“Deep Unlearning”: Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias
We speak with Timnit Gebru, a leader in the field of AI ethics, about how artificial intelligence is entrenching societal biases and inequality. Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, a group of academics, activists and engineers who produce research rooted in theContinue Reading
Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth
Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ancient genetic code, yet have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence., Read MoreContinue Reading
AGN SIG Spotlight Series, August 18, 2026
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AGN SIG Spotlight Series,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AGN SIG Spotlight Series: August 18th 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT 13 August 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/agn-sig-spotlight-series-18-aug-2026 We invite everyone to joinContinue Reading
AI/ML STIG Seminars to Resume
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AI/ML STIG Seminars to Resume About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AI/ML STIG Seminars to Resume Every Monday 4:00pm ET 13 August 2026 Learn More about AI/ML STIG Seminars toContinue Reading
Perseids Meteor Shower
NASA/Bill Dunford The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers – has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in theContinue Reading
Crossing Maine’s Waters in Pursuit of GNATS
By Catherine Mitchell, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences The R/V Bowditch departs from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on its first Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS) voyage, with Dave Drapeau silhouetted on the top deck. Dave has been involved in GNATS since its inception in 1998. InstrumentsContinue Reading
MAGA’s burrito brawl shows cracks in The Traitor’s economy
A $2src meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party’s broken promises…Continue Reading
One dead, several injured in Rotterdam port blast at Gunvor refinery
The Netherlands is investigating an explosion at the port of Rotterdam that killed one person and injured several others on Thursday, 13 August. The blast happened at about 11:30 a.m. at an oil facility in the Europoort industrial section of Europe’s largest port.Continue Reading
Brussels unveils giant flower carpet inspired by Hokusai masterpiece
Brussels has transformed its historic Grand Place into a giant floral version of Japan’s Great Wave off Kanagawa, using around 500,000 dahlias laid out over 1,300 square metres of cobblestones.Continue Reading
Zambian president Hichilema votes as he seeks second term
Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema has cast his vote in the capital Lusaka, as he bids for a second term., NewsFeed Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema has cast his vote in the capital Lusaka, as he bids for a second term. The vote will test whether economic reforms by his government areContinue Reading
Will all-out war in Yemen reignite as the Houthis escalate attacks?
Analysts say Saudi Arabia is strengthening its position with regional allies as the Houthis increase their attacks., A series of Houthi attacks in recent weeks, which are among the deadliest in years, is raising fears that Yemen could be sliding back towards all-out war as conflict spreads across the MiddleContinue Reading
How Computers Embrace Chaos
Hash tables are fundamental ways to store data and are used in every computer. Since the 1970s, researchers have assumed that no improvements could be made to hash table design. Enter Andrew Krapivin who, while an undergraduate, invented a new kind of hash table, overturning a major conjecture and aContinue Reading