Polyploidy study reveals why some cancers are resistant to therapeutic drugs
Polyploidy is a state where a cell contains more copies of the genetic material than the usual “diploid” cell, which contains two copies. Polyploidy often occurs in human diseases and cancers, and its effect on cell fate has been unclear. Now, researchers from Japan have shown that polyploidy can be a double-edged sword when it…
It’s Time for College Officials to Get a Backbone on Free Speech
Their passivity before campus activists has stoked an atmosphere that invites mob violence, chaos, and disrespect for our nation’s foundational rights…
Humana stock higher on key merger report after Medicare Advantage hit
Big Medicare changes are pressuring the country’s biggest health insurance groups…Women in AI: Marissa Hummon thinks AI will help make the power grid greener
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OpenAI GPT 4o ranked as best AI model for writing Solidity smart contract code by IQ
SolidityBench by IQ has launched as the first leaderboard to evaluate LLMs in Solidity code generation. Available on Hugging Face, it introduces two innovative benchmarks, NaïveJudge and HumanEval for Solidity, designed to assess and rank the proficiency of AI models in generating smart contract code. Developed by IQ’s BrainDAO as part of its forthcoming IQ…Seven Israelis arrested for spying for Iran, providing info on army bases
Prosecutors allege they completed some 600 missions for Iran, including gathering intelligence on sensitive military and infrastructure sites and identifying potential human targets for Iran…
‘Courts will continue to work for the rights of persons with disabilities’
‘Courts will continue to work for the rights of persons with disabilities’
Experts map biodiversity richness on Afro-descendent peoples’ lands
A new atlas by human rights groups assessed tree cover and biodiversity hotspots on lands belonging to Afro-descendant peoples in 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), the Black Communities’ Process (PCN) and the Universidad Javeriana’s Observatory for Ethnic and Peasant Territories (OTEC) identified nearly 32.7 million hectares…
Amnesty says migrant workers exploited at Carrefour Saudi stores
Rights group Amnesty International published Monday a report that accused the Saudi Arabian franchise of French supermarket giant Carrefour of exploiting migrant workers.Carrefour told AFP that an internal probe had not confirmed most allegations but was planning on conducting an external review.Amnesty said it found migrant workers for Carrefour’s Saudi Arabian franchisee were deceived...