October 8, 2024 4 min read Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Breakthroughs in Machine Learning The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for development of techniques that laid the foundation for revolutionary advances in artificial intelligence By Lee Billings The Nobel Committee for Physics has announced that […]
We live in a world where it is virtually impossible to escape plastics and their associated chemicals. New evidence suggests that in southern California, the average urban resident’s exposure to plasticizers – the substances used to soften plastics and make them more flexible – is “through the roof”. “No matter who you are, or where […]
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More UbiSim helps train nurses using virtual reality technology, and the company recently did a survey that shows how much its services are needed. The survey of 800 mostly nurses or nursing students showed that 89% of […]
Getty Images The announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI” and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and […]
For this full-on “what is a photo” episode, we start by chatting with Halide developers Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan De With about what it means to build a camera app in 2024 — and what it means to try and accurately capture a photo. Then The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about […]
The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected the damage to his western North Carolina home. The night before, he listened to the wind whip down trees and snap power lines along the two-mile access road connecting his family to their few neighbors in Buncombe County. Like the […]
Getty Images Water companies have been ordered to return £158m to customers via lower bills next year after missing key targets on pollution and leaks. But most customers will only see their bills fall by less than £10. This is the fourth year in a row that firms have had to refund customers, prompting questions […]
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Online gig platforms sought to increase their “take rates” amid slowing growth; PitchBook: Fiverr and Upwork are trading at less than 20% their pandemic peaks — Fiverr and Upwork rocketed in value during pandemic lockdowns but are now hit with slowing growth Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the […]
Cardiff endometriosis patient wants condition treated more urgently Lara Stevens says endometriosis is like the cancer she had as a child, with the potential to spread and damage multiple organs – but feels it is not treated with the required urgency. “The endometriosis could be growing and I wouldn’t know where it is and what […]
The Sphinx, a patch of snow believed to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year. Iain Cameron has spent decades surveying the patch, hidden in one of the most isolated parts of Scotland’s Cairngorms. Describing his work as “citizen science”, Iain and other experts document areas of snow across […]
CHICAGO — Mice love to run. But not when they’re taking semaglutide, the diabetes and weight-loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. While on the drug, mice ran less on a wheel in a cage, a new study shows. The results, presented October 7 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, are preliminary. […]
Understanding The Threats Children Encounter Online Underage children are using the internet more than ever before. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that nine in ten adolescents in the US have internet access, whether through smartphones, gaming devices, computers, or tablets, with almost half of them reporting constant connectedness. Such prolonged exposure […]
Bertrand Piccard says sustainability doesn’t have to come at a cost—and that reframing attempts to hit net zero as a way of generating profit could be key to hitting targets. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Of the thousands of insect species crawling and flying around the world, ladybugs probably rank among some of the cutest. These tiny, rotund creatures scuttle about on plant leaves, easily distinguishable thanks to their sports car red and small black spots. Sometimes, they might even land on you – if you’re lucky. There are some […]
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 […]
October 7, 2024 4 min read Still Reeling from Hurricane Helene, Florida Braces for Second Major Storm Parts of Florida still recovering from Hurricane Helene will face their second major storm in just two weeks By Meghan Bartels Residents of Pinellas County, Florida, fill sandbags at John Chesnut Sr. Park in Palm Harbor, Fla., on […]
Let’s be real: There’s often an invisible wall between what teachers are really thinking and what they end up saying. They might smile and nod during staff meetings, or say, “No worries, I’ve got it!” when the truth is a little different. In this article, we’re pulling back the curtain. It’s not that teachers don’t […]
For most of the 20th century, each successive decade added about three extra years to people’s average lifespan in developed countries. For a person born at the turn of the 21st century, these incremental gains meant that they could, on average, live 30 years longer than someone born in 1900, allowing them to make it […]
