Conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday disagreed with President Trump and the White House's assessment of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which the commentator said was a moment that "should never happen again." "Look, I have a point of view on this that’s somewhat different than the p…
Teens who sleep in on weekends may be giving their mental health a boost. A new study found that young people who made up for lost weekday sleep had a significantly lower risk of depression. While consistent sleep is still best, weekend catch-up sleep appears to offer meaningful protection. The find…
Like Elon Musk and Tim Cook, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos is a fan of good books. But instead of picking up traditional management reads, he leans on a 123-year-old fiction he once thought was about a reckless “hot dog.”
arXiv:2601.03023v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Medical conversational AI (AI) plays a pivotal role in the development of safer and more effective medical dialogue systems. However, existing benchmarks and evaluation frameworks for assessing the information-gathering and diagnostic reasoning abilit…
Amid Democrats' fury over the Trump administration's unilateral strike on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, some lawmakers went so far as to call for President Trump's removal from office.Why it matters: The Venezuela strike has escalated already-boiling tensions between Trump and c…
Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. You really should catch the show.
In just one afternoon, scientists used a nanoparticle “megalibrary” to find a catalyst that matches or exceeds iridium’s performance in hydrogen fuel production, at a fraction of the cost.
A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, found in pesticides and everyday industrial products, were never thought to affect living organisms at all. When gut bacteria are stressed by these chemicals, some may also b…
Financial service provider OneStream Inc. announced today that it will be acquired by an entity controlled by buyout firm Hg in an all-cash transaction that values OneStream at $6.4 billion. Under the terms of the deal, OneStream shareholders will receive $24 per share, a 31% premium over OneStream’…
Brigitte Bardot's funeral was held on January 7 with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived for more than half a century after retiring from movie stardom at the height of her fame. Hundreds of people gathered in the small town to follow the …
The director, who has died aged 98, permanently changed the landscape of British theatre by creating the Young Vic – and it reflected his own energetic and ever innovative nature Frank Dunlop, who has died aged 98, never got the credit he deserved during his lifetime. He was a populist pioneer and g…
Nine children and nine adults suffered minor injuries in collision, with two taken to hospital for further treatmentTwo school buses have crashed on icy roads as arctic weather conditions continue to cause widespread disruption and parts of the country brace for up to 30cm of snow.Nine children and …
Tariff drama and tax cuts! AI spending and AI-spurred job losses! New Federal Reserve leadership! It is on track to be a big year across all the key policy areas of interest to economy-watchers.The big picture: Seismic changes have been set in motion by the Trump administration's sweeping policy age…