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The Amazing (and Controversial) Tech Behind the FIFA World Cup

July 13, 2026

VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee When a potential error is spotted during a match, a team of officials based in a Video Operation Room — watching live footage from multiple camera angles — can flag it for the on-field referee to review. The system is designed to catch four types of decisions: goals, penalties, direct red cards, and cases of mistaken identity. The referee can either accept…

6 STEM Experiments to Try at Home With Your Kids

June 08, 2026

1. Build a Bridge Engineering: structural design and the design-test-improve cycle This one is deceptively simple — and endlessly replayable. The challenge: build a bridge strong enough to hold weight using only popsicle sticks and glue (or tape). Kids quickly learn that how you build matters as much as what you build. What you need: Popsicle sticks, white glue or tape, two stacks of books…

How Large Language Models Work (and How We Got Here)

November 28, 2025

From Early Computers to Predicting the Next Word At their core, today's AIs are "word predictors." That may sound humble, but it's the foundation of everything they do, from writing stories, answering questions, generating code, tutoring kids, and more. Early models learned to predict the next word in a sentence by reading lots of text. For example: “The cat sat on the ___.” A basic model would…

What Is Vibe Coding?

August 28, 2025

What Exactly Is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is a new way of developing software where you use plain language instructions, like everyday English, to tell an AI what you want, and the AI generates the code for you. Instead of writing every single line of code yourself, you might say something like: “Build a webpage that shows today’s weather with a sunny background if it’s nice out.” The AI then…