Monthly Archives: October 2022

AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning

Enlarge / Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language? (credit: kate_sept2004 via Getty) Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of everyday interaction tends to be messy and incomplete, full of false starts, interruptions, and people talking over each other. From casual conversations…

Rocket Report: Norway’s nuclear rocket concerns; Ariane 6 delayed again

Enlarge / Artist’s view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters on the ELA-4 launch pad together with its mobile gantry. We’ll have to wait awhile longer to see flight hardware. (credit: ESA-D. Ducros) Welcome to Edition 5.15 of the Rocket Report! We’re back with the usual rocket news about launch delays and companies…

Gifts that get better as they age

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A Scottish fossil is helping scientists fill the gaps in the lizard family tree

An artistic rendering of Bellairsia gracilis, a Middle Jurassic era dinosaur. Dr. Elsa Panciroli While lizards and dinosaurs trotted the Earth together, lizards were the one of the newer animals on the block during the Middle Jurassic period. Scientists are still unraveling their unique history. Now, roughly 166 million years later, a nearly-complete fossil of…