2025-03-16T12:06:38Z Read in app SpaceX Crew-10 members arriving at the ISS. ISS/X This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station on Sunday.Its arrival paves the way for stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return home.The pair have been stuck on the ISS for more than nine months.SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return home after more than nine months in space.The Crew-10 mission arrived at the ISS around 29 hours after launching from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday evening, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.A livestream of their arrival showed joyous scenes as they entered the ISS and embraced the Expedition 72 crew members including Wilmore and Williams on board. SpaceX Crew-10 members and Expedition 72 crew members on board the ISS. NASA Wilmore and Williams' mission, which had been scheduled to last just eight days, has seen them stranded on the ISS since June 2024. NASA and Boeing had identified helium leaks and issues with the thrusters of the Starliner spacecraft that took the pair to the ISS as it approached the space station, leading the agency to decide to return it uncrewed to minimize risk and gather data.Boeing's Starliner spacecraft safely returned to Earth in September, touching down at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. Wilmore and Williams have spent their extended time on the ISS supporting station research, maintenance, and Starliner system testing and data analysis, according to NASA.The pair will return to earth no earlier than Wednesday, March 19, following a handover period with the Crew-10 members, the agency said. They will be joined by American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who arrived in September.The Crew-10 astronauts are set to spend roughly the next six months on the ISS, carrying out scientific research and testing to help prepare humans for future missions to space.

A Vox reader asks: If we have separation of church and state, why do we give religious schools tax exemption? How come religious schools get government funding? Why was Trump allowed to campaign on religion and publicly sell Bibles? Why does it say In God We Trust on our money? Why is under God in the Pledge of Allegiance?The concept of separation of church and state isnt quite as ironclad as you may think.The First Amendment prohibits laws respecting an establishment of religion, a provision that many Americans believe should create a firm wall of separation between church and state. But the Constitution also does not enforce itself. In the United States, we rely on judges and Supreme Court justices to determine what the Constitution means and to apply it to individual cases.That means that the amount of church and state separation in the United States tends to ebb and flow depending on who sits on the Supreme Court.The idea that the government should play no role in funding or encouraging religion probably hit its high water mark in the mid-20th century. As the Supreme Court said in Everson v. Board of Education (1947), no tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion. That suggests that it is unconstitutional to fund any religious activity with money collected from taxes.Beginning in the Nixon administration, however, the Court started to move steadily rightward. Nixon filled four of the nine seats on the Supreme Court, though most of his nominees were relative moderates compared to the increasingly ideological justices chosen by Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Today, the Republican Party has a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court, and when church and state cases have come before them, all six of those Republicans have behaved exactly how you would expect members of a political movement closely aligned with conservative Christianity to behave. That means that the Court is now actively tearing down whatever barrier used to exist between church and state.Why is religion in public schools and on American money? Lets start with Carson v. Makin (2022), in which the Republican justices concluded that, if a state offers vouchers to help some students pay for private education, it must allow those vouchers to be spent on religious schools. The Court also recently announced that it will hear two other cases, out of Oklahoma, which are likely to require states to fund religious charter schools.If youre looking for an explanation for this shift, you will not find it in the Constitution, as the text of the First Amendment has not changed. You will find it instead within the shifting personnel within the Supreme Court.The question of whether taxpayers must fund religious schools is a hotly contested one and is likely to hinge on which political party controls the Supreme Court for the foreseeable future. But its worth acknowledging that there are people of faith in both political parties. Americans of all political persuasions care a great deal about their churches, mosques, temples, and synagogues. Indeed, that may explain why Trump who, as a private citizen campaigning for office, had a First Amendment right to say anything he wanted to say about religion chose to center religion in his campaign and even sell Bibles. The Bible is literally the most