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The president’s most inflammatory remarks tend to come when he gets frustrated—which might explain his recent outbursts
The article explores the psychological effects of reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT, highlighting how they can exacerbate feelings of anxiety and dependency in users.
The article explores China's strategic ambitions and potential gains amid the ongoing conflict, analyzing how the nation seeks to leverage the situation for economic and geopolitical advantage.
An interview with Asymco's Horace Dediu about his career in tech, Apple's first 50 years, and the prospects for the next 50, particularly in the face of AI
From Iowa Safe Schools v. Reynolds, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith and… The post Iowa Law Requiring Parental Notification as to Accommodations "Intended to Affirm [Public School] Student's Gender Identity" Upheld appeared first on Reason.com
The subtitle is Evidence for Direct, Reliable, and Portable Genetic Effects, and the authors are Tobias Wolfam, et.al. The abstract: The interpretation of polygenic scores (PGS) for general cognitive ability (GCA) remains contested, with concerns about indirect genetic effects, environmental confounding, cross-ancestry portability, and the gap between PGS prediction and twin heritability estimates. Relying on […] The post Interpreting Polygenic Prediction of Cognitive Ability appeared first o...
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. In January, Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission to launch up to one million data centers into Earth’s orbit. The…
The ongoing doctors' strike highlights critical issues beyond financial compensation, including working conditions, patient care standards, and the future of the healthcare system.
Literature and the Commonweal “In this time of global crisis—of war and deep polarization, of rigid paradigms and mounting climate and economic anxieties—we need the brilliance of a new language, powerful stories and images, the voices of writers, poets, and artists.” I was struck when Pope Francis wrote these words, and struck again when he repeated them, almost verbatim, on May 27, 2023, at a conference in Rome organized by Georgetown University and La Civiltà Cattolica, which I then edited...