Nate Silver: ‘Cheating’ Pollsters Are Putting ‘Finger on the Scale’
Nate Silver: ‘Cheating’ Pollsters Are Putting ‘Finger on the Scale’.....»»
This iBuyPower gaming PC deal is hard to beat
Invest in faster, better-looking, and better-performing gampleay with the iBuyPower Scale Gaming Desktop, now on sale at Best Buy for $750......»»
GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy. It doesn"t reflect the health of people or the planet
Economics and economic policy need a rethink. This is clear from the scale of inequality, joblessness, insecurity and environmental disasters we see in the world......»»
Largest-Ever Pair of Black Hole Jets Stretches 23 Million Light-Years
Supermassive black holes can expel jets of material so vast and powerful that they may shape the large-scale structure of the cosmos.....»»
The Daring Russian Geneticist Whose Experiments on Silver Foxes Explained Domestication Has Died
Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes.....»»
Costco partners with Electric Era to bring back EV charging in the U.S.
Costco is again putting its brand name on an EV-charging station in the U.S......»»
Saturday Citations: Reading comprehension; revisiting tardigrade orthodoxy; restoring universal symmetry
This week, physicists suggested that quantum entanglement may be really, really fast rather than instantaneous, and could be measured at an attosecond scale. Paleontologists discovered a fossilized mammal in Colorado that may have lived alongside din.....»»
New deep ultraviolet micro-LED array advances maskless photolithography
A team led by Prof. Sun Haiding from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a vertically integrated micro-scale light-emitting diode (micro-LED) array which was then applied in deep ultraviolet (DUV) maskless photolithogra.....»»
Study shows invasive silver carp reduce movement in Chicago-area water
Invasive silver carp have been spreading throughout the Mississippi River Basin since their introduction a half-century ago. Yet, try as they might, the fish have not advanced beyond a particular stretch of the Illinois River north of Kankakee. Resea.....»»
Study finds cheating boosts male sparrow fitness
Cheating pays. Or at least it does for male sparrows, according to new research......»»
A week of Mac announcements – which one are you waiting for? [Poll]
Apple marketing VP Greg Joswiak yesterday revealed that we can expect an exciting week of Mac announcements, starting on Monday morning. The tweet also effectively confirmed that there will be no Mac event, just press releases and small-scale brie.....»»
Insect and spider biodiversity increases organic nutrient availability across ecosystems, large-scale study shows
Insects and spiders are important elements in the food webs of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. With declines in their biodiversity, the food supply for birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and small mammals is not only becoming scarcer, but also poo.....»»
Deals: 46mm silver Apple Watch Series 10 all-time low, Apple Watch Ultra 2 $99 off, M2 MacBook Air $399 off, more
Firstly, happy iPad mini 7 delivery day, but for now we are moving over to and starting off with the new Apple Watch deals. The 46mm silver Series 10 has now dropped to a new low alongside the Jet Black models in both sizes now sitting at the best pr.....»»
Wilmot Works it Out is the ultimate video game for jigsaw puzzle lovers
If you've ever enjoyed an evening quietly putting together a jigsaw puzzle, Wilmot Works it Out is a video game built for you......»»
‘Massive copyright violation’ threatens one of the world’s hottest AI apps
News Corp announced Monday that it is suing AI startup Perplexity over allegations of copyright infringement on a massive scale......»»
How pollsters have adapted to changing technology and voters who don"t answer the phone
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, news reports and social media feeds are increasingly filled with data from public opinion polls. How do pollsters know which candidate is ahead in what swing state or with which key demographic group? Or.....»»
Cranium Detect AI accelerates AI governance
Cranium launched Detect AI, an AI discovery tool at scale. With this launch, Cranium is extending its platform capabilities to include visibility and access across an organization’s AI instances, which enables security and compliance teams to u.....»»
NASA reveals prototype telescope for gravitational wave observatory
NASA has revealed the first look at a full-scale prototype for six telescopes that will enable, in the next decade, the space-based detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by merging black holes and other cosmic sources......»»
Specially designed transistors allow researchers to "hear" defects in a promising nanomaterial
An international research team led by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) has pioneered a new technique to identify and characterize atomic-scale defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a.....»»
An ill kitten in Nebraska sparked efforts to stamp out the spread of rabies
The 2023 illness and death in Nebraska of a stray kitten infected with rabies set off a large-scale effort to discover how the feline became infected in the first place......»»
Simple voltage pulse can restore capacity to Li-Si batteries
The bad news is that there's not a lot of pure Li-Si batteries in use. If you're using a large battery for a specialized purpose—say grid-scale storage or an electric vehicle—.....»»