These scientists live like astronauts without leaving Earth
September 24, 2023
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These scientists live like astronauts without leaving Earth

Across the world, around 20 analog space facilities host people who volunteer to be study subjects, isolating themselves for weeks or months in polar stations, desert outposts, or…

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The Download: what’s next for supercomputers, and electrifying everything
September 22, 2023
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The Download: what’s next for supercomputers, and electrifying everything

August 2022 We all want to be able to speak our minds online—to be heard by our friends and talk (back) to our opponents. At the same time,…

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Bolstering enterprise LLMs with machine learning operations foundations
September 22, 2023
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Bolstering enterprise LLMs with machine learning operations foundations

Once these components are in place, more complex LLM challenges will require nuanced approaches and considerations—from infrastructure to capabilities, risk mitigation, and talent. Deploying LLMs as a backend…

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How inverse vaccines might tackle diseases like multiple sclerosis
September 22, 2023
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How inverse vaccines might tackle diseases like multiple sclerosis

These immune-dampening shots could lead to a whole host of therapies to treat autoimmune diseases. In fact, Anokion, a company Hubbell cofounded, has already launched clinical trials to…

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It’s not too late to cancel Thanksgiving
November 17, 2020
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It’s not too late to cancel Thanksgiving

What’s your plan for Thanksgiving? Americans caught between the dire reality of an out-of-control pandemic and a desire to celebrate the national holiday with family may be tempted…

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The race to get Georgia’s 23,000 17-year-olds registered to vote
November 17, 2020
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The race to get Georgia’s 23,000 17-year-olds registered to vote

That number is not enough to close the gap between either Democrat Jon Ossoff and the Republican incumbent, Senator David Perdue, or Democrat Raphael Warnock and his Republican opponent,…

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Moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective
November 17, 2020
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Moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective

More good news: US drug company Moderna announced today that early trials of its covid-19 vaccine show that it is 94.5% effective. The news comes hot on the…

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