February 20, 2025

The way the brain processes long texts. From a study by Prof. Roy Reichert and Dr. Rafael Tikochinsky; Technion

This is how the brain deals with large units of text

Researchers at the Technion discovered that, unlike artificial language models, which analyze long texts as one piece, the human brain synthesizes what it has read into a kind of "summary" that allows it to understand the rest of the text.
The collapse of the world order. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

The future in 2055 according to the British Ministry of Defense: worse and worse

According to a recently published report, optimistic scenarios for the medium-term future of the global order pale in comparison to the worst-case scenarios.
Professor Erez Etzion. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Podcast: The Secrets of the CERN Particle Accelerator

From the podcast series "Tel Aviv 360" (Hebrew)