popular book in the world, and millions of American voters look fondly upon politicians who align themselves with it.And this reality also shapes how, say, US tax policy functions.Theres never been a serious effort to strip religious charities, including houses of worship, of their tax-exempt status. And there probably never will be, because the people who attend those houses of worship are voters, and they would likely rise up in outrage if such a thing were attempted.That said, the Constitution has also long been understood to forbid religious discrimination. So these tax exemptions must be offered equally to people of all faiths. If a church can claim a tax exemption, a mosque must also be able to claim that same exemption on the same terms.Similarly, there are some largely ceremonial or symbolic nods to religion such as the use of the phrase In God we Trust on US coins, or the opening of many legislative sessions with a prayer that, as the Supreme Court said in Marsh v. Chambers (1983), are deeply embedded in the history and tradition of this country, a history and tradition that especially early on was intertwined with Christianity. The courts have left many of these symbolic acknowledgments of religion in place, in part because attempting to dislodge them is unlikely to be successful.To understand why, consider a controversy that briefly flared up during the second Bush administration. In 2002, a federal appeals court ruled that the inclusion of the words under God in a public schools daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Constitution. That decision triggered a massive backlash among members of Congress, including a bipartisan proposal to amend the Constitution to permit a reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance or on United States currency.This controversy died down after the Supreme Court ruled, in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004), that the appeals court never had jurisdiction to issue its decision in the first place. But the whole incident stands as a warning to Americans who want to drive symbolic references to religion out of government altogether. While there may be plausible legal arguments for this position, law is ultimately subordinate to politics, and those politics favor religion especially Christianity. See More:

The buzzwords diversity, equity, and inclusion are everywhere right now, but you cant be blamed if you dont quite have a handle on what they mean.The origins of DEI date back to the civil rights era but recently DEI has been thrown around with regard to everything from plane crashes to Super Bowl halftime performances. These business practices are under renewed scrutiny now, thanks to conservative activists and President Donald Trumps newly enacted policies. Thats something Eric M. Ellis spends a lot of time thinking about. Ellis is the president and CEO of Integrity Development, a consulting firm that helps businesses with DEI programs. I think that everybody is looking for a sense of belonging, he says. Over the past 30 years, his outlook on implementing DEI in the workplace has changed. When I started doing this work in the 90s, he says, I thought my job was to be a diversity ghostbuster. I had a formula. Now he does things differently. I changed my style from one of blaming and shaming to one of becoming more transparent around my own biases, because I believe that bias is a human condition, Ellis said.So how do companies address that bias now? And what does DEIs future hold? We explore that on this weeks episode of Explain It to Me. You can listen to Explain It to Me on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. If youd like to submit a question, send an email to askvox@vox.com or call 1-800-618-8545.Whats your school of thought when it comes to DEI in the workplace? I ask people: Whats the No. 1 diversity issue in the workplace? And theyll start brainstorming: Its classism or its sexism or racism. And Ill say, No. The No. 1 diversity issue in the workplace is the one that affects you. At the end of the day, I think that everybody is looking for a sense of belonging.Its interesting listening to your definition of DEI. Its very different from what were talking about in the news right now. Does DEI getting a bad rap surprise you at all? No. One of the best ways to get attention is by negativity and sensationalism. So DEI being misrepresented, demonized, or defined in convenient ways doesnt surprise me. Does that mean that I dont recognize that there are some opportunities within the space of DEI? I absolutely recognize that, but I dont think that the people that are going after it the hardest are interested in that. Its stereotyping the entire industry. You actually have to evaluate each and every effort to determine if its something thats adding to the business bottom line and making it more effective for everybody or if its something thats out of line and needs to be changed or eliminated.How have you seen DEI efforts evolve over time?It started off as civil rights training, then affirmative action training, then sensitivity training. Then it was racial sensitivity; race and gender sensitivity; diversity; diversity and inclusion; diversity, equity, and inclusion. So weve got alphabet soup going on. For the most part, when