October 7, 2024 2 min read Comb Jelly with Two Butts Is Actually Two Individuals Fused Together Two injured sea creatures merged to form a “Franken-jelly” By Elizabeth Anne Brown As seen in this video still, two damaged comb jellies merged to become one living organism. Researchers knew something strange was afoot at the Marine […]
A spacecraft is due to launch from Florida destined for an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. It is part of an international mission to see if we can stop dangerous asteroids hitting Earth. The Hera craft will look at what happened to a space rock called Dimorphos when Nasa […]
October 7, 2024 3 min read Cannibalized Captain of Doomed Arctic Expedition Identified by DNA Analysis Scientists reveal the identity of a cannibalized captain from the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848 By Soumya Sagar & LiveScience HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the two ships used by Sir John Franklin on his 1845 […]
Since the heyday of radio, records, cassette tapes, and MP3 players, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres like rock and hip-hop to “paranormal dark cabaret afternoon” and “synth space,” and streaming has become the default. Meanwhile, the ritual of discovering something new is now neatly packaged in a 30-song playlist, refreshed weekly. […]
The U.S. is home to more guns than people. The toll of this abundance of firearms is staggering: Guns killed more than 48,000 people in the U.S. in 2022, the equivalent of one person every 11 minutes. More than half of those deaths were suicides, and guns are the overall leading cause of death in […]
Reuters Victor Ambros (l) and Gary Ruvkun (r) share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their discoveries help explain how complex life emerged on Earth and how the human […]
October 7, 2024 3 min read Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells By Tanya Lewis vanbeets/Getty Images (medal) Every cell in our body contains the same set of […]
Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Anaissa Ruiz Tejada Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific American Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! Let’s kick off the week […]
Brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease are characterized by damaging clumps and tangles that interfere with neurons – but a new study describes a drug that could potentially suppress half the problem. The drug is RI-AG03, and it’s a peptide inhibitor (a blocker of proteins). In tests on fruit flies and human cells, it has shown […]
GamesBeat Next is almost here! GB Next is the premier event for product leaders and leadership in the gaming industry. Coming up October 28th and 29th, join fellow leaders and amazing speakers like Matthew Bromberg (CEO Unity), Amy Hennig (Co-President of New Media Skydance Games), Laura Naviaux Sturr (GM Operations Amazon Games), Amir Satvat (Business […]
Max Tani / Semafor: Substack, which still isn’t profitable but has added +1M paid subscribers over the last year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid — The News — Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Source […]
What Is Cognitive Science? Learning is challenging not just for students but also for professionals who have to design the learning process itself, such as Instructional Designers. These people are responsible for figuring out how to get different people not just to memorize things but actually process them and learn. This is where cognitive science […]
I hate brushing my teeth. I do it because I have to, but it’s a time-consuming, uncomfortable process—two minutes standing in front of the mirror can feel like an eternity. My dentist says I brush too harshly as well. Don’t even get me started on flossing. Electric toothbrushes make the whole experience easier. Their vibrations […]
A trio of stars just under 5,000 light-years away has absolutely smashed a long standing record. TIC 290061484 is a system of gravitationally bound stars consisting of a tightly-orbiting binary pair with a third star that circles both. Astonishingly, they’re so close together the entire system would fit inside the orbit of Mercury. And that’s […]
Isabel Hilton / Yale E360: Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet energy demands from its chip industry; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan’s electricity — As the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet demand for electricity. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view […]
Figuring out what subgroups a group contains is one way to understand its structure. For example, the subgroups of Z6 are , and // DON’T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE var d = document, s = d.createElement(‘script’); s.src = ‘https://monkeyviral-com.disqus.com/embed.js’; s.setAttribute(‘data-timestamp’, +new Date()); (d.head —the trivial subgroup, the multiples of 2, and the multiples of 3. […]
