So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
Opinion

We run writing workshops at a South African university: what we’ve learnt about how students are using AI, and how to help them

When students don’t understand the text of their essay, it’s a sign that they didn’t produce it. As academics and writing coaches we increasingly encounter students who, instead of requiring help with ...

Q&A: What we've learned about how students are using AI, and how to help them

Much is being said about the wonders of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is the new frontier. And while it provides ...
Military Times

Marine Corps launches six drone training programs open to any MOS

Marines with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry–East, load a Mjolnir munitions system on a SkyRaider. (Cpl. Zachariah Ferraro/Marine Corps) Keeping in step with the Pentagon’s ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like

On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks” in new classified studies from the Defense ...
The Boston Globe

White House flags DEI-themed college essays as potentially unlawful

Mo Marie Lauyanne Kouame, 18, dreams of being an aerospace engineer and building spacecraft. This fall, she applied to MIT, Princeton, and Columbia. For one college essay, she wrote about being ...
Post and Courier

Literary superhero team-up: All-star anthology of poetry and prose offers comfort and community

THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward. Edited by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith. Washington Square Press. 128 pages. $22. Storied Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones ...
USNI

GAO Report on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Program

The U.S. Coast Guard plans to spend over $17 billion to acquire 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters—ships that conduct search and rescue operations, among other missions. Two shipbuilders have started building ...
The National Interest

The FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Program Is Dying. Can Any Part of It Be Saved?

It is possible that the “Combat Cloud,” a program designed to link advanced fighter jets to ground sensors and other aircraft, could be salvaged if Europe’s FCAS program collapsed. Europe’s most ...
usace.army.mil

Army announces next steps on Janus Program for next-generation nuclear energy

WASHINGTON — As part of next steps for the Janus Program, the Department of the Army has selected nine installations for consideration in which to site microreactor power plants, and the Defense ...
Reuters

Putin and Kazakhstan's Tokayev to discuss gas projects and US oil sanctions, Kremlin says

Russian and Kazakh presidents meeting in Moscow Kremlin keen to hear about Tokayev's talks with Trump Sanctioned Lukoil holds stakes in Kazakh fields MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russian President ...