we started, diversity efforts were put in place to ensure meritocracy. Today, people act as though DEI is synonymous with lowering standards. But then well see those same people bringing on people that are completely unqualified to do their job, and blame DEI as something that is bringing down standards and [leading to] hiring unqualified people, which is absolutely not the case. Have you seen a major change in how for-profit companies are responding to this in the wake of President Donald Trumps second term?There are three categories of responses from the organizations that Ive worked with. There are some that are closing up the tent. There are some that are pausing or pivoting. And then theres some that are staying the course and doubling down. Organizations have to do what they believe is in their best interest. One of the things that I dont think that we should do is force organizations to do DEI when its against their own values. In other words, organizations ought to stand where their values are. If they dont believe in this, then they ought to walk away. They probably should have never started it. For organizations that are just afraid and concerned and dont want to get run over, I understand people pivoting, and I dont have a problem with that. And then some people have the strength, the size, the power, the conviction that they are staying the course. And thats admirable. Is this just going to kind of be a rebrand? Will there just be different words to use for these programs? Im not sure, but I know that the government has said that they are going to be keeping a keen eye out for that. What I see companies doing most is maintaining their messages internally and changing what they do externally. How effective are these policies in the first place? Ultimately, you have to engage in structural change. I think one of the things that the Supreme Courts decision around affirmative action brought to the surface was that oftentimes organizations are trying to have their cake and eat it, too. They dont want to admit to structural inequities, but they then want to implement DEI initiatives. I dont think you can have it both ways. You actually are going to have to identify where we are structurally and systemically falling short around being fair and equitable to all people as a justification for engaging in DEI initiatives. And then when you do that, it should be based upon our work, fairness, equity around the work, not simply identity politics. And I think too often we start conflating equality and fairness and justice with identity and preference. I hear what youre saying about systemic change. And I feel like for a lot of companies DEI looks like greens in the cafeteria during Black History Month. And thats cool and all, but how do you enact actual systemic change? Activities and events dont change the culture. You have to study yourself not just do an inclusion survey but look at all systems and processes: pay equity, the performance management systems, performance evaluation. If an organization is looking at its whole structure and improves that, then the business will be more successful as well. It will be more diverse, but it will also be more successful.See More:

By Margherita Bassi Published March 16, 2025 | Comments (0) | Researchers developed a wave manipulation technique to precisely move floating objects. NTUsg Imagine hopping onto a large floatie in a lake or pool, and then trying to move. Weve all been therewithout paddling limbs, wind-catching sails, or a propelling engine, youre stuck. But what if we could make the water itself move you? An international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate water and move floating objects with a level of precision that seems right out of a sci-fi movie. Beyond its inherent cool factor, this research could have practical applications, ranging from molecular experiments to the maneuvering of boats across large bodies of water. The water manipulation technique is driven by waves. After studying computer simulations, the team used 3D-printed plastic structures to generate different kinds of waves in a water tank. One of the structures was a ring with 24 tubes connected to speakers, which produced low-pitched humming sounds that created ripples in the water within the ring. By playing with the magnitude and frequency of the waves produced by the structures, the researchers generated intricate patterns across the waters surfacesuch as loops and vorticesallowing them to control the movement of floating objects like foam balls, ping pong balls, and grains of rice. As detailed in a study published in early February in the journal Nature, the researchers used waves to accomplish tricks such as holding the floating objects in place or inducing them to follow circular or spiral paths. They even noted that small external waves did not greatly disturb the pattern and object movement. Overall, the floating objects only ever deviated from their path by less than a fifth of an inch (about 5 millimeters). Despite appearances, the researchers arent waterbendersits all grounded in physics. Our findings are the first step in exploring how water waves can be shaped to move objects, with many potential applications in the future, study co-lead Shen