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Helping scientists run complex data analyses without writing code | MIT News

Helping scientists run complex data analyses without writing code | MIT News

As costs for diagnostic and sequencing technologies have plummeted in recent years, researchers have collected an unprecedented amount of data around disease and biology. Unfortunately, scientists hoping to go from data to new cures often require help from someone with experience in software engineering. Now, Watershed Bio is helping scientists and bioinformaticians run experiments and get insights with a platform …

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How IBM’s Tiny AI Models Are Helping Scientists Protect the Planet

How IBM’s Tiny AI Models Are Helping Scientists Protect the Planet

The world is facing serious problems, such as natural disasters, endangered species, and deforestation. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence could help tackle some of these issues, but the people who need it most often don’t have access to powerful computers. As a result, IBM (IBM) released smaller, free versions of its advanced AI models, called Prithvi and TerraMind, that can run on …

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Gold’s Rally Is Helping China Build a World Less Dependent on Trump, US Dollar

Gold’s Rally Is Helping China Build a World Less Dependent on Trump, US Dollar

A scorching gold rally is helping China get one step closer to its goal of building a world less dependent on US-centric financial markets. Beijing has already been accumulating reserves for a decade, building a bullion stockpile that is likely to be the sixth-largest in the world. Now the metal’s vertiginous ascent is adding support to its campaign. On Wednesday, …

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Media Faces Reckoning After Helping Trump Downplay Project 2025 on Campaign Trail

Media Faces Reckoning After Helping Trump Downplay Project 2025 on Campaign Trail

As President Donald Trump openly embraces Project 2025, mainstream media outlets are facing criticism for their role in helping him downplay his ties to the wildly unpopular far-right governing playbook in the lead-up to his reelection last year. After she became the Democratic nominee in July, former Vice President Kamala Harris made the Heritage Foundation’s over 900-page manifesto for “the …

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Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview?

Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview?

Illinois State Police were among several state and local agencies in Broadview Friday morning during a protest in what’s becoming a series of near-daily demonstrations at the suburban ICE processing facility. State troopers joined police from Broadview, the Cook County Sheriffs’ Dept. and the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) as they assisted ICE to control the crowd of roughly …

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Cam Schlittler trolls Red Sox fans after helping Yankees win WCS

Cam Schlittler trolls Red Sox fans after helping Yankees win WCS

Boston Red Sox “They just picked the wrong guy to do it to and the wrong team to do it to.” Cam Schlittler threw eight shutout innings against the Red Sox on Thursday. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff) By Conor Roche October 3, 2025 | 2:02 PM 2 minutes to read Cam Schlittler mowed down the Red Sox in the Yankees’ Wild …

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Marketing Is Helping Carnival Charge More for Its Cruises – The Wall Street Journal

Marketing Is Helping Carnival Charge More for Its Cruises  The Wall Street Journal Carnival Stock Falls After Earnings. Cruise Demand Still Looks Strong.  Barron’s Carnival achieves 10th straight quarter of record revenue, lifts FY25 profit outlook (CCL:NYSE)  Seeking Alpha Carnival raises annual profit forecast on resilient cruise demand, high costs loom  Reuters Will Carnival Stock Bounce Back From Monday’s 4% Drop?  The Motley Fool Source …

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After almost 20 years helping to operate rovers on Mars, NASA geologist and astronaut candidate Lauren Edgar says stepping foot on the Red Planet ‘would be a dream’

After almost 20 years helping to operate rovers on Mars, NASA geologist and astronaut candidate Lauren Edgar says stepping foot on the Red Planet ‘would be a dream’

Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she’s trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself. Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA’s 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at …

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