Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI
Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of James Madison writing the US Constitution using AI. (credit: Midjourney / Benj Edwards) If you feed America's mo.....»»
To sustain diversity, investors must tune into their unconscious biases
Most of the time, investors don’t even know they are acting on these biases. They don’t realize they may have already written you off, which is part of the problem. April Dominguez Contributor Sh.....»»
Ultra-sensitive radiation detectors provide deeper dive into groundwater
Scientists are gaining deeper insights into how agricultural practices affect groundwater, thanks in part to an isotope groundwater age-dating technique made possible by ultra-sensitive radiation measurements at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacifi.....»»
Study: Complexity holds steady as writing systems evolve
A new paper in the journal Cognition examines the visual complexity of written language and how that complexity has evolved......»»
NASA"s Roman Space Telescope selects 24 flight-quality heat-vision "eyes"
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently flight-certified all 24 of the detectors the mission needs. When Roman launches in the mid-2020s, these devices will convert starlight into electrical signals, which will then be decoded into 300.....»»
Monitoring: How To Install Sensu on Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Introduction – Sensu Monitoring Sensu is a free and open source tool for composing a monitoring system. It is entirely written in Ruby. It uses RabbitMQ to handle messages and Redis to store... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi.....»»
From burglar alarms to black hole detectors: Super sensors as possible outputs of a quantum gravity experiment
Last year, Anupam Mazumdar, a physicist from the University of Groningen, together with colleagues from the UK proposed an experiment that could conclusively prove whether gravity is a quantum phenomenon. This experiment would focus on observing two.....»»
New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors
Blue whales may be the biggest animals in the world, but they're also some of the hardest to find......»»
Children"s book by U of I students teaches third graders about automotive engineering
A new book written and illustrated by two recent alumnae of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign introduces third graders to the nuts and bolts of automotive mechanics and engineering......»»
24-inch iMac review: There’s still no step three
It's not Apple's best for power users, but it's a nice fit for everyone else. Enlarge / The 2021, 24-inch iMac with Apple's M1. (credit: Samuel Axon) Much has been written about people embracing nostalgia for comfort during the COVID-19 pandem.....»»
Judge"s Ruling Calls Disney"s Star Wars Sequels "Mediocre" and "Schlocky"
"It is now written in the annals of legal history that Disney's Star Wars sequels, specifically The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, are mediocre," writes MovieWeb: This, according to Ninth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee, who recently referr.....»»
Internal email uncovers Apple products that never made it to market: new iPods, 15-inch MacBook Air, and Mac tablet
The email written by Steve Jobs on August 2007, shows the agenda of an Apple executive team meeting scheduled for August 6th. The meeting was divided into seven areas of discussion covering topics such as sales, supply, various product lines, events,.....»»
From "deadly enemy" to "covidiots": Words matter when talking about COVID-19
So much has been said and written about the COVID-19 pandemic. We've been flooded with metaphors, idioms, symbols, neologisms, memes and tweets. Some have referred to this deluge of words as an infodemic......»»
Detecting mid-infrared light, one photon at a time
For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable—individual photons, or single particles of light. However, these detectors, which consist of ultracold wires only about one-thousandt.....»»
Can a Cryptocurrency Break the Buck?
An anonymous reader shares an opinion piece from Bloomberg, written by Timothy Massad: On Sept. 16, 2008, the day after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the Reserve Primary Fund "broke the buck": Its net asset value fell below $1 per share. The.....»»
Movie written by algorithm turns out to be hilarious and intense
From the archives: Ars talks to the filmmakers who collaborated with an AI for Sunspring. Sunspring, a short science fiction movie written entirely by AI, debuted exclusively on Ars in June 2016. (video link) Ars is excited to be hosti.....»»
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Rome and Teo Muñoz-Darias, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have written an article in which they describe the different states of ac.....»»
Future Family raises $9M to make fertility treatments more accessible and expand its clinic network
Future Family, a company we’ve written about a few times over the years, makes fertility treatments more accessible. They pre-negotiate terms with fertility clinics to ensure there are no surprise fees, convert the often substantial upfront cos.....»»
India Asks Social Media Firms To Remove References To "Indian Variant" of Covid
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Fri.....»»
India Asks Social Media Firms To Remove Reference To "Indian Variant" of Covid
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Fri.....»»
Handwritten example of famous Einstein equation gets $1.2M
A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E = mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get, Boston-based RR Auction said Friday......»»