Yijie, from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said in a university statement.Yijie is an optical engineer, and the recent study was inspired by his research on light patterns. He and his colleagues had previously shown that light waves could move tiny particles within light patterns, which led him to wonder if water could behave similarly. Weve shown that water waves can be used to precisely move floating objects as small as rice grains. Future research could study even smaller waves such as those on the scale of cells that are hundreds of times smaller, as well as much larger sea waves that are a thousand times bigger, Yijie added. On a molecular scale, this technique could bring particles together without direct manipulation. On a larger scale, we could control the movement of boats across bodies of water, though the researchers admit that the impact of strong natural waves would have to be accounted for. Could this technique also move liquids within water? Similar water manipulation techniques might help clean up floating chemical pollutants. Its also worth noting, however, that scientists would likely have to use very large wave-generating structures in large bodies of water.Given the similarities among water waves, light waves, and electron movement, the researchers suggest that water could provide a more accessible way to study some quantum phenomena. If you think thats wildly futuristic, just waitfuture research could even investigate the possibility of using water patterns to store data, according to the statement. For now, however, the team aims to investigate whether waves can create similar patterns beneath the surface of the water.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Isaac Schultz Published March 3, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published February 20, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published January 14, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published December 14, 2024 By Adam Kovac Published October 26, 2024 By Todd Feathers Published October 8, 2024

These days, artificial intelligence can generate photorealistic images, write novels, do your homework, and even predict protein structures. New research, however, reveals that it often fails at a very basic task: telling time. Researchers at Edinburgh University have tested the ability of seven well-known multimodal large language modelsthe kind of AI that can interpret and generate various kinds of mediato answer time-related questions based on different images of clocks or calendars. Their study, forthcoming in April and currently hosted on the preprint server arXiv, demonstrates that the LLMs has difficulty with these basic tasks. The ability to interpret and reason about time from visual inputs is critical for many real-world applicationsranging from event scheduling to autonomous systems, the researchers wrote in the study. Despite advances in multimodal large language models (MLLMs), most work has focused on object detection, image captioning, or scene understanding, leaving temporal inference underexplored.The team tested OpenAIs GPT-4o and GPT-o1; Google DeepMinds Gemini 2.0; Anthropics Claude 3.5 Sonnet; Metas Llama 3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct; Alibabas Qwen2-VL7B-Instruct; and ModelBests MiniCPM-V-2.6. They fed the models different images of analog clockstimekeepers with Roman numerals, different dial colors, and even some missing the seconds handas well as 10 years of calendar images. For the clock images, the researchers asked the LLMs, what time is shown on the clock in the given image? For the calendar images, the researchers asked simple questions such as, what day of the week is New Years Day? and harder queries including what is the 153rd day of the year?Analogue clock reading and calendar comprehension involve intricate cognitive steps: they demand fine-grained visual recognition (e.g., clock-hand position, day-cell layout) and non-trivial numerical reasoning (e.g., calculating day offsets), the researchers explained. Overall, the AI systems did not perform well. They read the time on analog clocks correctly less than 25% of the time. They struggled with clocks bearing Roman numerals and stylized hands as much as they did with clocks lacking a seconds hand altogether, indicating that the issue may stem from detecting the hands and interpreting angles on the clock face, according to the researchers.Googles Gemini-2.0 scored highest on the teams clock task, while GPT-o1 was accurate on the calendar task 80% of the timea far better result than its competitors. But even then, the most successful MLLM on the calendar task still made mistakes about 20% of the time. Most people can tell the time and use calendars from an early age. Our findings highlight a significant gap in the ability of AI to carry out what are quite basic skills for people, Rohit Saxena, a co-author of the study and PhD student at the University of Edinburghs School of Informatics, said in a university statement. These shortfalls must be addressed if AI systems are to be successfully integrated into time-sensitive, real-world applications, such as scheduling, automation and assistive technologies. So while AI might be able to complete your homework, dont count on it sticking to any deadlines.

