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Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It

Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It

The Fermi paradox takes its name from a 1950s visit by physicist Enrico Fermi to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. One day, as Fermi was walking to lunch with physicist colleagues Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller and Herbert York, one mentioned a New Yorker cartoon depicting aliens stealing public trash cans from the […]

Answering Questions about Boring Numbers, Disasters, Fusion, and More

Answering Questions about Boring Numbers, Disasters, Fusion, and More

You know a story is going to be fun when it starts with a question that makes you laugh: What is the most boring number in the world? It’s a legitimate mathematical question, and it turns out there are interesting numbers (prime numbers, powers of 2) and not-so-interesting numbers. You can probably anticipate the paradox: […]

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2023

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2023

1973 John Keats, Poet and Surgeon “Poet John Keats died tragically early, in 1821, at the age of 25, of tuberculosis. But few people are aware that he crowded two careers into his brief life: he studied medicine and was trained in surgery for as many years as he wrote poetry. Even people who know […]

El Niño and Extreme Ocean Heat Are About to Clash for the 2023 Hurricane Season

El Niño and Extreme Ocean Heat Are About to Clash for the 2023 Hurricane Season

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are keeping a close eye on rising ocean temperatures, and not just in the Atlantic. Globally, warm sea surface temperatures that can fuel hurricanes have been off the charts in the spring […]

Attacks on Child Labor Laws Are a Dangerous Throwback to Social Darwinism

Attacks on Child Labor Laws Are a Dangerous Throwback to Social Darwinism

“If there is any matter upon which civilized countries have agreed…, it is the evil of premature and excessive child labor.” So said Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1918, when Americans were waging a fierce battle over the employment of young children. More than a century later, the argument rages again. In […]

Are Sperm Counts Really Declining?

Are Sperm Counts Really Declining?

Physicians Raymond Bunge and C. M. Kinloch Nelson noticed something unusual happening at their Iowa clinic in the early 1970s: a growing number of men seeking infertility treatment. To investigate whether there might be changes in sperm in the general male population, they looked at sperm samples from 386 presumably fertile men—those seeking an elective […]

New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification

New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification

Virginia Key sits on Florida’s doorstep, just southeast of downtown Miami, and is firmly in the strike zone of Hurricane Alley—a swath of warm water that is perfect for hurricane formation and stretches eastward across the Atlantic to Africa. More than 250 hurricanes have hit the U.S. mainland since the mid-19th century, often with catastrophic […]

Climate Change Is Escalating California’s Wildfires

Climate Change Is Escalating California’s Wildfires

CLIMATEWIRE | Climate change is a primary driver of escalating wildfires in California, with extreme temperatures and dry air spawning more intense burning, according to a UCLA study released Tuesday. The study, published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, drew from state and federal firefighting data and synthesized earlier reports on climate change and wildfire. Researchers […]

Synthetic Morphology Lets Scientists Create New Life-Forms

Synthetic Morphology Lets Scientists Create New Life-Forms

In the collection of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University reside the mummified remains of a very peculiar creature. It has the shrunken head, torso and arms of a monkey, but from the waist down, it is a fish. This bizarre hybrid was bought by Moses Kimball, founder of the Boston Museum, from the family […]

False ‘Facts’ about Science and Social Security Share Origins

False ‘Facts’ about Science and Social Security Share Origins

Whether they work on climate change, evolution, vaccine safety, or any of a host of other issues, scientists frequently face resistance from people offering “alternative facts.” How did we come to live in a world where so many people feel vaguely supported opinions are just as valid as evidence-based scientific research—where people can’t tell the […]

How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History

How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History

It’s an old story: A woman is accused of witchcraft by someone close to her—a neighbor, a relative, a rival. Often the original accuser resents or envies the woman or has a property dispute with her. At first the complaints are just whispers. But then something happens—a child gets sick, or an accident occurs. The […]

The Connection between Allergies and Climate Change

The Connection between Allergies and Climate Change

Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World by Theresa MacPhail Random House, 2023 ($28.99) Decades after her father’s terrifying death from a bee sting, Theresa MacPhail learned that she, too, had allergies. The surprising diagnosis came after she contracted four respiratory infections in less than a year and made visits to specialists. What caused […]