Imogen Turnbow Imogen Turnbow is one of two women who have complained medical staff did not support them enough when they were spiked Two victims of spiking have criticised how medical staff handled their cases, saying they felt “blamed” for what happened and were refused tests. Imogen Turnbow and Saraya Haddad, both former students in […]
BBC News Alex Green in now in remission from his cancer Alex Green is clear – without immunotherapy, he would have died in 2019. His advanced melanoma skin cancer was only stopped by the revolutionary treatment that recruits the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. But unfortunately at the moment the majority of […]
A team of cave divers and scientists have uncovered a new cache of extinct monkey fossils submerged deep within the underwater passages of a Caribbean cave. Forty years ago, only a few well-preserved remains of New World monkeys had been found on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Jamaica, but it was enough to hint […]
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Less frightened. More fatigued. That’s where many of us reside with AI. Yet, I am in awe of AI. Despite the plethora and platitudes of AI promising to reshape industry, intellect and how we live, it’s vital to approach the […]
A Double Dose Of Standout Guest Author Articles If you’re looking for the latest must-reads on our site, then you’re in luck. We’ve gathered 10 articles featuring expert insights, insider tips, and innovative best practices. In no particular order, here are the top guest author posts that cover everything from creating a speak-up culture to mastering […]
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled […]
The One RFID Smart Feeder from Petlibro shows just how far automatic cat-feeding technology has come. For this feeder, the pet wears a collar with a tag in which the feeder’s lid opens only with that tag. There’s a cover that retracts automatically when the pet with the collar approaches the stainless steel food bowl […]
Music surrounds us. It can be a companion throughout the day – listening on the way to school or work, checking out a favorite artist with friends, hearing it live at concerts and sporting events, enjoying or enduring it in stores and restaurants, and then listening again in the evening to unwind. As meaningful and […]
“SimpleX, at its core, is designed to be truly distributed with no central server. This allows for enormous scalability at low cost, and also makes it virtually impossible to snoop on the network graph,” Poberezkin wrote in a company blog post published in 2022. SimpleX’s policies expressly prohibit “sending illegal communications” and outline how SimpleX […]
October 5, 2024 4 min read Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling California’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclable By Judith Enck BrianAJackson/Getty Images Among the plastic in your house might be an orange-colored hard laundry detergent bottle and a squeezable clear ketchup bottle. Come recycling […]
In control A high dose of the psychedelic psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks, Laura Sanders reported in “Psilocybin erases brain ‘fingerprints’” (SN: 8/10/24, p. 12). In the study, a generic form of the stimulant Ritalin served as a control against psilocybin. Reader Jason Patrick asked why scientists chose that drug. It can be hard to […]
Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US News & World Report, and a contributor to National Geographic and Scientific American. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered […]
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. A little bit of alcohol was once thought to be good for you. However, as scientific research advances, we’re gaining a clearer picture of alcohol’s effect on health—especially regarding cancer. The complex relationship between alcohol and cancer was recently highlighted in a new […]
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale — To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village. But for years, this was the place … Source link […]
It is not just a case of building more capacity. Taiwan’s energy dilemma is a combination of national security, climate, and political challenges. The island depends on imported fossil fuel for around 90 percent of its energy and lives under the growing threat of blockade, quarantine, or invasion from China. In addition, for political reasons, […]
BBC News Nafsika, a teacher at the school, has been trained to carry out the hearing checks Children and young people in England with special educational needs are to be offered NHS eyesight, dental and ear checks in their schools from next year. Students with learning disabilities and some autistic young people can struggle to […]
GamesBeat Next is almost here! GB Next is the premier event for product leaders and leadership in the gaming industry. Coming up October 28th and 29th, join fellow leaders and amazing speakers like Matthew Bromberg (CEO Unity), Amy Hennig (Co-President of New Media Skydance Games), Laura Naviaux Sturr (GM Operations Amazon Games), Amir Satvat (Business […]
MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapies Shutterstock / Couperfield “The future is psychedelic,” declared Rick Doblin, founder of Lykos Therapeutics, at a conference on psychedelic drugs last year. Several studies, many of them funded by Lykos, had provided tantalising signs that pairing MDMA with talk […]