Open-Air Chapels: Integrating Nature and Landscape into Religious Architecture in Latin AmericaPresented by:Save this picture!Sacromonte Landscape Hotel Chapel / MAPA Arquitetos. Image Tali KimelmanAt a global level, contemporary architecture continues to explore tools and design methodologies to integrate nature into habitable spaces, given its proven benefits and contributions to improving people's quality of life. While there are diverse religious beliefs around the world, religious architecture generally expands beyond its uses and functions to connect with the sacred. Senses, memories, and emotions are transmitted in these spaces through the use of certain materials, spatial organizations, and even sounds and aromas that enhance experiences in atmospheres of spirituality, divinity, and reflection. In Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, and Uruguay, projects for places of worship open to the outdoors reflect an architecture that adapts to different natural environments while maintaining the premise that each religion is tied to a social identity and requires a particular connection with its community and surrounding landscape.In Latin America, Catholicism has played a significant role in shaping the complex identity of its peoples in various ways, with the Church remaining an influential institution in social life. As explored in "Arquitectura religiosa moderna preconciliar en Amrica Latina" by Francisco Ramrez Potes, religion held a dominant role in the cultural and social life of different communities until the 19th century. However, with the secularization process characteristic of modern culture, its influence shifted, and new social landscapes reflected these changes alongside technical and artistic transformations. Architectural practice sought to redefine itself by reassessing its values and forms, leading to multiple explorations in modern religious architecture.Save this picture!From Oscar Niemeyer and Luis Barragn to Eladio Dieste and Ricardo Legorreta, several prominent architects from Latin America have designed religious buildings in dialogue with their surroundings, with some becoming urban landmarks. Through the interplay of light and shadow, experiments with reflections, variations in color tones, and other techniques, these spaces can awaken all the senses and create environments of introspection, relaxation, and connection. Within the framework of contemporary architecture, numerous professionals are committed to designing spaces for worship, reflection, silence, and prayer in open-air settings, without vertical or horizontal enclosures, incorporating each site's tropical, humid, warm, or cold climates to make them part of the interior experience. Whether blending into the landscape, like the Capilla de la Tierra in Mexico, or standing out against the horizon, like the Capilla Sacromonte Landscape Hotel in Uruguay, the connection with nature enhances visitors' experiences through the textures, sounds, and aromas of the local environment. Related Article The Phenomenology of Light in Contemporary Religious Architecture Without Doors: Exploring the Typology of Open-Air ChapelsAs described by scar Armando Garca in his book "Capilla abierta: de la prdica a la escenificacin," the typology of the open chapel dates back to an architectural resolution from the early decades of evangelization in New Spain, now central Mexico. With a presence on the architectural horizon of the 16th century, it is considered that its purpose was to accommodate a large number of Indigenous people for evangelization, consolidating a space with multiple values and functions for a community in the process of learning and cultural adaptation. Leaving one of its sides open or, in some cases, remaining completely exposed to the elements, several contemporary projects draw inspiration from this typology while also establishing various connections with their surroundings. Amid vineyards, lagoons, hills, and shelters, the Sacromonte Landscape Hotel Chapel by MAPA Arquitetos in Uruguay is conceived as an amplifier of the landscape, blending with its environment while elevating the sensory experience of nature to another level. Using minimal resources, this new space emerges, neither enclosed nor entirely open, a place that exists as an integral part of its surroundings. This way, the interior and exterior dissolve into a diffuse and ambiguous spatial experience, coexisting harmoniously with nature. Meanwhile, the Seor de Tula Sanctuary by Dellekamp Schleich + AGENdA Agencia de Arquitectura in Mexico revisits the open chapel typology, creating a threshold space between indoors and outdoors with undefined boundaries that allow for greater occupation, multiple uses, and more.Save this picture!While La Escondida Chapel by Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseo + Walter Flores Arquitecto in La Garza, Mexico, seeks to establish a direct connection with its users, the Mara Catarina Chapel by Canalli Arquitetura in Irati, Brazil, is set within a preserved forest of century-old araucaria trees, integrating seamlessly with the landscape. In both cases, as well as in the Chapel of the Earth by Cabrera Arqs in Mexico, these are open chapels that, through various materials, lighting strategies, and arrangements of natural elements, promote spaces for relaxation, meditation, and prayer.Save this picture!Seor de Tula Sanctuary / Dellekamp Schleich + AGENdA Agencia de ArquitecturaSave this picture!Save this picture!Chapel of the Earth / Cabrera