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is in dangerous situation, IAEA boss warns

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is in dangerous situation, IAEA boss warns

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is under the control of Russian forces Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Russian forces still occupying Europe’s largest nuclear power plant are creating an “extremely fragile and dangerous” situation, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi. “We are fortunate that a nuclear accident has not […]

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The two computers that made Apple

Today on the flagship podcast of third-party operating systems:  The Verge‘s David Pierce chats with Laine Nooney, author of The Apple II Age: How The Computer Became Personal. Later, lead video producer Will Poor chats with David about The Verge‘s new documentary Lisa’s Final Act: How Apple invented its future by burying its past. To […]

My Experience With Childhood Trauma And CPTSD

My Experience With Childhood Trauma And CPTSD

On Childhood Trauma, CPTSD, And Finding A Path To Healing by Terry Heick Last January, I couldn’t get out of bed. I don’t mean I physically couldn’t. And I don’t mean that I couldn’t motivate myself or was having a bad day or was sleepy or especially emotional or ‘down.’ I mean I could not […]

Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months

Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months

A critical vulnerability patched 10 days ago in widely used email software from IT security company Barracuda Networks has been under active exploitation since October. The vulnerability has been used to install multiple pieces of malware inside large organization networks and steal data, Barracuda said Tuesday. The software bug, tracked as CVE-2023-2868, is a remote […]

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Xbox Game Pass’s June wave includes Amnesia: The Bunker, Dordogne

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Xbox has revealed which games are coming to Game Pass in the first wave of June additions. There are a few launch-day releases, and overall it’s a richer half-month for Game Pass subscribers than we’ve seen so far. […]

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Are Psoriasis and Allergies Linked?

If you have psoriasis and allergies, maybe you’ve wondered if your allergy flares make your skin condition worse. There’s no need to guess: Doctors and researchers haven’t found links between the two problems. Here, four experts break down both conditions and explain what can trigger them. Although psoriasis and allergies both involve your immune system, […]

How to Avoid Bankruptcy in Crypto

How to Avoid Bankruptcy in Crypto

You can win or lose whenever you place a bet at a crypto casino. Most players tend to go bankrupt when they fail to practice responsible gaming. It’s no shocker that many players often wager more when they lose because they feel they will likely win the next bet. In most cases, this results in […]

Miami-based Transak, which sells payment and onboarding infrastructure for Web3 games and financial apps, raised a M Series A led by CE Innovation Capital (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Miami-based Transak, which sells payment and onboarding infrastructure for Web3 games and financial apps, raised a $20M Series A led by CE Innovation Capital (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Miami-based Transak, which sells payment and onboarding infrastructure for Web3 games and financial apps, raised a $20M Series A led by CE Innovation Capital  —  The startup offers on- and off-ramps that could make it easier for new users to interact with Web3 projects. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view […]

Goal setting for kids – Khan Academy Blog

Goal setting for kids – Khan Academy Blog

By Aimee Sawyer, Product Marketing Manager at Khan Academy Kids and former preschool teacher The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University released a research paper that shows an interesting correlation between kids’ ability to engage in kid-friendly goal setting exercises and an improvement in their life outcomes.1 The paper identified three important principles that improve […]

Kindergarten math skills – Khan Academy Blog

Kindergarten math skills – Khan Academy Blog

By Aimee Sawyer, Product Marketing Manager at Khan Academy Kids and former teacher Kindergarten is a formative year for math skills. This is the time when kids should start developing their “number sense”—the ability to understand, connect, and manipulate numbers. By the end of Kindergarten, kids should easily recall the counting sequence and use it to solve […]

Kindergarten math skills – Khan Academy Blog

Kindergarten math games – Khan Academy Blog

By Aimee Sawyer, Product Marketing Manager at Khan Academy Kids and former teacher Kindergarten is a formative year for math skills. This is the time when kids should start developing their “number sense”—the ability to understand, connect, and manipulate numbers. By the end of Kindergarten, kids should easily recall the counting sequence and use it to solve […]

Five Good Resources for Teaching and Learning About Copyright

Five Good Resources for Teaching and Learning About Copyright

In no particular order, here are some of my go-to resources for helping students and teachers understand the importance and the key concepts of copyright as it relates to school projects. Stanford University LibrariesStanford University Libraries offers the most comprehensive collection of resources about copyright and fair use that I know of. You could spend […]