In the science fiction film The Fly, a scientist accidentally transforms into a winged insect that ultimately destroys him. In a collection of science articles about the fly, a team of scientists this week unpacked the details of how the Drosophila melanogaster brain operates — paving the way for a better understanding of how the […]
Constructing a semiconductor chip IM Imagery/Shutterstock The deadliest hurricane to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina has also drawn attention for its potential disruptions to the tech industry. Destruction from Hurricane Helene is threatening one of the industry’s major supply chains – a North Carolina mining town that supplies high-purity quartz crucial for manufacturing […]
Coding shortcuts in canvas include reviewing code, adding logs for debugging, inserting comments, fixing bugs, and porting code to different programming languages. For example, if your code is JavaScript, with a few clicks it can become PHP, TypeScript, Python, C++, or Java. As with GPT-4o by itself, you’ll probably still have to check it for […]
“The View” co-host Joy Behar said Thursday she doesn’t buy Melania Trump’s pro-choice stance, which the former First Lady touted this week in promotions for her new memoir. “Sixty-two percent of Americans oppose overthrowing Roe v. Wade, 62 percent, the Republican Party knows this. I think they put her up to this. I think it’s […]
This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. There are battleground states, and then there’s North Carolina. Former President Donald Trump won the state by 1.3 percent in 2020, his lowest margin of victory […]
Building Partnerships Between Parents And Teachers Building a partnership with your child’s teacher is the secret to your kid’s eLearning success. Since classrooms have gone virtual, communication between parents and teachers is more important than ever. So, you better get started building this partnership with your kid’s instructors. And why is it so important? Teachers […]
Early estimates on the effectiveness of this year’s flu vaccines indicate they may be less effective at preventing hospitalization than in years past, based on data from South America, where the annual flu season occurs earlier. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu shot appeared to be […]
On Friday, Meta announced a preview of Movie Gen, a new suite of AI models designed to create and manipulate video, audio, and images, including creating a realistic video from a single photo of a person. The company claims the models outperform other video-synthesis models when evaluated by humans, pushing us closer to a future […]
Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the problem so fiendishly difficult to solve Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday warned of an increase in illegal online pharmacies selling counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine. “As Americans increasingly turn to online pharmacies to purchase necessary medications, DEA is issuing this Public Safety Alert to warn of an increase in illegal online, often foreign-based websites that are […]
Physical, or concrete, manipulatives are physical objects that are used as teaching tools to engage students in the hands-on learning of mathematics to introduce math concepts. It’s important for children to have a variety of materials to manipulate and the opportunity to sort, classify, weigh, stack, and explore to help them construct their own mathematical […]
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine microbes, a new study suggests. Chemical reactions in the atmosphere chew on iron minerals in the dust, making them more water soluble and creating a crucial nutrient source for the iron-starved seas, researchers report September […]
CLIMATEWIRE | Hurricane Helene demolished the notion there are places on Earth immune from climate change — an already shaky premise that was further discredited by widespread damage to Asheville, North Carolina, a so-called climate haven. Even so, experts say climate is a growing factor in many people’s relocation decisions. And some places do have […]
If you’re talking with kids about the upcoming presidential election, then you need to download these fun voting coloring pages! They’re great for schools, community organizations, and home. Bonus? Adults love them too! Grab your coloring pages by filling out the form on this page. Here’s what you’ll get when you download our free voting […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but astronomers just found a planet around Barnard’s star, which at about six light-years away is the second closest stellar system to the sun. It’s not the first time: claims of planets orbiting Barnard’s star have cropped up repeatedly for more than a half-century, only to be […]
October 4, 2024 5 min read I Wasn’t Prepared to Be a Climate Refugee A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters By Melissa Hanson A person inspects the Biltmore Village with bicycle in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on […]