ArqsSave this picture!Save this picture!Using and/or Reusing Local MaterialsAiming to establish relationships between architecture and landscape, the use of local materials, technologies, and construction techniques plays a key role in various projects for chapels, temples, synagogues, and monasteries. The Chapel at the Foot of the So Jos Mountain Range by MACh Arquitetos employs construction principles common in Brazilian architectural culture. Located in Tiradentes, Brazil, its quartz block walls display subtle variations in the patterns of stone arrangement and the spaces between them, highlighting the craftsmanship of different workers involved in its construction. Subtly and integratively affirming itself within the landscape, its architecture seeks to connect people with nature, the surroundings, and the cosmos, promoting environmental care and appreciation through the preservation of existing trees, land management, and a symbiotic relationship with the landscape.Save this picture!Meanwhile, the Tile Chapel by Jimenez Arquitectos + FB+ estudio in Ecuador offers an architectural solution with the least possible construction and economic resources from the area. While the minga, a communal self-building practice, serves as the primary means, as all the parishs neighbors come together daily to construct their chapel, the project focuses on local construction materials such as stone, earth, wood, and tile. Due to rural-to-urban migration, many homes in the area were abandoned, and the tiles remained intact over time. As a result, this material was chosen as the primary component of the structure due to its recyclability, weather resistance, and capacity for repetition. On the other hand, the design of The Chapel Ing-Mirim by messina | rivas in Itupeva, Brazil, involves dismantling materials from the old building to grant them a new condition. Together with the farm caretakers, the construction process analyzed how materials from old local buildings could be reused. Using the preexisting foundation, three stone walls from the former road were erected, and between them, dismantled bricks from the colony were repurposed to create spaces that emphasize continuity between construction and landscape.Chapel at the Foot of the So Jos Mountain Range / MACh ArquitetosSave this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!More Than Illumination: The Role of Natural Light and Its Integration with Movable EnclosuresLight in religious spaces is closely linked to establishing a connection between the sacred and the earthly. Highlighting their shapes and structures on some occasions, light in religious architecture acts as an additional material that fosters a connection between interior and exterior, reflects on certain architectural volumes, and enables deeper experiences of spirituality. For example, El Perdido Spiritual Space by estudio ALA in El Pescadero, Mexico, seeks to mediate between exterior and interior, allowing for both spiritual and social events by opening its tall doors to expand its capacity. Beyond being built with natural and endemic materials such as the vara de arco from a local shrub, palm, wood, and compacted walls with earth from the site, the interior benefits from permanent natural and cross ventilation, as its faade filters sunlight and provides continuous airflow.Save this picture!Through the use of movable, sliding, liftable, or foldable enclosures, places of worship can not only take advantage of natural ventilation and lighting for specific purposes but also extend their uses to the exterior, accommodating more people and a wider range of activities. The Ecumenical Center by Carolina Maluhy in So Paulo, Brazil, is designed to host different ceremonies from any religion. Situated within a native forest, it integrates nature with the space by designing a rectangular wooden box on the inside with a glass enclosure to the outside. Meanwhile, the Jesuit Chapel by Solo Eduardo in Brazil allows visitors to observe different natural landscapes and sunsets, inspiring meditation and contemplative states. The design of the chapel and its functions were conceived with materials integrated into the environment. Additionally, its glass walls allow for the complete opening of the front of the chapel, accommodating more people and enabling free air circulation within the space.El Perdido Spiritual Space / estudio ALASave this picture!Ecumenical Center / Carolina MaluhySave this picture!Save this picture!Now, how should the sacred spaces of the 21st century be? is the question raised by MAPA Arquitetos. While discussions and debates on the topic yield various interpretations and perspectives, contemporary religious architecture seeks to explore reflections on materiality, connections with the natural environment, construction technologies, community values, and new spatial configurations, among others. Delving deeper into this subject, one might ask: What other factors should be considered in the design of spaces for worship and prayer to meet the current needs of human beings? How could the sense of belonging and the connection of communities with their beliefs be strengthened through the perception of space?This article is part of the ArchDaily Topics: Atmosphere in Architecture and Perception of Space, proudly presented by Vitrocsa, the original minimalist windows since 1992.Vitrocsa created the original minimalist window systems, offering frameless solutions with the narrowest sightline barriers in the world. For over 30 years, we have pursued innovation and Swiss-made excellence to transform ambitious architectural visions into reality, enhancing atmospheres through light, transparency, and design.Every month we explore a topic in-depth through articles, interviews, news, and architecture projects. We invite you to learn more about our ArchDaily Topics. And, as always, at ArchDaily we welcome the contributions of our readers; if you want to submit an article or project, contact us.