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Runaway AI Is an Extinction Risk, Experts Warn

Leading figures in the development of artificial intelligence systems, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, have signed a statement warning that the technology they are building may someday pose an existential threat to humanity comparable to that of nuclear war and pandemics.  “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should […]

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How to talk about AI, and Montana’s TikTok ban

Everyone is talking about AI, it seems. But if you feel overwhelmed or uncertain about what the hell people are talking about, don’t worry. We’ve got you. Melissa Heikkilä, our senior AI reporter, asked some of the best journalists in the business to share their top tips on how to talk about AI with confidence. […]

Adult Coloring Book for Women – Mindfulness Coloring Book with Personal Growth Prompts – Stress Relief Coloring Book for Adults, Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation, Anxiety Color Book for Adults

Adult Coloring Book for Women – Mindfulness Coloring Book with Personal Growth Prompts – Stress Relief Coloring Book for Adults, Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation, Anxiety Color Book for Adults

Price: $12.95(as of May 30,2023 07:00:12 UTC – Details) From the brand My vision for RYVE was to create empowering products that help others achieve the quality of life they desire. Our products equip you to be at your best through self-reflection, setting goals & taking action. We nurture the birth of empowering daily habits […]

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Watch rocket launch first Chinese civilian into space

China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Tuesday morning in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

How To Learn Through Play: A Spectrum For Teachers

How To Learn Through Play: A Spectrum For Teachers

How can you teach through play? We’ve talked before about the role of play in learning, and this is an idea that I’m becoming fascinated with. It’s also a bit of a tough nut to crack. What exactly is play? Can you make it happen, or must you let it happen? What is the relationship […]

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The ‘exploding’ demand for giant heat pumps

A similar system, also using heat from wastewater, is planned in Hamburg, according to reports. It will have a capacity of 60MW, though this too will rely on multiple heat pumps linked together, a spokeswoman for Hamburg Wasser, the water company involved in the project, says. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments […]

How Can On-Demand Learning Benefit Your Remote Workforce?

How Can On-Demand Learning Benefit Your Remote Workforce?

Why On-Demand Learning Is A Worthy Investment As markets become more competitive and workplaces turn toward remote or hybrid models, companies must find ways to stay ahead of the curve. On-demand learning is a versatile solution that provides educational and training resources in an instant, regardless of the employee’s location. It’s flexible and adaptable enough […]

Was the Y2K Bug Real … or a Hoax?

Was the Y2K Bug Real … or a Hoax?

Back in 2000, a genuine global threat named Y2K turned out to be no big deal — for one very simple reason. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 30

Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 30

The Discovery Education blog is a free resource for educators to find time-saving teaching strategies and compelling content for their daily lessons. Full of timely tips, high-quality DE resources, and advice from our DEN community, these posts are meant to entertain and inform our users while supporting educators everywhere with new ways to engage their […]

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Metropolitan Police: Move to attend fewer mental health calls sparks alarm

He writes that his officers are spending more than 10,000 hours a month on “what is principally a health matter”, adding that police and other social services are “collectively failing patients” by not ensuring they receive appropriate help, as well as failing Londoners more generally because of the effect on police resources. Source link Please […]

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This Machine Makes You Hallucinate | WIRED

Last summer, in various cities in the UK, more than 40,000 people visited the Dreamachine, a large space designed to induce hallucinatory experiences with white stroboscopic light and electronic music. “We had guardians there to guide and relax people at the beginning through breathing exercises,” says Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex […]

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Build a Care Team You Trust

Whether you want to explore every treatment under the sun or manage your vitiligo as-is, it’s important to put together a care team you trust. Six people who live with the condition share advice on how to find medical specialists who put the T into teamwork so that you can manage your vitiligo together.  Seek […]

A hunt for fungi might bring this orchid back from the brink

A hunt for fungi might bring this orchid back from the brink

If you ever come across a Cooper’s black orchid in the wild, you probably would mistake it for a stick — or perhaps an odd potato if you dig a little underneath it. Unlike many others of its kind, this delicate flower is devoid of lush green leaves and flashy petals. Its stem lies on […]

