In her new book,&nbsp;<em>The Ordinal Society</em>, Marion Fourcade, a UC Berkeley sociology professor, explores the origins of the technology that gave rise to the systems that sort us today. They trace the rapid evolution of online search from the early days of Yahoo to the digital capitalism made mainstream through Google. And, they warn, the process companies use to gather information &mdash; from data on our online browsing to our biological measurements &mdash; can shape markets, societies and social life.

Mass General Brigham investigators found GPT-4-generated messages to patients, created from radiation oncology patient scenarios, were acceptable without any additional physician editing 58 percent of the time. The large language models however had limitations, with some messages deemed unsafe if left unedited.&nbsp;

<p>The Universe&rsquo;s early galaxies were less chaotic and developed much faster than previously thought, according to new research looking back more than ten billion years in time.</p>

<p>The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his life, according to new research. Spear squid (<em>Heterololigo bleekeri</em>) that hatch earlier in the season become &ldquo;consorts&rdquo; which fight for mating opportunities. Those which hatch later become &ldquo;sneakers,&rdquo; which use more clandestine mating tactics. Researchers found that the mating tactic determined by the birth date was fixed for the squid&rsquo;s whole life. Understanding how mating tactics are influenced by birth date, and the environmental conditions at that time, can help researchers consider how squid might be affected by climate change and the implications for marine resource management.</p>