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorAgustina IiguezAuthorCite: Iiguez, Agustina. "Open-Air Chapels: Integrating Nature and Landscape into Religious Architecture in Latin America" [Capillas abiertas al exterior: integrando la naturaleza y el paisaje en la arquitectura religiosa de Latinoamrica] 16 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. (Trans. 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ShareChatGPT continues to get more and more capable as features such as web search and scheduled tasks are added, and the latest new AI tool pushed out by OpenAI is an advanced searching feature called Deep Researchyes, just like the similar tool inside Google Gemini.As you can guess from the name, the tool is designed to do a thorough search on the web for information related to your query, then present a detailed report to your specifications.According to OpenAI, Deep Research leverages reasoning to search, interpret, and analyze massive amounts of text, images, and PDFs on the internet, pivoting as needed in reaction to information it encounters.Right now, you need to be a paying ChatGPT user to access Deep Research, so youll have to give OpenAI at least $20 per month to make use of it. To date, theres been no word on if or when the feature will make its way to users on the free ChatGPT tier.Starting a research projectChatGPT can show you the actions its taking as it searches. Screenshot: OpenAI You can get at Deep Research through the ChatGPT apps for web, desktop, and mobile devices. On the web, as long as youve selected an AI model that supports the feature from the drop-down list in the top left corner, youll see a Deep research button in the main prompt box.Click Deep research to enable it, then compose your prompt. This can be as simple or as complex as you like, but as with normal ChatGPT conversations, more detailed prompts are generally going to give you better results. You can ask about whatever you want, whether a complex science question, the history of a music genre, a trend in the smartphone industry, or the context behind a work of literature.Hit Enter to submit your prompt, and the conversation begins. The initial responses you get are going to depend on the prompt youve used, but ChatGPT might ask you for clarification on certain points in your prompt, or for some guidance as to the different directions you want the research to go in.When ChatGPT has got enough information to go on, the research startsand youll see a dialog on screen telling you that. While the AI bot is working, you can switch to different websites and apps, or close down ChatGPT if you need to, because the research carries on in the background.If you want to see ChatGPTs workings, click on the progress bar on screen: This opens a new panel that tells you about the actions ChatGPT is taking and the reason for those actions. You can also see a list of web searches that ChatGPT is working with. How long youll need to wait for the final report depends on the question you asked, but many projects take around 10 minutes.Reading your research reportYoull be presented with a report inside your current conversation. Screenshot: OpenAI When ChatGPT has finished its research project, its included as a conversation in the current chatits not saved in a separate document, though you can use the copy button after the report (the two squares) to send it to the clipboard and move it somewhere else. Youre also able to use the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons to give feedback on the finished report.ChatGPT should break up the research for you using subheadings, images, and tables, though this will vary depending on what youre asking about. Youll also see web links embedded in the text; you can follow any of these links to see where the bot got its information and to double-check facts (which you should always do when using AI programs).You can then carry on the chat as you would with any other conversation. You might want to ask for more information based on what youve read, for example, or for clarification on some of the points in the report. You can even start a new research report by clicking on the Deep research button again.Beneath your report youll see another icon that looks like a pencil with a plus symbol next to it. Click on this and you get switched to the canvas mode inside ChatGPT, which is more suitable for working in partnership with the AI on the textthe canvas interface makes it easier to add your own edits or to insert more AI research into whats already there.Compared with Deep Research in Google Gemini, you get pretty similar results in ChatGPT. The Google interface gives you more control over the specifics of the research before the AI gets started and more prominently shows the sources being used, but it doesnt show its thought processes as clearly as ChatGPT does. Ultimately they both can be useful as research toolsand both are reliant on the quality of the web sources they find for the usefulness of the final reports.

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