Research showcases Indigenous stewardship's role in forest ecosystem resilience

2024-04-22 18:47:05 UTC

Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire stewardship's role in forest ecosystem health. Read more at Phys.Org

Don't blame Dubai's freak rain on cloud seeding—the storm was far too big to be human-made

2024-04-22 16:30:01 UTC

Some years ago, I found myself making my way up the narrow stairs of a Learjet on a sultry runway in a deserted airport near the South Africa-Mozambique border. The humidity was there to taste—the air thick with it. Read more at Phys.Org

Open Internet, web scraping, and AI: the unbreakable link

2024-04-23 14:12:11 UTC

With existing technological capabilities, open access to publicly available web data is the only way to improve the quality of AI outputs.
Read more at TechRadar

Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures

2024-04-24 18:18:03 UTC

A new imaging technique developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis can give scientists a much closer look at fibril assemblies—stacks of peptides that include amyloid beta, most notably associated with Alzheimer's disease. Read more at Phys.Org

A million years without a megaslide: Study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to investigate why

2024-04-22 17:32:02 UTC

Earthquakes, volcanic activity, and sediment flux can trigger underwater landslides known as submarine slides, which can translate to tsunamis on the surface. Megaslides are extreme versions of these underwater events. Read more at Phys.Org

Mantle heat may have boosted Earth's crust 3 billion years ago

2024-04-24 19:06:02 UTC

Little is known about the nature and evolution of Earth's continental crust before a few billion years ago because cratons, or stable swaths of the lithosphere more than 2–3 billion years old, are relatively rare. Read more at Phys.Org

NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds

2024-04-23 17:23:53 UTC

Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climate predictions. CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved… Read more at NASA

Life Science-Focused Evotec Shares Plunge To 6 Year Lows On Gloomy Annual Forecast

2024-04-24 16:00:54 UTC

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What Companies Can Do About Cloud Spend Wastage

2024-04-22 13:45:00 UTC

While the cloud’s flexibility has trumped on-premise setups, it’s undeniable that many of the old headaches have been replaced by new ones.
Read more at Forbes

Watch Rocket Lab launch new NASA solar sail tech to orbit today

2024-04-23 12:00:34 UTC

Rocket Lab will launch a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23), and you can watch it live. Read more at Space.com

Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024

2024-04-24 15:00:18 UTC

NASA is sending a technology demonstrator to the moon on the upcoming private Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 in order to test how to repel and remove lunar dust using electricity. Read more at Space.com

Amid Boeing safety probe, clock ticks on effort to disclose details of 2021 DOJ deal

2024-04-24 10:06:52 UTC

Families of crash victims are set to meet with prosecutors on Wednesday.
Read more at ABC News

Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary with a look at the little dumbbell nebula

2024-04-23 20:07:03 UTC

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northe… Read more at Phys.Org

Optimal spacing determined for grafted 'Primo Red' high tunnel tomato

2024-04-22 21:10:09 UTC

As the global demand for high-quality tomatoes continues to rise, researchers have unveiled findings on the optimal spacing of grafted "Primo Red" tomatoes within high tunnel systems. The study offers important insights into enhancing yield and quality for to… Read more at Phys.Org

Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System

2024-04-22 12:08:11 UTC

Fifty years ago, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system.
Read more at Computerhistory.org

World's oases threatened by desertification, even as humans expand them

2024-04-22 19:38:04 UTC

Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world's population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area. But in many places, climate change and anthropogenic activities threaten oases' fragile existence. New rese… Read more at Phys.Org

Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61%—but puzzling failures mean we can still do better

2024-04-22 17:10:01 UTC

Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we've destroyed valuable coastal habitat—in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Read more at Phys.Org

Research suggests historically redlined areas see more modern-day gun violence

2024-04-22 21:00:01 UTC

In the 1930s, the United States government introduced redlining, a discriminatory practice that categorized neighborhoods based on people's race or ethnicity and denied financial services to residents in certain areas—redlining disproportionately affected mar… Read more at Phys.Org

