Why Silicon Valley’s Vision of the AI Future Should Worry You
Timeby Liz Bucar1d ago
Everyone has a vision of the ultimate future, some picture of what the world looks like at its best (or worst), and whether that future is even reachable.
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top 89%Language skills stay strong in older adults, even while other cognitive abilities decline
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News1d ago
As people age, many cognitive functions tend to decline. Brain scanning studies have revealed corresponding changes in the function of a brain network that is involved in many of these cognitive...
Motor neurons don’t just move muscles. They may direct that motion too
Science Newsby Yujia Huang1d ago
Motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscles, have a reputation as passive messengers. But growing evidence suggests they do more than simply relay the brain’s commands.
NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe
Wiredby Jay Bennett1d ago
Astronomers have known for decades that an invisible substance permeates the cosmos. Detected only by its gravitational influence on visible objects, dark matter accounts for some 85 percent of all...
The Trump Administration Has Spent Billions Boosting Gas Exports, Spurring More Fracking - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Nicholas Kusnetz1d ago
For companies looking to export natural gas, the last few years have brought both feast and famine. The growth has been so fast that some efforts have struggled to secure financial backing.
Ebola Is Still Killing in Central Africa. These Groups Are Working To Save Lives. - KFF Health News
KFF Health Newsby Rachel Spears1d ago
Ebola Is Still Killing in Central Africa. These Groups Are Working To Save Lives. Misinformation and distrust are among the challenges facing public health workers in the Democratic Republic of...
New contract aims to keep Space Force’s multi-billion-dollar projects on budget
Defense Oneby Thomas Novelly1d ago
New contract aims to keep Space Force’s multi-billion-dollar projects on budget Integrate was just for the service’s complicated launch programs. Now, it’s expanding.
Gaining Ground
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts1d ago
The first time I saw this place, I knew I had come home. I do not mean I knew it in a peaceful, comforting sort of way, the way one recognizes an old friend; that first time it was like an electric...
European Leaders Join Zelenskyy In Kyiv For Ukraine Independence Day As Russian Invasion Pushes On
World Newsby Samya Kullab1d ago
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday for official celebrations marking Ukraine’s Independence Day as Russia pushes on with its 4-year-old...
Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
Gristby Katie Myers1d ago
Luther “Sunny” Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard.
Suspect in murders of 5 found dead day after their bodies were discovered outside Portland, Oregon, police say
CBS News1d ago
Forest Grove, Oregon — A quintuple murder suspect was found dead inside a vehicle in Enumclaw, Washington, on Sunday, a day after the bodies of five people were discovered on a rural property...
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Gristby Joseph Lee1d ago
Cattle are a central part of the identity of Andrew Msami’s Maasai community in northeast Tanzania.
Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season
Gristby Matt Simon1d ago
Unprecedented. Record-breaking. Baffling. Experts are running out of ways to describe this year’s tornado season in the Midwest, which has unleashed more twisters on Illinois than any other place...
The Women of the Bauhaus: See Hip, Avant-Garde Photographs of Female Students & Instructors at the Famous Art School
Open Cultureby OC1d ago
Take a look at photos of Bush Tetras — a three-girl-one-guy No Wave/Post-Punk band from the early 1980s downtown Manhattan scene.
Trump's Bedminster turf could make or break his last two years in the White House
FOX Newsby Elizabeth Elkind1d ago
WASHINGTON, N.J. — Washington, D.C. is undoubtedly the center of gravity in American politics, but another Washington over 100 miles away could help decide the fate of Congress for the latter half...
Betting on Autonomous Aircraft
War on the Rocksby Brandon Tseng1d ago
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
War on the Rocksby Thomas Shugart1d ago
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Live Updates: U.S. Treasury to unveil new Iran sanctions after Trump warned of "economic D-Day" for Tehran
CBS Newsby Duarte Dias1d ago
What to know about the Iran war today: - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will unveil new sanctions against Iran on Monday that he described as "the single greatest financial offensive ever...
A ‘Tsunami’ for Ukraine: Zelensky Rejects Wartime Elections
Timeby Chad de Guzman1d ago
Volodymyr Zelensky may be under pressure to hold elections in Ukraine, including from his former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, but in remarks over the weekend, the Ukrainian President argued...
Linda McMahon vows crackdown on teachers sexually harassing students: 'Must end'
FOX Newsby Landon Mion1d ago
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Sunday said the federal government is committed to "cracking down" on sexual misconduct involving teachers, staff and other adults in positions of authority...