Plankton Generate a Cloudy Shield over the Antarctic

Plankton Generate a Cloudy Shield over the Antarctic

After sunlight completes its eight-minute journey to Earth, white surfaces such as clouds send much of it bouncing right back into space. The whiter and brighter the cloud, the better it is at reflecting sunlight—and at keeping Earth cool. Now, a study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics examines a surprising part of this process: […]

Migrating bats use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate in the dark

Migrating bats use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate in the dark

Soprano pipistrelles migrate long distances Wildchromes/Alamy Migratory bats use a magnetic sense to navigate long distances,  calibrating their internal compass based on the position of the setting sun each evening. Many animals may use Earth’s magnetic field either to orient themselves or to navigate, including turtles, birds and possibly even humans. Until now, there has been […]

Nvidia Omniverse enlists top electronics makers to digitalize factories

Nvidia Omniverse enlists top electronics makers to digitalize factories

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Nvidia announced at Computex that electronics manufacturers worldwide are using its Omniverse simulation and collaboration platform to improve their factories. These industrial digitalization efforts are using a new, comprehensive reference workflow that combines NVIDIA technologies for generative AI, […]

A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks (Matthew Gault/VICE)

A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks (Matthew Gault/VICE)

Matthew Gault / VICE: A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks  —  Discord’s captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.  —  Matthew Gault Source […]

How to Avoid Bankruptcy in Crypto

Exploring the Best Cryptocurrencies Beyond BTC

The world of cryptocurrencies goes beyond Bitcoin (BTC), with a plethora of alternatives offering unique features, use cases, and potential for growth. If you’re looking to diversify your crypto portfolio or explore beyond Bitcoin, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the top Bitcoin alternatives. From Ethereum to Cardano, Litecoin to Ripple, we’ll cover the […]

How To Use The Best Tools To Sell Courses Online

How To Use The Best Tools To Sell Courses Online

Generate Revenue By Using The Best Selling Tools There are generally two approaches to selling online courses. The first is to use the content you already have, such as in-house training to generate extra revenue. Then there’s developing content from scratch for the sole purpose of boosting your bottom line. Whatever route you choose, you […]

The Quest to Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

The Quest to Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

Hotta found, to his surprise, that a simple sequence of events could, in fact, induce the quantum vacuum to go negative—giving up energy it didn’t appear to have. “First I thought I was wrong,” he said, “so I calculated again, and I checked my logic. But I could not find any flaw.” The trouble arises […]

57 Google Earth & Maps Tutorials for Teachers and Students

57 Google Earth & Maps Tutorials for Teachers and Students

Upon the publication of my latest video about how to add Google Drive videos to Google Earth Pro my playlist of tutorials on using Google Earth and Google Maps grew to 57.  In my playlist of 57 Google Earth and Maps tutorials you’ll find directions for everything from the basics of navigation to creating historic […]

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Was So Widespread it Was Visible From Nearly a Million Miles Away

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Was So Widespread it Was Visible From Nearly a Million Miles Away

A huge “smokestorm” from blazing Canadian wildfires made headlines around the world recently. Now, NASA imagery shows the smoke was so thick and widespread it was visible to a spacecraft nearly a million miles from Earth. The image was acquired by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite on May 20, 2023. A gigantic […]

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Bring Back the Seabirds, Save the Climate

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seabirds evolved about 60 million years ago, as Earth’s continents drifted toward their current positions and modern oceans took shape. They spread across thousands of undisturbed islands in the widening seas. And as flying dinosaurs and giant omnivorous sea […]

Dried-Up Lagoon Is ‘Time Analog’ for Martian Life

Dried-Up Lagoon Is ‘Time Analog’ for Martian Life

As central Spain’s Tirez Lagoon dried up over 20 years, becoming entirely desiccated by 2015, its barren landscape began to evoke arid Martian plains. That resemblance, it turns out, could be useful: researchers are watching the newly dead lagoon’s microbial residents to learn what could have happened to hypothetical life on Mars when its salty […]

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How A Simple Checklist Can Improve Learning

by TeachThought Staff From reminding us of what to pack for a trip to helping doctors perform surgery, checklists are crucial for projects that require sequential steps or a series of tasks. As Atul Gawande points out in his book ‘Checklist Manifesto‘ (affiliate link), checklists break down complex tasks and also ensure consistency and efficiency […]