Lakes worldwide are facing a slew of health issues that may become chronic

2024-04-23 17:45:35 UTC

Like humans, lakes are living systems that can suffer from a number of health issues, including circulatory and respiratory problems, infections, nutritional imbalances, and heat-related illnesses. Without treatment, these conditions can become chronic, harmi… Read more at Phys.Org

Is Telepathy Possible? Perhaps, Due To New Technology

2024-04-24 18:00:00 UTC

Telepathy is generally considered pure science fiction; fun, but never something that will actually happen. But new research suggests we may be closer than we think. Read more at Forbes

Voyager-1 sends readable data again from deep space

2024-04-23 10:37:15 UTC

Nasa says its most distant probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth.
Read more at BBC News

Backyards, urban parks support bird diversity in unique ways

2024-04-22 21:46:03 UTC

Researchers tracked bird diversity in public parks and private backyards in twin cities in Illinois with significantly different development histories and green space management practices. They found that birds rely on both public and private spaces in differ… Read more at Phys.Org

Unnecessary Net Zero, Part II: A Demonstration with Global Carbon Project Data

2024-04-23 17:00:00 UTC

I can only assume that the scientific community’s silence on the subject is because politically driven energy policy goals are driving the science, rather than vice versa. Read more at Wattsupwiththat.com

Conducting Simulation Studies in R workshop

2024-04-22 15:00:18 UTC

Join our workshop on Conducting Simulation Studies in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series! Here’s some more info: Title: Conducting Simulation Studies in R Date: Thursday, May 23rd, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) Speaker:… Read more at R-bloggers.com

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

2024-04-22 16:50:01 UTC

The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on Apr. 17, 2024. The House voted on each of the four components of the bill, and the one affec… Read more at Phys.Org

Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity

2024-04-23 12:30:27 UTC

Deepfakes — essentially putting words in someone else’s mouth in a very believable way — are becoming more sophisticated by the day and increasingly hard to spot. Recent examples of deepfakes include Taylor Swift nude images, an audio recording of President J… Read more at Niemanlab.org

International study produces a comprehensive 'tree of life' for flowering plants

2024-04-24 17:17:43 UTC

With their own botanical collection material and their research knowledge on the evolution of cruciferous plants (plants of the cabbage family), bioscientists at Heidelberg University have contributed to a large-scale international study that has produced a c… Read more at Phys.Org

Llama-3 and Dwarkesh Patel's Podcast with Zuckerberg

2024-04-22 19:01:43 UTC

It was all quiet. Then it wasn’t. Note the timestamps on both of these. Dwarkesh Patel did a podcast with Mark Zuckerberg on the 18th. It was timed to coincide with the release of much of Llama-3, very much the approach of telling your story directly. Dwarkes… Read more at Substack.com

The Women Who’ve Founded Dance Companies In The US Since 1929

2024-04-23 19:30:00 UTC

“Keeping track of these female-founded ballet companies is vital in understanding the pivotal and often unknown role of women in shaping the American ballet sector,” said DDP Research Consultant Aanika Khansaheb. – Dance Data Project Read more at Dancedataproject.com

The meat industry’s war on wildlife

2024-04-24 13:00:00 UTC

Your taxes fund an obscure government program that kills millions of wild animals to benefit Big Ag.
Read more at Vox

Tesla Shows a Ridehailing App and Will Launch a Ride Hailing Service

2024-04-23 21:32:00 UTC

Tesla has been investing in the hardware and software ecosystems necessary to achieve vehicle autonomy and a ride-hailing service. They believe a scalable and profitable autonomy business can be realized through a vision-only architecture with end-to-end neur… Read more at Next Big Future

The unexpected joy of the Squirrel Census

2024-04-22 11:00:00 UTC

From Inman Park to Central Park.
Read more at Vox

World's most advanced solar sail rockets into space

2024-04-24 04:00:17 UTC

The world's most advanced solar sail spacecraft began its odyssey today at 23:32 GMT as it lifted off atop a Rocket Lab Electron launcher from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. It was one of two payloads on the Beginning Of The Swarm mission.Continue Re… Read more at New Atlas

