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How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico's Clandestine Graves
Thousands of hidden graves contain the bodies of the disappeared all across Mexico. Using drones, hyperspectral imaging, and other technologies, scientists and members of the public are uncovering ...Tech - Wired - November 1 -
Alzheimer's researchers say brain stimulation device may slow symptoms
Alzheimer's disease researchers found that when they aimed a TMS device at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the progression of memory loss.Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers
Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect. It is a distinct language that has survived against the odds for centuries in a tiny pocket of ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
The Novo Nordisk scientist behind Ozempic, Wegovy weight loss research
Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have slimmed down Hollywood stars — and millions of non-celebrities worldwide — while adding great heft to the economy of Novo Nordisk’s home country, Denmark.Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Meta makes its MobileLLM open for researchers, posting full weights
Developers and researchers interested in testing MobileLLM can now access the models on Hugging Face, fully integrated with the Transformers library.Tech - VentureBeat - October 31 -
40 monkeys escape research facility, police warn locals to lock their doors
A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night.Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
Residents warned after 43 monkeys escape research facility
Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Forty-three monkeys at large in South Carolina after escaping research facility
Residents advised to keep doors and windows locked as police use thermal imaging cameras to search for animals. These monkeys went bananas: 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
‘Unrestricted’ AI group Nous Research launches first chatbot
Nous Chat gives users access to its large language model (LLM) Hermes 3-70B, a fine-tuned variant of Meta's Llama 3.1.Tech - VentureBeat - November 7 -
Forty-three monkeys escape from US research lab
Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
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Research boat will scan seabed to help search for those missing in Spain's floods
A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to help in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floodsWorld - ABC News - November 8 -
40 primates escape South Carolina research center, police say
Police in South Carolina were asking for the public's help in locating 40 primates that escaped on Wednesday.Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Extreme weather contributing to migration between US, Mexico: Research
Extreme weather is a factor in driving both illegal border crossings from Mexico into the U.S. and whether migrants return to Mexico, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
A research boat will scan the seabed to help search for those missing in Spain’s floods
A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from ...Top stories - NBC News - November 9 -
Credit card debt among retirees jumps — 'It's alarming,' researcher says
There's been a significant increase in the share of retirees with credit card debt since 2022, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Business - CNBC - November 11 -
Excessive drinking inches higher after pandemic increase: Research
Excessive drinking continued increasing in 2022, after rising during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that was released on Tuesday. The study, published in the Annals ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Elon Musk worries free speech advocates with calls to prosecute researchers and critics
First Amendment advocates are concerned that Musk could use his sway as a Trump adviser to retaliate against a long list of enemies.Politics - NBC News - November 12 -
Oura’s Perimenopause Report Shows the Gap in Women’s Health Research
Most women don’t know what’s going to happen during perimenopause. Smart-ring manufacturers are stepping in to provide data and guidance.Tech - Wired - November 12 -
Rocker Ronnie James Dio remembered with bowling fundraiser for cancer awareness and research
On Thursday, the singer's widow, Wendy Dio, and her friends and supporters will hold the annual Bowl for Ronnie celebrity tournament at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 13 -
Researchers Give Animal Cells the Ability to Photosynthesize for the First Time
A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could revolutionize sustainable energy and how artificial meat and organs are ...Tech - Wired - November 13 -
John Driskell Hopkins on new song and $3 million donation for ALS research
After his ALS diagnosis, Zac Brown Band's John Driskell Hopkins plans to donate $3 million to fund research through his "Hop On A Cure" foundation and released a new single titled "Each Other."Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
California researchers discover mysterious, gelatinous new sea slug
More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slugTech - ABC News - November 13 -
Wind power: CSIRO asks Australians to chart their farts for research
Agency hopes tens of thousands of people will log details of their flatulence on an app to help researchers better understand gut health. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Almost 3 in 4 US adults overweight or obese: Research
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese, according to new research published Thursday from The Lancet. The research points to a substantial increase in overweight ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Democratic group launches opposition research effort on Trump administration
A major Democratic super PAC on Friday announced the launch of an opposition research and tracking effort intended to serve as a hub of information on President-elect Trump’s new administration and ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Miss America makes push for pancreatic cancer research on Capitol Hill
Miss America 2024 winner Madison Marsh took her efforts to advocate for pancreatic cancer awareness and research to Capitol Hill on Thursday. In association with the Pancreatic Cancer Action ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
With dengue cases at an extreme high, research points to climate change's role
Dengue fever has spread at alarming rates this year. New research attributes nearly a fifth of the existing dengue burden to climate change.Top stories - NBC News - November 16 -
Parts of Great Barrier Reef dying at record rate, alarmed researchers say
Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian researchers say, and they fear the rest of it has suffered a similar fate.Top stories - CBS News - November 19 -
OpenScholar: The open-source A.I. that’s outperforming GPT-4o in scientific research
OpenScholar, an innovative AI system by Allen Institute for AI and University of Washington, revolutionizes scientific research by processing 45 million papers instantly, offering researchers ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 21 -
Women leaders face 30 types of bias in the workforce, research finds
Women report encountering a wide range of biases unrelated to performance or experience that can stunt their careers, new research finds.Top stories - CBS News - November 22 -
Chinese researchers unveil LLaVA-o1 to challenge OpenAI’s o1 model
LLaVA-o1 breaks down the answer into multiple reasoning components and uses inference-time scaling to optimize each stage.Tech - VentureBeat - November 22 -
Researchers capture baleen whales for the first time to study their hearing
Scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a step that some activists said could lead to the giant animals' deaths.Top stories - NBC News - November 22
