Three Generations of Autoscaling — And Why Agentic Traffic Breaks All of Them | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Shoumik Chakravarty·17 Aug 2026
Intro In my organization I’ve worked as a backend engineer and architect. My main responsibility is ensuring the services we design meet their functional requirements, but also scale to millions of...
Danish town plans for underground parking garage, finds long-lost medieval convent
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·17 Aug 2026
Archaeologists in Denmark have finally pinpointed the remnants of a long lost 13th-century monastery, although its location may dismay local sports fans.
Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy
Latest from Space.comby Keith Cooper·17 Aug 2026
A trio of heavyweight black holes are entangled in a dance of death that will quite possibly see them gradually all merge to form an even greater behemoth.
The COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise benefit
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen·17 Aug 2026
The COVID-19 vaccine may give brain cancer patients a bonus shot at survival. Patients who received the vaccine within 100 days before biopsy or tumor surgery lived twice as long as those who...
On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall discovers the Martian moon Phobos
Latest from Space.comby Hanneke Weitering·17 Aug 2026
On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars's moon Phobos. Hall was working at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.
How to Perform Effective Project Management with AI | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Eivind Kjosbakken·17 Aug 2026
In this article, I’ll discuss how to perform effective project management in the age of AI, both from the perspective of orchestrating tasks and deciding what can be done, and then how to...
Low-fat vegan diet helps people lose weight without eating less
ScienceDaily·17 Aug 2026
Low-fat vegan diet helps people lose weight without eating less - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Summary: - A low-fat vegan diet may help people...
Southern right whales have bumpy ‘fingerprints’ on their heads
Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi·17 Aug 2026
How do you tell the difference between two individual southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)?
A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
Latest from Space.comby Keith Cooper·17 Aug 2026
A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by a river of gas over 1 trillion miles (1.6 trillion kilometers) long.
'Balloons of Paradise' has you flying a hot air balloon - Indie Games Plus
Indie Games Plusby Jupiter Hadley·17 Aug 2026
Balloons of Paradise is a cozy, relaxing game where you play as a little penguin, who is now old enough to fly a hot air balloon on your own!
Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies
ScienceDaily·17 Aug 2026
Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - NASA - Summary: - Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little...
Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began
ScienceDaily·17 Aug 2026
Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - Universe Today - Summary: - Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for...
Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips
ScienceDaily·17 Aug 2026
Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - California Institute of Technology - Summary: - Caltech scientists have created...
The 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) is the One Space Event You Cannot Miss
SpaceNewsby International Astronautical Congress·17 Aug 2026
For more than 75 years, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the annual moment when the global space community comes together – not online, not in separate regional events, but...
Scientists uncover the hidden nerve network fueling breast cancer
ScienceDaily·17 Aug 2026
Scientists uncover the hidden nerve network fueling breast cancer Aggressive breast cancer may secretly recruit the body’s own immune cells to grow a nerve network that helps tumors thrive.
AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
Space | The Guardianby Ben Tracy of Climate Central·17 Aug 2026
The fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest reminder that when a wildfire is detected can be just as important as where it starts.
Loop Engineering for RAG: The Small Loops Inside Each Step, the Big Loops Across the Pipeline | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby angela shi·17 Aug 2026
A one-shot pipeline commits to its first try: parse once, retrieve once, generate once, return whatever comes out.
To make better memories, prioritise high peaks and happy endings | Psyche Videos
Psycheby Psyche Video·17 Aug 2026
The ‘peak-end rule’ is a psychological heuristic which holds that, in retrospect, people’s impressions of events tend to be judged by their most intense point (their ‘peak’) and their conclusion...
'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important
Latest from Space.comby Leonard David·17 Aug 2026
As "The X Files" famously told us, "the truth is out there." But at the same time, inquiring minds are immersed today in finding out whether or not the proof is out there — specifically, proof that...
Flexible brain circuits can switch between different tasks
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News·17 Aug 2026
As we move through everyday life, our brains engage in a huge variety of cognitive tasks. For example, during a grocery run, we might have to recall the items for a recipe, remember where the clerk...
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