Why the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is especially hard to predict

Why the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is especially hard to predict

It’s hard to know how busy this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be, thanks to a rarely observed combination of ocean and climate conditions. The Atlantic Ocean is in an active storm era, a yearslong period of increasing storm activity. Plus sea surface temperatures there are much higher than usual this year, which can fuel […]

Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days

Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days

Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have found. An analysis Talos published on Thursday provides the most detailed look […]

Judge temporarily blocks new South Carolina abortion ban

Judge temporarily blocks new South Carolina abortion ban

A South Carolina judge Friday temporarily blocked the state’s new law that would ban most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy. The injunction will remain in effect until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ruling comes just one day after the law took […]

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Up to 30% of Published Neuroscience Papers May Be Faked

The pressure to publish or perish has led some desperate researchers to pay for fake papers to pad their resumés. Worse still, some of these sham papers are getting published in official scientific journals. A computer program designed to detect these made-up studies suggests far too many are slipping past peer review. The study was […]

IBD: We may finally know why psychological stress worsens gut inflammation

IBD: We may finally know why psychological stress worsens gut inflammation

Stress can lead to flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease, and now we know why Shutterstock/Sorapop Udomsri Researchers have identified a pathway between the brain and the immune system in mice that may explain why psychological stress can worsen gut inflammation. The finding could improve treatments for chronic gastrointestinal conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For […]

What Is Paxlovid Rebound, and How Common Is It?

What Is Paxlovid Rebound, and How Common Is It?

Editor’s Note (5/26/23): The Food and Drug Administration has formally approved the antiviral Paxlovid as a treatment for COVID. This article discusses how the drug works and the phenomenon of “Paxlovid rebound.” When President Joe Biden was diagnosed with COVID, he started taking an oral treatment of the antiviral Paxlovid almost immediately. Four days after […]

Thousands of New Creatures Discovered in Deep-Sea Mining Zone

Thousands of New Creatures Discovered in Deep-Sea Mining Zone

CLIMATEWIRE | A huge, mineral-rich region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone is attracting major international interest because of its potential for deep-sea mining, including for minerals essential to renewable energy technology. But scientists warn that the risks to biodiversity may be higher than previously realized. New research finds that the zone is home […]

Social Media Can Harm Kids. Could New Regulations Help?

Social Media Can Harm Kids. Could New Regulations Help?

This week Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released a warning about the risks that social media presents to the mental health of children and teenagers. Adolescent mental health has been declining for years, and an increasing amount of research suggests that social media platforms could be partially to blame. But experts continue to debate just […]

A Rare Form of Dementia Can Unleash Creativity

A Rare Form of Dementia Can Unleash Creativity

Neurological conditions can release a torrent of new creativity in a few people as if opening some mysterious floodgate. Auras of migraine and epilepsy may have influenced a long list of artists, including Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Giorgio de Chirico, Claude Monet and Georges Seurat. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in […]

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Brain implant removal, and Nvidia’s AI payoff

Leggett told researchers that she “became one” with her device. It helped her to control the unpredictable, violent seizures she routinely experienced, and allowed her to take charge of her own life. So she was devastated when, two years later, she was told she had to remove the implant because the company that made it […]

Poll: most don’t trust Supreme Court to decide reproductive health cases

Poll: most don’t trust Supreme Court to decide reproductive health cases

Most respondents in a new poll said they don’t trust the Supreme Court to decide cases related to reproductive and sexual health.  Only 37 percent of adults said they trust the court “a lot” or “somewhat” to make the right decision on reproductive and sexual health, according to the poll released Friday by KFF. The […]

New York City Is Sinking under Its Own Weight

New York City Is Sinking under Its Own Weight

Home to 8.8 million people as of 2020, New York City is by far the most populous city in the U.S. And the mass of the buildings needed to support all those residents—and the work they do—really adds up. New research published on May 8 in Earth’s Future suggests that the weight of the city […]

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Help! We Have No Sick Days Next Year!

