In today's education system, you might see a new type of question in your exams– competency-based questions. Unlike traditional questions that just ask you to remember facts, these questions want you ...

Neural networks are computing systems designed to mimic both the structure and function of the human brain. Caltech researchers have been developing a neural network made out of strands of DNA instead ...

After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture. It’s not that anyone ever said ...

1 KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany 2 Institute for Software Technology, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a ...

In India's tourist cities of Mathura and Vrindavan, a new waste management initiative is changing the way people think about plastic. PepsiCo India, one of the country's biggest consumer brands, has ...

One of the pitches for investing heavily in AI—especially resource-intensive versions such as large language models (LLMs)—is the argument that these powerful technologies have the potential to help ...

Lisa Schenzel with AG Brenna Bird talks about the cold case involving her sister. (KSCJ photo) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird traveled to Sioux City Tuesday to highlight the importance of the state ...

The expected Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, won’t go far enough for retirees who are already stretched thin by consumer prices that remain stubbornly high. The COLA announcement ...

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Children’s librarian Kyra Nay brings out photos of something she calls a “Charlie Cart,” which is a mobile kitchen cart she uses to do hands-on cooking demonstrations with the kids. Most recently she ...

An artificial-intelligence (AI) tool can rigorously prove whether geometric facts — statements about two-dimensional shapes such as triangles or polygons — are true, just as well as competitors in the ...

Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of ...