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‘Extremely rare’: UW PhD computer science grads recognized with prestigious dissertation honors
University of Washington computer science PhD graduates Ashish Sharma, left and Sewon Min. (Photos via UW) Two PhD graduates ...
What is degrowth? The throwdown over growing down
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the controversy over economic 'degrowth' as a climate solution, ...
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How AI is playing a major role in national security
Scripps News' Liz Landers caught up with Dr. Kimberly Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, to learn more about ...
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Is Gravity Just a Glitch in a Cosmic Simulation? Could We All Be Lines of Code?
Gravity has been recognized to be one of the fundamental forces of nature for a long time and is a subtle pull that keeps galaxies from separation and planets orbiting. But what if it’s not a force?
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South Africa’s Professor Priscilla Baker Named One of Five Global Winners of 2025 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
South Africa – In spite of progress made in recent years, women remain underrepresented in scientific research. UNESCO data ...
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From Raw Data to Real Impact: AAAS Section U Advances Science Through Statistics
A recent Section U webinar held in December, featured Maria Terres, Ph.D., a senior staff data scientist from autonomous car ...
AI-Driven Automation: Revolutionizing Data Engineering With Agentic Mesh Architecture
AI-driven automation offers businesses a powerful solution to streamline operations, boost efficiency and reduce manual ...
How much information do LLMs really memorize? Now we know, thanks to Meta, Google, Nvidia and Cornell
Using a clever solution, researchers find GPT-style models have a fixed memorization capacity of approximately 3.6 bits per parameter.