Explore New Worlds and Solve Environmental Challenges With Gaming This Earth Day

2024-04-22 13:02:30 UTC

The post Explore New Worlds and Solve Environmental Challenges With Gaming This Earth Day appeared first on Xbox Wire.
Read more at Xbox.com

Data, Desire, and Where Fiction Goes Next

2024-04-24 09:00:00 UTC

Rose D’Amora The Nation speaks to Jessi Jezewska Stevens about her new short-story collection, which dramatizes late-capitalist living. The post Data, Desire, and Where Fiction Goes Next appeared first on The Nation. Read more at Thenation.com

Voyager 1 is Back Online

2024-04-23 02:58:57 UTC

Robert Lea, writing about our far-flung friend: NASA's interstellar explorer Voyager 1 is finally communicating with ground control in an understandable way again. On Saturday (April 20), Voyager 1 updated ground control about its health status for the first … Read more at 512pixels.net

‘3 Body Problem’ Takes The Science Out Of Science Fiction

2024-04-24 11:19:08 UTC

'3 Body Problem' has its moments, but from the sixth episode onward, the series falls off a cliff and becomes almost unwatchable.
Read more at The Federalist

How companies can use generative AI for empathetic customer relationships to create lifetime value

2024-04-23 20:10:01 UTC

Researchers from National Taiwan University and the University of Maryland have published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how marketers can use GenAI to provide empathetic customer care. Read more at Phys.Org

Look to deadly Venus to find life in the universe, new paper argues

2024-04-22 15:31:03 UTC

Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, a new paper argues. Read more at Phys.Org

Anticipating future risks of climate-driven wildfires in boreal forests

2024-04-22 17:39:02 UTC

Wildfires are a growing threat to the boreal north, especially under the rapidly changing climate. IIASA researchers modeled and analyzed how climate change may impact future burned area in boreal forests and highlighted the importance of adaptation and mitig… Read more at Phys.Org

The Stakes Are Rising: Why CISOs Need To Rethink Their Relationship With The Board

2024-04-23 12:45:00 UTC

Companies are asking more from the CISO, ensuring that the company is aligning its security posture with its business objectives and responsibilities. Read more at Forbes

9 Key A.I. Issues Keeping Executives Up At Night

2024-04-24 20:01:39 UTC

As if executives don’t have enough reasons they lose sleep, along comes A.I. Here’s what executives are telling me has them reaching for the sleep aids. Read more at Forbes

Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images

2024-04-22 18:30:05 UTC

To commemorate Earth Day, enjoy these 12 NOAA satellite images that showcase the different ways this critical technology helps scientists keep an eye on our planet. Read more at Space.com

A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapy

2024-04-24 22:24:47 UTC

To improve chemotherapy dosing, engineers designed CLAUDIA, a way to continuously measure how much drug is in a patient's system during hours-long infusion. Read more at Science Daily

Hunting for the elusive: IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos

2024-04-23 13:37:25 UTC

Researchers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica have found seven signals that could potentially indicate tau neutrinos—which are famously hard to detect—from astrophysical objects. Read more at Phys.Org

Stanford’s Jo Boaler Discusses Her New Book ‘MATH-ish’ and Takes On Her Critics

2024-04-22 10:00:42 UTC

Jo Boaler is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education with a devoted following of teachers who cheer her call to make math education more exciting. But despite all her fans, she has sparked controversy at nearly every stage of her career. Crit… Read more at KQED

Op-Ed: AI’s Most Pressing Ethics Problem

2024-04-23 20:00:35 UTC

AI trained on synthetic data has the potential to devolve into its own dangerous feedback loop
Read more at Columbia Journalism Review

Sibling contact with criminal legal system is harmful to children and families, study finds

2024-04-22 21:21:03 UTC

Criminal legal system contact has emerged as a key event for understanding family life, childhood well-being, and patterns of inequality. Scholars have found many problems for families that are linked to mass criminalization and effects tend to be concentrate… Read more at Phys.Org

Freedom of information: To what extent are public archives accessible?

