How to Make AI More Useful
The artificial intelligence industry seems poised for a crash. Spending on AI infrastructure is expected to hit $2.8 trillion by 2029, and it is hard to imagine how any potential...
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Does the full moon make us sleepless? A neurologist explains the science
(The Conversation) – Have you ever tossed and turned under a full moon and wondered if its glow was keeping you awake? For generations, people have believed that the Moon...
DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon’s doomed army
When Napoleon marched into Russia in 1812, he brought with him the largest army Europe had ever seen. When he limped back out, he’d met his match — not in...
Tarantula mating season is in full swing. Not everyone comes out alive
It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall. This is the night of the lustful tarantula — and it’s filled with...
First West Nile virus death confirmed in L.A. County, as studies show that drought conditions may increase risk
The first recorded death from West Nile virus this year in L.A. County was confirmed Friday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The individual, whose details have...
A rogue Santa Cruz otter is terrorizing surfers: the redux
It’s been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, garnered international attention and celebrity by attacking surfers and their surfboards as the human wave-riders alley-ooped over...
‘Reckless’ scrap yard with history of endangering a Watts high school is shuttered
A Los Angeles County judge ordered the owners of a troubled metal recycling facility to pay $2 million in penalties and permanently cease operations next door to a Watts high...
Columbus Zoo welcomes second Asian elephant calf this year
POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant in a single calendar year for the first time in its nearly 100-year history, a...
Why The World Can’t Stop Talking About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Ever since the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was first spotted this summer, social media feeds have been flooded with speculation, memes, and debates. According to astronomers, this is only the third...
Two Florida coral species declared ‘functionally extinct’
Mydlarz added that no other Atlantic species grows as large or forms such an extensive lattice. “These are the only ones that provide that real sort of 3D structure,” she...
