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Synthetic public opinion polling: AI personas don't always change their minds like real voters do
A voter surveyed in October may give a different answer by January. An AI persona might not, depending on how it's built.
GraphEvoResearcher: Graph-Aware Training-Free Self-Reflective Reasoning for Cost-Bounded Multi-Hop Question Answering
Multi-hop question answering (QA) requires models to chain intermediate conclusions while remaining cost-aware. Existing training-free self-reflective protocols (generate -> critique -> revise) improve accuracy but operate on a flat token stream: revisions cannot identify which prior step is unreliable, and early stopping cannot exploit structural convergence. We introduce GraphEvoResearcher, a training-free protocol that lifts EvoResearcher's self-reflective meta-reward onto an explicit reasoni
A Stress-Induced Tetragonal Distortion in K2OsCl6 under Pressure
The structural behaviour of cubic (Fm-3m) K2OsCl6 under compression was investigated to 35.4 GPa using angle-dispersive synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Upon increasing pressure, K2OsCl6 undergoes a sequence of structural transformations from the ambient-pressure cubic phase to a tetragonal (P4/mnc) phase above 9.5(3) GPa, followed by a transition to a monoclinic (P21/n) phase beginning at approximately 14.2 GPa. The tetragonal and monoclinic phases coexist over the pressure range 14.2-17.2
Simulating Infant Senses with Age-Tuned Networks
What a newborn sees, hears and feels, and how this changes month by month, has been measured sense by sense, with different methods and in different units. We bring these measurements together for the first two years of life and ask whether small neural networks tuned to a given age can turn them into a quick, inspectable simulation of sensory perception. Each sense's immaturity is written as a fixed, age-indexed filter on the input, and a small prediction network learns behind it over the first
Helen Haines is the best of us. What happened is a watershed for all of us
Politicians are regularly asking our community to disagree well, but our own hypocrisy is often on display. We need to collectively look in the mirror and consider how we got here.
Canadian opera singer replaced after he raised Palestinian flag
Calgary’s opera house has removed a singer from future performances after he raised a Palestinian flag on stage.
This melting Ron DeSantis statue is a perfect metaphor for climate change
The face of a silver-colored statue of Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis lasted only about 30 minutes in the Florida sun before it melted away to reveal a skeleton underneath. The 6-foot-tall statue called “Denial” was unveiled on October 13 at the Prime Meridian Plaza in Tallahassee, Florida. It’s a work of protest art commissioned by the climate advocacy group 350Action and produced by Uncommon Creative Studio ahead of the midterms, and it’s meant to d
Will there be a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 3?
As Edgerunners 2 lands on Netflix, we look at whether a third instalment could happen and what the creators have said about the franchise's future.
Kaspersky: Even IT Experts Are Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Think tech workers are safer online? A 2026 Kaspersky study of 7,200 respondents shows cyber incident rates exceed 80% across all major professions.
US Sanctions China’s Y Combinator in Google AI Secrets Case
Washington has blacklisted a Chinese venture firm established by ex-Microsoft Corp. AI scientist Lu Qi for alleged ties to a startup accused of stealing technology from Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
APOD: 2026 October 20 – An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 20 – An… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan Explanation: This is an unusual rainbow. For one thing, the rainbow is not complete, appearing only in a sunlit fan — but that by itself is not very unusual.
POV: Your girls' PE lesson gets a glow up
Can activities like yoga, dance and fitness encourage more girls to enjoy sport?
NAB to axe thousands of jobs in massive restructure
NAB will slash up to 2500 roles as part of a massive restructure that will aim to simplify its operations and workforce.
South Korea to pull more embassy staff from Ukraine after POW row
Earlier this month, South Korea recalled its ambassador from Kyiv after Zelenskyy disclosed the prisoner transfer.
Champions League: Major Setback For Bayern Ahead Of Arsenal Showdown
Bayern Munich will be without one of their most important attacking players when they host Arsenal in a major UEFA Champions League clash on Wednesday.
'Alice Cooper is a character, like Jekyll and Hyde'
Alice Cooper reflects on faith, fame and addiction ahead of his Wolverhampton book tour appearance.
Lab-grown brains can now read Braille and guide robot dogs
Guided by millions of years of evolution, our own brain cells know a thing or two about moving through a chaotic world where learning the right move is a matter of life and death.
iPhone Duo's inner screen costs RM4,749 to repair: Here's why you need Apple Care+
Apple reveals iPhone Duo repair costs in Malaysia with the inner screen costing RM4,749 to fix. Here's how AppleCare+ saves you from massive service bills.
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory The Human Fingerprint on… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search Measurements from NASA’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and GRACE-FO (GRACE Follow-On) m
Can a simple photo of your face reveal how ill you are?
AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.