2024-04-23 17:44:27 UTC

In 2000, the Council of Europe issued a Recommendation aimed at improving access to archives in the member states. Together with the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA Archivum) in Budapest, Fraunhofer ISI evaluated how these recommendations h… Read more at Phys.Org

Unstable employment while you're young can set you up for a wage gap later in life

2024-04-22 15:53:05 UTC

As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs.
Read more at Phys.Org

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit USB Host BFF for QT Py or Xiao with MAX3421E

2024-04-24 20:50:19 UTC

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit USB Host BFF for QT Py or Xiao with MAX3421EIs your QT Py all alone, lacking a friend to travel the wide world with? When you were a kid, you may have learned about the “buddy” system. Well, this product is kind of like that! It is a bo… Read more at Adafruit.com

Voyager 1: A Splendid Fix

2024-04-24 13:28:30 UTC

Although it’s been quite some time since I’ve written about Voyager, our two interstellar craft (and this is indeed what they are at present, the first to return data from beyond the heliosphere) are never far from my mind. That has been the case since 1989, … Read more at Centauri-dreams.org

Giant gamma-ray flare from 'recently deceased' magnetar lights up Cigar Galaxy

2024-04-24 13:00:01 UTC

Astronomers have discovered a flare erupting from a highly magnetic "dead star" outside the solar system for the first time. The magnetar flare lit up the entire Cigar Galaxy in gamma rays. Read more at Space.com

French startup FlexAI exits stealth with $30M to ease access to AI compute

2024-04-24 05:37:28 UTC

A French startup has raised a hefty seed investment to "rearchitect compute infrastructure" for developers wanting to build and train AI applications more... Read more at TechCrunch

Researchers uncover kinky metal alloy that won't crack at extreme temperatures at the atomic level

2024-04-22 15:53:00 UTC

A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a combination of properties that seemed so far to be nearly impossible … Read more at Phys.Org

NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (Naomi Hartono/NASA Blogs)

2024-04-22 19:50:01 UTC

Naomi Hartono / NASA Blogs: NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth  —  For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems.  The next ste… Read more at Memeorandum.com

Integrating Generative AI in Content Creation

2024-04-24 14:00:40 UTC

Content creation can be tedious work and takes much of our time. With Generative AI, we can improve the quality and efficiency of our work.
Read more at Kdnuggets.com

5 Promising New Fields To Enter, If You’re Bored Of Yours

2024-04-24 20:03:00 UTC

Careers in sustainability and environmental technology are not only forward-thinking but also immensely rewarding.
Read more at Forbes

Personalized, Adaptive Action Plans: Interview With Dario Health's Former Chief Product Officer Eitan Shay

2024-04-22 11:00:00 UTC

Eitan Shay, Former Chief Product Officer at Dario Health, shares how he leverages behavioral design as a product leader, such as through personalized action plans. Read more at Forbes

Weird Claim That Zuckerberg Does Not Believe in AI Compute Scaling

2024-04-22 18:22:46 UTC

Ate-a-Pi has a weird claim that Mark Zuckerberg does not believe in AI compute scaling delivering better performance. There is also a claim about energy constraints for data centers and AI chips maximizing on performance per watt. Zuckerberg says that the exp… Read more at Next Big Future

To accelerate biosphere science, reconnect three scientific cultures

2024-04-22 16:06:05 UTC

Researchers who study Earth's biosphere tend to operate from one of three scientific cultures, each with distinct ways of conducting science, and which have been operating mostly independently from one another. The authors identify and explain the three cultu… Read more at Science Daily

How AI will shape the future of the legal industry

2024-04-24 19:14:18 UTC

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced a £6.4 million grant for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to invest in AI-technology skills-based training. This development is the latest in a string of AI funding initiatives ac… Read more at BetaNews

No One Buys Books

2024-04-22 20:36:41 UTC

Everything we learned about the publishing industry from Penguin vs. DOJ.
Read more at Elysian.press

Microsoft’s AI Is Draining 56 Million Gallons Of Drinking Water From A Small City In Arizona

2024-04-23 16:37:54 UTC

That's as much as 670 area families would consume in a year.
Read more at Twistedsifter.com