Google’s new AI podcasting tool, called Audio Overview, has become a surprise viral hit. The podcasting feature was launched in mid-September as part of NotebookLM, a year-old AI-powered research assistant. NotebookLM, which is powered by Google’s Gemini 1.5 model, allows people to upload content such as links, videos, PDFs, and text. They can then ask […]
Met Office The very strong solar flare came from a region near the Sun’s south-centre disc A huge solar flare, the largest since 2017, has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface. Solar flares are made up of electromagnetic radiation that travel from the Sun at the speed of light and can reach Earth in […]
Here is how abruptly artificial intelligence became an issue in U.S. elections: when Vice President Kamala Harris brought it up while debating Donald Trump on September 10, it was the first time a candidate had mentioned AI in a general election presidential debate—but this technology has so thoroughly suffused our personal lives and the global […]
The presence of a partially-molten layer between the Moon‘s rocky mantle and solid metal core is looking more likely following a study on its changing shape and gravity. Researchers from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Arizona analyzed new data describing the Moon’s rigidity under the gravitational influence of Earth and […]
How dark is dark? When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is black, you might think the sky is transparent. But it’s not—at least, […]
[CLIP: Theme music] Rachel Feltman: When I was a little kid, I remember being really perplexed and fascinated by the concept of discovering a new number. Like, if you counted high enough to get to a new spot, did you get naming dibs? What else could discovering a new number even mean? I mean, they’re […]
‘Time is right’ for assisted dying debate, MP Kim Leadbeater says Proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life are to be introduced in Parliament this month. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is putting forward the bill and said “now is the time” to hold a […]
Vegetation on Ardley Island, close to the Antarctic Peninsula Charman Parts of Antarctica are turning green faster than expected, with researchers warning that climate change could lead to a devastating influx of invasive species. “The scale of the greening trend we found shocked us,” says Tom Roland at the University of Exeter, UK. “The rate […]
Some students need to keep their hands busy in order to keep their minds focused on the task at hand. And what better way to help kids discreetly fidget than with these glittery, stretchy strings? Coming in a pack of six for just under $9, you can easily order several packs to have stress relief […]
Dear We Are Teachers, I’ve taught 7th grade at my current school for nine years. I knew that a coworker on my team was getting married and helped throw her a bridal shower at the end of school. She reiterated at the shower that they were keeping the wedding very small, so I assumed that’s […]
Nilay, Alex, and David discuss Microsoft’s new Copilot announcements, and the friendlier face the company is trying to put on its chatbot. They also wonder: what, exactly, is an AI companion supposed to do for you, and how is it supposed to do it? They then dive into OpenAI’s huge funding round, before exploring all […]
But some proponents of mental privacy aren’t satisfied that the law does enough to protect neural data. “While it introduces important safeguards, significant ambiguities leave room for loopholes that could undermine privacy protections, especially regarding inferences from neural data,” Marcello Ienca, an ethicist at the Technical University of Munich, posted on X. One such ambiguity […]
After living in big cities like San Francisco and New York, when I set foot in Wally World in the Midwest, I heard angels sing. Rows and rows of fluorescent lights highlighted any and every product needed for your house in one place. Screw the mom-and-pop bodega—I missed this level of convenience. If by chance […]
GamesBeat Next is almost here! GB Next is the premier event for product leaders and leadership in the gaming industry. Coming up October 28th and 29th, join fellow leaders and amazing speakers like Matthew Bromberg (CEO Unity), Amy Hennig (Co-President of New Media Skydance Games), Laura Naviaux Sturr (GM Operations Amazon Games), Amir Satvat (Business […]
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: CCData: Binance’s trading volume in the $2T digital asset market fell from 42.7% at the start of 2024 to 36.6% in September, the lowest share since January 2021 — – Overall market share fell to 36.6% last month, CCData says — Binance saw the most severe share drop among top exchanges […]
This Reddit comment posted to the CentOS subreddit is typical. An admin noticed that two servers were infected with a cryptocurrency hijacker with the names perfcc and perfctl. The admin wanted help investigating the cause. “I only became aware of the malware because my monitoring setup alerted me to 100% CPU utilization,” the admin wrote […]