Dear WeAreTeachers,We have four sick days per year and two personal days from the state. Every year that I’ve been in the district (which is now 10), the board has always voted to give us additional days so that we have eight sick and four personal total. But this year, as a “solution” to the […]

Why We Need to See Inside AI’s Black Box

Why We Need to See Inside AI’s Black Box

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But black box is also […]

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HBO’s ‘Succession’ Will Live Forever in Memes

For four seasons now, HBO’s Succession has given people something to tweet about on Sunday nights. Everyone, it seems, is obsessed with the Roys. With the finale airing on Sunday, it would seem that the big tent party is about to end. That’s not entirely the case. Online, Succession screengrabs, quotes, and references dominate the discourse in a […]

The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States

The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States

Anna McCleary had her daughter in October 2019. McCleary, who works at a law firm in Chicago, had just returned from her maternity leave in early 2020 when the COVID pandemic hit. She and her husband found themselves working from home without access to day care or other help. “We were just thrown into the […]

25 Tail-Wagging Dog Facts for Kids of All Ages

25 Tail-Wagging Dog Facts for Kids of All Ages

Dogs are cute and cuddly creatures who love to play. They make wonderful companions and are the most popular house pet in the world. They are loyal to their humans and are just as important as our other family members. Learn more about your favorite canine friend with these paws-itively delightful dog facts for kids! […]

Here’s What Causes Motion Sickness

Here’s What Causes Motion Sickness

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. My first experience with motion sickness was as a college student, standing on the back of a marine research vessel looking at interesting things dredged from the seafloor off the California coast. It was a day trip, the […]

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Microsoft’s big AI Build and Max’s messy streaming launch

The Verge‘s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Tom Warren discuss the biggest announcements from Microsoft Build 2023. Later, the crew discuss the launch of Warner Bros. Discovery’s combined streaming service Max. Further reading: Elon Musk fails to launch Ron DeSantis in disastrous Twitter Space Microsoft Build 2023: The 5 biggest announcements Microsoft’s Copilot […]

BMW 5 Series launches with AirConsole gaming platform

BMW 5 Series launches with AirConsole gaming platform

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. BMW Group is giving a big endorsement to playing video games in your car as it launches the AirConsole gaming platform in its BMW 5 Series cars. BMW said the partnership will bring a unique kind of in-car […]

What The Research Says About Project-Based Learning –

What The Research Says About Project-Based Learning –

by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Education is a dynamic field, constantly evolving with new insights and innovative approaches but sometimes those practices aren’t rooted in research and evidence. Incorporating evidence-based teaching methods allows educators to provide their students with more effective learning experiences, resulting in improved outcomes. Aside from the challenge of limited […]

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What If Ideas Were Currency?

As technology evolves living patterns change–and vice versa. These kinds of changes impact a range of societal factors. Your mom starts using facebook and gets more opportunities to see pictures of grandchildren, but perhaps seems less likely to call or physically stop by in lieu. Smartphones and GPS devices mean fewer people buy maps or stop […]

3D printing companies Stratasys and Desktop Metal agree to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at ~.8B and expect to generate .1B in revenue in 2025 (Bloomberg)

3D printing companies Stratasys and Desktop Metal agree to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at ~$1.8B and expect to generate $1.1B in revenue in 2025 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: 3D printing companies Stratasys and Desktop Metal agree to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at ~$1.8B and expect to generate $1.1B in revenue in 2025  —  Stratasys Ltd. agreed to acquire Desktop Metal Inc. in an all-stock deal that will create a leading 3D printer company valued at about $1.8 billion. Source link […]

Among AI dangers, deepfakes worry Microsoft president most

Among AI dangers, deepfakes worry Microsoft president most

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a “wall of fake images.” Stable Diffusion On Thursday, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced that his biggest apprehension about AI revolves around the growing concern for deepfakes and synthetic media designed to deceive, Reuters reports. Smith made his remarks while revealing his “blueprint for public governance of AI” in […]

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Can a Saliva Test Predict the Best Way to Manage Obesity?

