they gave us last Christmas, that they promised we’d love, that we know we’ll like, but… it was time for the BeReal and right after we started checking out what our friends were saying in the Whatsapp group. Reading a book is a pain. […] … learn more→

Researchers from several disciplines and institutional representatives from Université Côte d’Azur have been accredited to participate in the last four Conferences of the Parties (COP) dedicated to climate change. They are thus authorized to access the blue zone, which allows them to speak with the negotiators, to access the debates and the “side events” organized […] … learn more→

Do you know what you spend 75% of your time doing? Communicating orally . Specifically, we spend 30% of our time talking and 45% of our time listening. Spoken communication is so intrinsic to being human that it seems natural and instinctive to us, something we don’t need to specifically learn. But that’s a mistake. When we […] … learn more→

The Age of Enlightenment is today an essential reference in public discourse when it comes to discussing living together and the values ​​of the Republic. This makes its teaching an exercise that is both difficult and necessary. Because to understand the spirit of Voltaire and Rousseau, it is important to place it in the complexity […] … learn more→