Prisco's NFL Week 7 Power Rankings: Rams are a mess, Texans climb eight spots
Pete Prisco shares his Week 7 Power Rankings for the 2026 NFL season, including some big risers and fallers
French protests: Is it game over for Macron’s centrists before elections?
The protests have further polarised the French and turned the youth into a key, angry, voting bloc.
A massive new study of thousands of kids says this one experience gives them a very big advantage
I admit: I’ve spent a lot of time since becoming a parent trying to figure out what cutting-edge research and science have to say about raising successful kids. I also admit that my wife and I have tried to put the fruits of that research to work. Example 1: Move to the best neighborhood you can afford, even if it means you have the smallest house on the block. Check. Example 2: Embrace the “run to their side” mode of parenting versus the “let them figure it all out on their own” model. C
Mariah Carey's Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed By Judge
Mariah Carey took home the W in her brother's defamation case against her ... because a judge has ruled in her favor.
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands.
It's official: Apple set to launch a new OLED MacBook next week, as launch event confirmed
The 28 October date is fixed for a Los Angeles reveal
368-ton ex-US Navy vessel showcases autonomous mission control
A 368-ton unmanned vessel handled changing missions and simulated machinery failures autonomously off Long Beach.
Spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior
Uncovering low-dimensional representations of brain-wide neural dynamics and their relationship to behavior remains a central challenge. Here, we show that spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior and learning. To systematically establish these findings, we developed a dimensionality-reduction technique called Rotational Component Analysis (RCA) that optimizes the detection of low-variance rotational modes even within individual trials. We applied RCA to motor-cor
Concerns over the escalation of political extremism
Australia's security agencies warn political extremism has reached a boiling point as politicians say they fear about their own safety.
UEFA demands FIFA release key documents on World Cup sell-off plan
In a letter outlining 42 questions, UEFA gives FIFA until November 2 to release documents on Infantino’s aborted plans.
Overcoming personal branding’s biggest challenges: 148 ideas and insights to take control of how people think about you
Ryan DiLazio was a rock star at his job. On paper. It was 2022, and DiLazio was a manager of social marketing and strategy at a global advertising agency, where he was working with such brands as Sour Patch Kids, Chicken in a Biskit, and Nutter Butter, all subsidiaries of the food giant Mondelēz International. Technically, DiLazio’s role only encompassed ideating social media concepts and scheduling them, but he was regularly taking on more creative work, too—including designing Instagram pos
Did DWTS’ Carrie Ann Inaba File Complaint About Val Chmerkovskiy? The Truth About His Suspension
Dancing With the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy’s one-week suspension was not the result of a purported HR complaint filed by judge Carrie Ann Inaba, E! News has learned.
AstraZeneca Partners With Oracle to Refine Clinical Research With AI
AstraZeneca is teaming up with Oracle to refine clinical research, in the latest artificial-intelligence partnership in the pharmaceutical industry.
CVE-2026-93878 | Divigear Carousel Plugin up to 5.2.0 on WordPress cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Divigear Carousel Plugin up to 5.2.0 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-93878. The attack can be initiated remotely. Th
Orionid meteor shower peak: How and when to see it this week
Clear skies permitting, skygazers could be able to spot as many as 10-20 meteors per hour as the shower peaks this week.
Recce topical gel shows strong diabetic foot infection efficacy ahead of Phase III data review | Stockhead
A review of blinded data from Recce’s Phase III trial of its RECCE 327 Gel in diabetic foot infections has indicated strong efficacy.
How tech geniuses became Hollywood’s favourite monster
From The Social Reckoning to Artificial, today’s on-screen tech bros are more sinister than ever.
Bulls presidency: Strauss earns high praise from Rupert, Motsepe after re-election
Willem Strauss has been re-elected for a third term as Bulls president.
6 kinds of fear at work—and how to overcome them
When I’m teaching MBA students or executives or when I’m working in my role as an adviser to family-owned enterprises, I spend enormous energy looking for evidence of an emotion people try to hide. That emotion is fear. Humans underestimate how much fear drives our behavior. We’re familiar with the “fight or flight” response that helped our prehistoric ancestors survive in a dangerous world, but we fail to appreciate how much this evolutionary imperative lives on within our biology—and how mu
‘The Voice’ Season 30 has another schedule change as NBA takes over Tuesday nights
The latest episode of ‘The Voice’ Season 30 continued the intense Battle rounds
When Flock Comes to Town: Everything You Should Know About This Tech - CNET
Flock cameras and sound detectors are spreading through cities, often followed by outcry and lawsuits. Here's what this technology actually does.
Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth, a daring international project that could yield new insights into the formation of the Solar System. The robotic Martian Moons eXploration mission, known as MMX, lifted off at 3:41 pm EDT Monday (4:41 am Japan Standard Time Tuesday) from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The MMX spacecraft rode into orbit atop a 207-foot-tall (63-meter) H3 rocket, Japan's flagship launch vehicle.