7 Best Platforms to Practice Python

2024-04-23 14:00:50 UTC

Looking to level up your Python skills and ace coding interviews? Start practicing today on these platforms.
Read more at Kdnuggets.com

The Netherlands Is Losing Its Insect-Pollinated Flowers

2024-04-24 15:51:29 UTC

A wide range of plant species rely on insects for pollination, but the diversity of these insect-pollinated plants have decreased dramatically in recent decades Read more at Forbes

Simulated microgravity affects sleep and physiological rhythms, study finds

2024-04-22 17:56:59 UTC

Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and performance of astronauts in space. Read more at Phys.Org

Research seeks solution to PFAS chemicals in waste

2024-04-22 16:23:03 UTC

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking for a better way to remove or degrade stubborn pollutants, also called forever chemicals, from waste before they impact human and animal health. Read more at Phys.Org

Retrieval Augmented Generation: Where Information Retrieval Meets Text Generation

2024-04-23 16:00:15 UTC

This article introduces retrieval augmented generation, which combines text generation with informaton retrieval in order to improve language model output. Read more at Kdnuggets.com

Sales Statistics: Today’s Sales Landscape

2024-04-22 19:00:59 UTC

Here are some pivotal sales statistics that define today’s sales environment, providing a guide for navigating the modern business landscape. Read more at Small Business Trends

Voyager 1 talking to Earth again after NASA engineers 24 billion kilometres away devise software fix

2024-04-23 22:25:02 UTC

Humanity's most distant spacecraft — which fell silent in November — is once again sending status reports after NASA engineers working with a two-day communication delay devised a software fix for a failed computer chip. Read more at ABC News (AU)

What AI Can Tell Us About Ozempic

2024-04-24 09:00:47 UTC

It’s time for CPGs to stop watching the semaglutide trend from a distance and begin harnessing the power of AI to understand and react to this movement. Read more at Forbes

Decoding Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE): A Strategic SWOT Insight

2024-04-23 05:03:50 UTC

Insightful Analysis of ARE's Financial Health and Strategic Positioning
Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Without proper management, Brazil's Cerrado becomes disfigured and less resilient to climate change

2024-04-22 21:41:05 UTC

A study conducted over a period of 14 years in the Brazilian savanna-like biome shows its typical vegetation rapidly becoming "cerradão"—a biodiversity-poor forest formation—while resistance to drought and wildfires weakens. Read more at Phys.Org

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AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities

2024-04-22 13:27:18 UTC

Cities will play a central role in how the world addresses climate change, and if there is one factor that could give policymakers much-needed support, it is artificial intelligence. But access to technology and the skills required to use it effectively are p… Read more at Project Syndicate

The Man Who Killed Google Search

2024-04-23 16:43:59 UTC

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv … Read more at Wheresyoured.at

Google builds an AI model that can predict future weather catastrophes

2024-04-22 10:00:00 UTC

A new system uses generative AI to predict weather faster and more cheaply than ever — while detecting difficult-to-spot extreme weather events — beating the world's major weather agencies. Read more at Live Science

The Melting Polar Ice Is Slowing The Earth’s Rotation And Altering Our Clocks

2024-04-24 16:33:01 UTC

"If you have a figure skater who starts spinning, if she lowers her arms or stretches out her legs, she will slow down."
Read more at Twistedsifter.com

The Importance of Women in Data Management

2024-04-23 07:25:00 UTC

Despite the increasing participation of women in Data Management (DM) roles, women still confront gender-related challenges throughout their careers. One significant challenge is the persistent gender bias prevalent within the industry. According to the study… Read more at Dataversity.net

Marriott International Celebrates Milestone on Journey Towards Net-Zero

2024-04-22 20:57:19 UTC

Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) has verified its near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a global climate action organization that develops tools that allow businesses t… Read more at Hospitality Net

Fishers are reporting more encounters with sharks. So are numbers rising or declining?

