Toward optimal disease surveillance with graph-based active learning
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 121, Issue 52, December 2024. SignificanceInfectious diseases primarily spread through human and animal movement networks; study of their transmission dynamics and design of effective interventions requires accurate assessments of the disease distribution at any stage of an outbreak…
10 of the Most Important Neanderthal Fossil Discoveries
Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined…
A DNA language model based on multispecies alignment predicts the effects of genome-wide variants
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May 9 riots: Mercy petitions of 19 convicts accepted on humanitarian grounds
The mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in the May 9 cases have been accepted on humanitarian grounds, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced in a statement on Thursday. The development comes less than a month after military courts sentenced a total of 85 civilians involved in the May 9 riots of 2023…Someone made a CAPTCHA where you play Doom on Nightmare difficulty – Ars Technica
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China slams Canada human-rights criticism as ‘hypocritical farce of double standards’ – CTV News
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China slams Canada human-rights criticism as ‘hypocritical farce of double standards’ – Times Colonist
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Do crabs feel pain?
A growing body of research suggests crabs, lobsters and other animals caught for seafood can feel pain. Scientists are pushing for legal protections to ensure they are treated humanely…
2025 AI, Space, Tesla and Technology Predictions
Brian Wang has had over 90% accuracy with public predictions on public websites like Metaculus and Manifold. OpenAI O3 model has shown that greater than human PHD reasoning is possible but with about 30,000 GPUs taking 30 minutes to infer the answer. I forecast an increase to 1 million GPU AI training from 100,000 at…