Delta CEO Issues a Promise to Customers as Airlines Embrace AI
Ed Bastian says Delta will always keep two pilots in the cockpit. Airlines across the industry are looking at ways to use artificial intelligence to …
Thailand, Cambodia seek to calm escalating dispute over US$300 billion seabed
Both sides agreed to use a naval hotline and exercise restraint to ease maritime tensions after holding mediation talks at The Hague.
The Zingara chef who ran away with the circus | The Citizen
Goliath has been cooking professionally for nearly three decades and spent 16 years with Madame Zingara.
France protests are ‘outburst of resentment’ against Macron
French student union spokesperson Alice Cohen-Morzadec says the protests reflect growing anger over Macron's policies.
This audio system combines vinyl, tape, and CDs with a sprinkle of Dieter Rams
The Retro Ambient Audio System, from Trettitre, is a device designed to feed every generation’s sense of FOMO. The setup combines a record player, a CD player, and a cassette deck—plus a magnetic base for your phone—that snap onto a modular metal rack mounted to your wall, where they spin and play music. [Photo: Trettitre] After a Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $2.2 million (and a summer of shipping delays), the company is now selling the complete package on its own websi
‘Star Wars’ is headed to ‘Super Bowl’ in a never before seen way
Super Bowl LXI will be played on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
ClueFlow: Learning Long-Horizon Search through Attributed Research-State Transitions
Long-horizon search requires agents to acquire relevant evidence and integrate it into an evolving research state. Existing methods maintain research states to guide exploration or assign turn-level progress signals, yet grounding these signals in explicit, attributable state changes remains underexplored. We introduce ClueFlow, which learns long-horizon search from attributed research-state transitions. ClueFlow constructs Source-State-Final attribution chains that connect evidence-acquiring br
Endangered red squirrels thriving on British island
Conservationists say that, with red squirrels dwindling in the UK, Jersey is an "important refuge".
‘It was crazy’: heroic barber recalls tackling car attacker of Australian MP
Ricky Jefferies detained the man after he allegedly drove his car into the lawmaker, who lost a leg in the incident.
4 Things Triple H Got Right on WWE RAW This Week
The latest episode of Monday Night Raw emanated from San Diego, California and what an incredible show it was!! The feuds and storylines shifted gears as we head full steam into Crown Jewel.
Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after 43 years
Christiane Amanpour said on Monday she is leaving CNN after a 43-year career as one of the US broadcaster’s most prominent international correspondents.
Dear health insurance CEOs: I’ve been a cancer patient for 22 years, and I’m begging you. Please don’t use AI customer service agents
Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Jonathan Gluck. I’m a cancer patient. I have a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma that is treatable but, in all but a small percentage of cases, incurable. I’ve been living with my illness for more than 22 years. During that time I’ve undergone dozens of rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy as well as a difficult and potentially fatal treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. I’ve gone in and out of remission more times than I care to
Mariah Carey Prevails in Brother’s $20 Million Memoir Lawsuit
"[Mariah] believes the importance of the court’s decision goes well beyond her own interests," the singer's lawyer, John Rosenberg, says.
Baseus’ new security camera has a spotlight that tracks and follows moving targets
Smile for the camera.
On the Benefits of Uncertainty Estimation for Species Classification: A Case Study on Optimizing Expert re-Annotation
Automated identification of diatoms from microscopic images is a cornerstone of large-scale freshwater biomonitoring, yet the high diversity of species and strong class imbalance pose significant challenges for reliable classification. In this study, we develop a ResNet-18 baseline for a 759-class diatom dataset and investigate how calibrated confidence estimates support selective classification to reduce expert workload without sacrificing taxonomic integrity. While the initial model exhibits o
US Navy controls MQ-25A refueling drone from over 2,100 miles away
The US Navy established a satellite control link with an MQ-25A refueling drone more than 2,100 miles from a carrier.
Can one photo of your face reveal how ill you are?
AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.
Rays' Freddy Peralta named ALCS MVP after two starts, including Game 6 clincher, one relief appearance
The Rays acquired Peralta from the Mets at the trade deadline and his turnaround has propelled them to the World Series
Albertans reject referendum on independence from Canada
Most voters in the Canadian province of Alberta have rejected a proposal to hold a referendum on independence.
AI could make cybersecurity a never-ending process
Over the past few months, it’s become clear that modern AI systems are quite adept at discovering software vulnerabilities and finding ways around cybersecurity defenses. Unintended real-world breaches executed by models from leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic during training exercises have drawn widespread concern, and while those companies have restricted access to their most capable models, experts have indicated it’s only a matter of time before less constrained AI systems hav
Rantzen felt 'deprived of choice' over her own death
A note written by Dame Esther Rantzen is released by her family following a private funeral.