May 23, 2023 – It sounds like a simple solution to a complicated problem: Find out what kind of obesity you have based on a one-time genetic saliva test. Then you and your doctor can get a better idea if anti-obesity drugs or other treatments are more likely to work for you.   The goal […]

Best 4K Drones of 2023

Best 4K Drones of 2023

Featured Products: Capturing stunning visuals in high definition has become the standard causing a great demand for 4K drones. Drone Model Gimbal Stabilization GPS Functionality Flight Time (approx.) Price Range Ruko F11GIM2 2-axis Yes Up to 30 minutes $$ Holy Stone HS720 3-axis Yes Up to 26 minutes $$$ Holy Stone 2 Axis Gimbal 2-axis […]

Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Putting Basic Health Care at Risk

Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Putting Basic Health Care at Risk

The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states. Doctors are showing — through their words and actions — that they are reluctant to practice in places […]

Ron DeSantis’s Antiscience Agenda Is Dangerous

Ron DeSantis’s Antiscience Agenda Is Dangerous

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is running for president of the United States on a record of anti-diversity, pro-censorship, white nationalist measures. He has targeted education, LGBTQ rights and access to health care, and should he prevail, his anti-science candidacy stands to harm millions of Americans. DeSantis has banned books in school libraries, restricted […]

Brain-Spine Interface Allows Paralyzed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts

Brain-Spine Interface Allows Paralyzed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts

Twelve years ago, a cycling accident left Gert-Jan Oskam, now 40, with paralysed legs and partially paralysed arms, after his spinal cord was damaged in his neck. But these days, Oskam is back on his feet and walking, thanks to a device that creates a ‘digital bridge’ between his brain and the nerves below his […]

Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous–Whether It’s Conscious or Not

Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous–Whether It’s Conscious or Not

“The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people…. I thought it was way off…. Obviously, I no longer think that,” Geoffrey Hinton, one of Google’s top artificial intelligence scientists, also known as “the godfather of AI,” said after he quit his job in April so that he can warn about the dangers […]

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A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will.

“A patient should not have to undergo forcible explantation of a device,” says Nita Farahany, a legal scholar and ethicist at Duke University in North Carolina, who has written a book about neuro rights.  “If there is evidence that a brain-computer interface could become part of the self of the human being, then it seems […]

NASA Mini Satellites Will Help Track Hurricanes

NASA Mini Satellites Will Help Track Hurricanes

CLIMATEWIRE | NASA wants to know more about climate-juiced hurricanes. To help with that effort, the space agency on Thursday night plans to launch two small satellites, called “CubeSats,” into orbit roughly 350 miles above the Earth, where they should help scientists better understand what NASA calls “high-impact meteorological events,” or tropical storms. A scheduled launch […]

4 Tactics HR And L&D Can Use To Uncover Hidden Talent

4 Tactics HR And L&D Can Use To Uncover Hidden Talent

In Search Of Hidden Talent? Look For The Doers In the never-ending war for talent, organizations can find hidden talent within their organization and end up ahead of the curve. Use these four tactics to uncover hidden gems in your organization: recruit in places beyond universities and professional associations; focus on candidate transferable skills; organize […]

A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI’s Hefty Carbon Footprint

A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI’s Hefty Carbon Footprint

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet? As an AI researcher, I often worry about the energy costs of building artificial intelligence models. The more powerful […]

These DIY Calm-Down Jars Will Be an Instant Student Favorite

These DIY Calm-Down Jars Will Be an Instant Student Favorite

How does it do that? This is what many people think when they first see this calm-down jar. With just one shake, the two colors mix, creating a new color. Then little by little, the colors separate, and the liquids return to their original state. So not only is this a really awesome way for students […]

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11 Super Fun Squishy Crafts To Create At Home – starkidslearn.com

Whether you want an easy stress reliever or a fun new accessory to wear, we’ve got you covered as today we show you 11 super fun squishy crafts to create at home! Timestamps0:00 – Jellyfish Necklace0:55 – Edible Candy Crystals1:42 – Squishy Soap2:28 – DIY Stress Balloon3:14 – DIY Glitter Slime4:14 – Polystyrene Sprinkle Slime5:31 […]

Our Shifting Understanding of Democracy Is Fueling Populism and Culture Wars

Our Shifting Understanding of Democracy Is Fueling Populism and Culture Wars

For more than a century, the idea of democracy has meant a liberal democracy, where we vote for our leaders and our government rests on a defining document like the U.S. Constitution. In a liberal democracy, there is also a separation of powers between the different arms of our representative government and rule of law. […]