The Downstream Effects of China’s Rare Earth Mining
China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our...
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Survey Says… January 10th, 2024
Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes, dark hair) Favorite haircare brand? Paul Mitchell and Shea Moisture! Favorite...
Four people have died from flesh-eating bacteria in Florida. Who is at risk?
Four people in Florida have died this year from bacterial infections that can cause “flesh-eating” wounds, the state’s health department reported this month. The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater. The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline, from Bay County in...
As Trump pushes for cane sugar in Coca-Cola, is it really better than corn syrup?
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola agreed to start sweetening its products with cane sugar, rather than high-fructose corn syrup. Whether that will indeed happen remains to be seen; a Coca-Cola spokesperson did not confirm the president’s assertion. Still, Trump said on Truth Social, “You’ll see. It’s just...
Zoom Agrees To Settle A Privacy Lawsuit For $85 Million
Zone of destruction: Israeli forces demolish much of southern Lebanon
The Israeli military claims to have limited goals for its southern Lebanon invasion. But an NBC News investigation found widespread destruction in areas occupied by the IDF. By Jiachuan Wu and Frank Matt Nov. 26, 2024 When Israel launched its invasion of southern Lebanon in September, it publicly set...
Zepbound outperforms Ozempic and Wegovy in head-to-head weight loss study
Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound, leads to more weight loss than semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, new research suggests. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, is thought to be the first head-to-head comparison of the two blockbuster...
Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs
People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds (22.8 kilograms) over 72 weeks, while those who...
Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to El Salvador mega-prison are exchanged in prisoner swap
More than 200 Venezuelan immigrants whom the Trump administration had sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador have...
Four people have died from flesh-eating bacteria in Florida. Who is at risk?
Four people in Florida have died this year from bacterial infections that can cause “flesh-eating” wounds, the state’s health department reported this month. The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater. The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline, from Bay County in...
As Trump pushes for cane sugar in Coca-Cola, is it really better than corn syrup?
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola agreed to start sweetening its products with cane sugar, rather than high-fructose corn syrup. Whether that will indeed happen remains to be seen; a Coca-Cola spokesperson did not confirm the president’s assertion. Still, Trump said on Truth Social, “You’ll see. It’s just...
The Downstream Effects of China’s Rare Earth Mining
China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the ramped up in production there is causing downstream environmental concerns in...
Virginia is for … data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
The world’s highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that. (Image credit: Ryan Murphy)
Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to El Salvador mega-prison are exchanged in prisoner swap
More than 200 Venezuelan immigrants whom the Trump administration had sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador have...
In the birthplace of Christianity, churches and communities come under attack from settlers
The attacks near the church were small and left no casualties but they play into a worsening pattern of...
Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to El Salvador mega-prison are exchanged in prisoner swap
More than 200 Venezuelan immigrants whom the Trump administration had sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador have...
The Downstream Effects of China’s Rare Earth Mining
China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the ramped up in production there is causing downstream environmental concerns in...
Virginia is for … data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
The world’s highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that. (Image credit: Ryan Murphy)
Join The Shift: Turn What You Know into Income
We’re so excited to announce the date of our upcoming, free, LIVE event! We’ve been workshopping, planning and testing things out for the past couple of months and are ready to bring this to you. If you joined us for the Future Vision Event, you already know…our live sessions...
How artificial intelligence is transforming the way people use the internet
AI is transforming how people navigate the internet, and that has major implications for the web’s business model. NPR speaks with Ashley Gold, senior tech and policy reporter at Axios.
AI-assisted listening shows how effort to save California’s red-legged frog is going
Years ago, scientists moved eggs of a federally threatened frog from Mexico to Southern California. Audio monitoring — with an AI assist — now shows the complicated conservation effort is working.
Four people have died from flesh-eating bacteria in Florida. Who is at risk?
Four people in Florida have died this year from bacterial infections that can cause “flesh-eating” wounds, the state’s health department reported this month. The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater. The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline, from Bay County in...
The Downstream Effects of China’s Rare Earth Mining
China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the ramped up in production there is causing downstream environmental concerns in...
As Trump pushes for cane sugar in Coca-Cola, is it really better than corn syrup?
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola agreed to start sweetening its products with cane sugar, rather than high-fructose corn syrup. Whether that will indeed happen remains to be seen; a Coca-Cola spokesperson did not confirm the president’s assertion. Still, Trump said on Truth Social, “You’ll see. It’s just...
Syrian presidency announces ceasefire after deadly sectarian clashes in south
The move comes after days of clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in Suweida that have reportedly left hundreds dead.
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
The bottom line, says William Agnew, a postdoctoral fellow in AI ethics at Carnegie Mellon University and one of the coauthors, is that “anything you put online can and probably has been scraped.” The researchers found thousands of instances of validated identity documents—including images of credit cards, driver’s...
The Download: how to run an LLM, and a history of “three-parent babies”
In the early days of large language models, there was a high barrier to entry: it used to be impossible to run anything useful on your own computer without investing in pricey GPUs. But researchers have had so much success in shrinking down and speeding up models that anyone...
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Key Takeaways AI tools can be helpful, but they can’t replace the emotional depth of a trained human therapist....
When you’re ready to find someone to share your life with, the stakes feel incredibly high. After all, choosing...
He broke your heart and now he’s back. Whether you’re feeling confused, hopeful, or even a bit skeptical, dating/relationship...
Trust is a pillar of any healthy relationship. When broken, it can lead to insecurity and hurt. Healthy boundaries,...