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Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric vehicles generate less greenhouse gas emissions and do not cost more than comparable gas-powered vehicles for drivers and vehicle fleet owners in most parts of the United States, according to a new studyContinue Reading

Freedom Hall, packed with more than 200 people, was jammed to capacity. Hundreds more people gathered in the lobby in stifling heat, many wearing “No Data Centers” stickers on their T-shirts. Inside the meeting room, Pennsylvania real estate executive Brian O’Neill was presenting plans for an enormous data center complex toContinue Reading

Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has been slammed for maintaining a close relationship with Elon Musk while holding shares in an online child safety business. Far-right tech billionaire Musk, the richest person in the world, owns the social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), which has been used toContinue Reading

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 8 – A… 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 byContinue Reading

More than 5,000 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is still hosting a remarkable mix of ancient and modern microorganisms. Researchers separated microbes that lived in his body during his lifetime from those that arrived after his death, uncovering traces of his original gut bacteria and cold-loving yeasts thatContinue Reading

Automated Decision Making Group – Publications and Media Publications 2025 Edward Balaban, Zachary Booth, Evan Astle, Michelle Ho, Hailey Warner, Grace Kim, Duncan Eddy, Somrita Banerjee, Joshua Ott, Mark Shirley, Kevin Bradner, Anthony Colaprete SHERPA — An Artificial Intelligence System for Mission Planning and Decision Support. 18th International Conference onContinue Reading

Automated Decision Making Group – Projects SHERPA System Health-Enabled Real-time Planning Advisor Strategic planning and simulation tool used for many lunar rover projects such as VIPER, Artemis Pressurized Rover, and CT-4. Utilizes AI methods for decision making under uncertainty such as Markov decision processes (MDPs) and partially observable Markov decisionContinue Reading

Automated Decision Making Group – Members and Alumni Members Edward BalabanZachary BoothEvan AstleGrace KimMichelle HoKirthika Ashokkumar Alumni Tomer ArnonSomrita BanerjeeSaylor BrissonThomas CannonWyatt CannonJennifer ChangSophia EichholzSarah FengAlex GaoMiguel GarciaLeyton HoChandler KilpatrickLogan KilpatrickRobert MossMolly O’ConnorJoshua OttNobel TruongHailey Warner The post ADMG Members and Alumni appeared first on NASA Science., Read MoreContinue Reading