RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2 constantly accrue new mutations.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library The holy grail of pandemic preparedness is being able to predict how a virus will evolve just by looking at its genetic sequence. Those days are still a way off, but a growing number of research groups are using artificial intelligence (AI) to […]
Hill Street Studios | Getty Images Keith Harris, a 17-year-old high school senior at KIPP DC College Preparatoryhas studied accounting, investing and budgeting, among other basic lessons, like his English, history and math curriculum. Harris is enrolled in his high school’s NAF Academy of Businessa rigorous three-year finance program with a work-based learning component. Because […]
Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament also makes guest appearance during “Hit the Lights” at Los Angeles acoustic-and-electric show Metallica staged their annual Helping Hands benefit concert Friday night in Los Angeles, with the heavy metal legends delivering a set full of long-unplayed songs, covers, and classics across their acoustic-and-electric sets. The concert at Inglewood, California’s YouTube […]
The continental United States is jam-packed with reminders of our ravenous oil appetite. Since the 1850s, there have been an estimated 3.5 million oil and gas wells drilled across the country. Many of those were abandoned after the companies running them ran out of business or otherwise ceased operating. These forgotten fossil fuel artifacts, referred […]
Of the newest paths to try and cope with brain fog, generative AI and large language models (LLMs) … [+] enter into the realm. getty In today’s column, I explore the dreary and potentially imperiling emergence of brain fog. Brain fog is a trending topic. You’ve undoubtedly heard the now-popular phrase or possibly used it […]
Buz Stop Boyz Known as Buz Stop Boys, a group of mostly young professionals and tradespeople are driving a new wave of civic responsibility in Ghana, picking up brooms and shovels to clean up the mounds of rubbish that are an eyesore in cities and towns across the country. Their initiative has won the admiration […]
Editor’s note: This story contains details of suicide and violence that some readers may find upsetting. Meir Golan sank his face in the dense, dark orange soil. He seemed desperate to stay close to his daughter for as long as possible, holding tight onto Shirel’s shroud as she was being buried. More than a year […]