2024-04-24 23:09:24 UTC

Global concern about shark sustainability is at odds with the experience of some WA anglers who are reporting more encounters with the animals. So for the first time data collected off the state's coast will confirm the numbers. Read more at ABC News (AU)

Accelerating Science to Improve Early Autism Screening

2024-04-23 12:00:00 UTC

Persistent, collective efforts in the research community show how making early autism screening part of routine health care can support the well-being of children and families. Read more at National Institutes of Health

NASA's CloudSat ends mission peering into the heart of clouds

2024-04-23 19:03:04 UTC

CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Originally proposed as a 22-month mission, the spacecraft was recently decommissioned after almost 18… Read more at Phys.Org

Warming climate is putting more metals into Colorado's mountain streams

2024-04-23 20:28:43 UTC

Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc, and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly doubled in these alpine streams over the past 30 years, a new st… Read more at Phys.Org

Investigating the porosity of sedimentary rock with neutrons

2024-04-22 17:00:13 UTC

Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or stored carbon dioxide—all depends on their porosity. The size, shape, organization, and connectivity of the pore spaces are decisive. Read more at Phys.Org

A first glimpse at our galaxy's magnetic field in 3D

2024-04-23 16:16:04 UTC

Thanks to new sophisticated techniques and state-of-the-art facilities, astronomy has entered a new era in which the depth of the sky can finally be accessed. The ingredients of our cosmic home, the Milky Way galaxy—stars, gas, magnetic fields—can at long las… Read more at Phys.Org

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

2024-04-24 18:00:00 UTC

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.
Read more at Wired

Researchers have unlocked the "Holy Grail" of memory technology

2024-04-24 20:18:00 UTC

Phase change memory, or PCM for short, works by shifting between two physical states: crystallized (with low resistance) and amorphous (with high resistance). Think of it as an optimal blend of DRAM and NAND flash.Read Entire Article Read more at TechSpot

Employers Are Ghosting The IRS, Plus The FTC Bans Most Noncompetes

2024-04-23 20:51:03 UTC

My colleague Kelly Phillips Erb recently wrote about the more than one million employers that are failing to report employment taxes to the IRS, despite issuing standa... Read more at Forbes

10 High-Paying States For A Bachelor’s Degree In 2024

2024-04-23 10:00:00 UTC

Which states pay the most with your bachelor's degree? Discover the highest-paying bachelor degrees, and highest-paying states in 2024.
Read more at Forbes

A new physics paper suggests that we may all be living in the ultimate 4X strategy game after all

2024-04-22 12:08:11 UTC

My money's on the universe being like Civ 6, with its borked-n-bonkers AI.
Read more at PC Gamer

Amazon Bedrock Widens Menu: It’s Your AI, Have It Your Way

2024-04-24 14:23:20 UTC

AI is now being served, for real… and in a whole range of different flavors, shapes and sizes. Would you care for a menu sir/madam?
Read more at Forbes

Cheers For Testing Season

2024-04-24 14:28:34 UTC

This new rite of spring is a display of how test-centered schooling has led education astray.
Read more at Forbes

5 Free Online Coding Courses To Try In 2024

2024-04-23 10:00:00 UTC

Learning to code is one of the most essential skills to develop in 2024. Here are five free coding courses (some with certificates) to learn this in-demand skill. Read more at Forbes

Register now and save 50% on training at Data + AI Summit

2024-04-23 09:25:22 UTC

For a limited time, we're offering 50% off training and certification at Data + AI Summit with the following code: TRAIN50FOTY. This offer... Read more at Databricks.com

NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan

2024-04-22 19:53:50 UTC

Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
Read more at Ars Technica

New scientific study provides vital data on sinking Chinese cities

2024-04-23 19:08:00 UTC

The toll of urbanization in China has been documented in a new paper published in the journal Science by a team of researchers from different institutions around the country. Using a method called spaceborne synthetic aperture radar interferometry (or InSAR),… Read more at Archinect

First discovery in decades of blue whales near Seychelles

2024-04-22 16:40:01 UTC

Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24–30 meters in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there are only about 5,000 to 15,000 blue whales left in the … Read more at Phys.Org

The Large Language Laboratory: AI as Scientist and Subject

2024-04-24 13:35:37 UTC

Revolutionizing research by turning large language models into dual-role digital labs can unveil deep insights into human decisions.
Read more at Psychology Today