A telescope in Hawaii captured a rare comet as it passes near Earth. The footage was captured on 2 October by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Subaru-Asahi Star Camera on the summit of Maunakea. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered in January 2023 after Tsuchinshan Observatory in China spotted it, which was later independently detected by […]
The tool generates a podcast called Deep Dive, which features a male and a female voice discussing whatever you uploaded. The voices are breathtakingly realistic—the episodes are laced with little human-sounding phrases like “Man” and “Wow” and “Oh right” and “Hold on, let me get this right.” The “hosts” even interrupt each other. To test […]
The number of vaccine exemptions reported among U.S. kindergarteners reached another record high during the 2023-24 academic year, the record set last year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 3.3 percent of kindergarteners were exempted from one or more vaccines in the past school year, an increase over the prior year, […]
October 3, 2024 5 min read In Floods like Hurricane Helene’s, Toxic Chemicals Are a Silent and Growing Threat People living near industrial facilities often have few details about the chemicals inside, which poses major risks when floods occur By James R. Elliott, Dominic Boyer, Phylicia Lee Brown & The Conversation US Flooded storage tanks […]
About Thinkific If you want to learn more about Thinkific and all the details about the Thinkific pricing plans, you’re in the right place. Let’s start by saying that this platform is all about making you feel like an expert when it comes to building and selling online courses. Why’s that? Because Thinkific gives you […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, galvanized in part by her work on health care issues such as maternal mortality, reproductive rights, and gun control. The enthusiasm may be key for Democratic turnout at the polls in critical battleground states. Black women have always been among the […]
Czelazewicz is just one of many affiliates who sell Pure Body Extra online, including Larry Cook, one of the best known US anti-vax influencers. Cook and his Stop Mandatory Vaccination group was kicked off Facebook in 2020, but only after it had amassed a following of around 200,000. Today, Cook sells Pure Body Extra as […]
Clostridioides difficile is a notoriously nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same technology that enabled the first COVID-19 vaccines has shown early promise, in mouse experiments, against this deadly infection, which kills 30,000 people in the United States each year. An mRNA vaccine designed to target C. difficile […]
CLIMATEWIRE | Hundreds of thousands of people across parts of the Southeast will struggle to rebuild their homes after Hurricane Helene for one reason: Hardly anyone has flood insurance. In dozens of counties in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Helene, less than 1 percent of households have flood insurance through […]
Microsoft says Copilot Labs will serve as a testing ground for Microsoft’s latest AI tools before they see wider release. The company describes it as offering “a glimpse into ‘work-in-progress’ projects.” The first feature available in Labs is called “Think Deeper,” and it uses step-by-step processing to solve more complex problems than the regular Copilot. […]
We often assume that the longer someone works in a role, the better they get at it. This is a pretty easy assumption to make for teachers—don’t we all remember that exponential increase in skills from our first to second year of teaching? Experience is also frequently seen as a critical factor in school leadership. […]
It’s the summer of 1962, and the drug thalidomide has been off the market in Europe for months after it was determined to be unsafe to use during pregnancy. But in the U.S., people are only just beginning to find out about the scandal. The Washington Post breaks the story and puts a picture of […]
Most tropical lightning storms are akin to massive pots of boiling water — but emitting bursts of gamma radiation instead of steam, according to reports in Nature. Those bursts also occur more frequently and in more forms than previously thought. Scientists first detected high-energy gamma-ray bursts in Earth’s atmosphere in the 1990s. NASA launched satellites […]
Climate change, global pandemics, bioterrorism, nuclear warfare, artificial intelligence run amok—today’s world offers no shortage of homegrown existential risks to worry about. But one of the most worrisome hazards doesn’t come from Earth at all. Rather, it’s from the astronomical numbers of asteroids and comets that come close to our planet as they orbit the […]
Generative AI models can produce images in response to prompts within seconds, and they’ve recently been used for everything from highlighting their own inherent bias to preserving precious memories. Now, researchers from Stephen James’s Robot Learning Lab in London are using image-generating AI models for a new purpose: creating training data for robots. They’ve developed […]
October 3, 2024 3 min read How ‘River Piracy’ Helped Give Mount Everest a Growth Spurt A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height By Michael Marshall & Nature magazine Mount Everest is unusually high, even when compared with other mountains in the Himalayas. Daniel […]