A black bear with a sweet tooth visited the front porch of a Connecticut home to raid a bowl of Halloween candy and steal a pumpkin.

Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney, Australia, beaches were initially suspected to be tar balls but turned out to be miniature "fatbergs" containing human feces.

A 77-year-old slice of cake from Queen Elizabeth II's wedding to Prince Philip was auctioned for $2,800.

MLCommons this week issued the results of its latest MLPerf Inference (v3.1) benchmark exercise. Nvidia was again the top performing accelerator, but Intel (Xeon CPU) and Habana (Gaudi1 and 2) […]

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A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber made an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri earlier this week after the high-tech aircraft malfunctioned during a training flight.

The U.S. Navy began its deep-sea search this week for the remains of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter and the remains of five sailors who died after the aircraft crashed into waters off the San Diego coast on Aug. 31.

An arms contractor is making "good progress" on the production of five B-21 Raider stealth bombers, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall disclosed during a speech on Monday.

The USNS Choctaw County has arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, to participate in a first-of-its-kind mission intended to strengthen military ties between the countries, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.

The Pentagon on Monday ordered all Department of Defense civilian employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by no later than Nov. 22.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Nov. 8, 2024 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for October 2024. On a consolidated basis, revenue for October 2024 was approximately NT$314.24 […]

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The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States appears to be cooling off after more than two decades, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study says.

Vitamin D supplements might lower blood pressure in seniors who are obese, reducing their heart health risk, a new study says.

Benchmarking is an important topic in quantum computing. There’s consensus it’s needed but opinions vary widely on how to go about it. Last week, IBM introduced a new tool — […]

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The allergy and asthma drug montelukast, also known as Singulair, can cause psychiatric side effects—and researchers aren’t sure why

A low-carbohydrate diet may help adults with type 2 diabetes gain better blood sugar control and make it possible to decrease diabetes medication, a new study suggests.

Weight-loss surgery in adolescents with severe obesity can lead to long-term health benefits, such as more frequent remission of type 2 diabetes than in adults who undergo the same treatment, a large, NIH-funded study.

A new study indicates what researchers describe as an ongoing "stubborn mistrust" in science among the American public as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines.

Costco voluntarily recalled 79,200 pounds of two types of its store-brand butter over the past month because their labels may not have said the products contain milk.

KAWASAKI, Japan and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2024 — Fujitsu and AMD have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership to […]

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Waiting is the hardest part. In the fall of 2023, HPCwire wrote about the new diverging Xeon processor strategy from Intel. Instead of a on-size-fits all approach; Intel has opted […]

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In this GPU age, CPUs are often considered second citizens because most of the performance comes from the GPU. In most systems, GPUs are separate PCIe devices used by the […]

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The Biden administration is reportedly considering capping sales of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips from US-based manufacturers like AMD and Nvidia to certain countries, including those in the Middle East.  The […]

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Nov. 2, 2023 — Researchers from the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), the University of St. Thomas, and the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) won first place and “best workflow” […]

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WALLISELLEN, Switzerland, Nov. 15, 2023 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced that Sauber Motorsport AG is partnering with HPE to advance aerodynamics of its Formula One race cars. The […]

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Nov. 8, 2024 — This month, over 100 academics, researchers, industry experts, and national lab staff gathered at Berkeley Lab’s Artificial Intelligence Science Summit (BLASS) to explore AI’s potential to drive […]

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Nov. 11, 2024 — A team of researchers used the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a new methodology for conducting a genome-wide association […]

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President Joe Biden on Monday addressed a Veterans Day crowd at the national cemetery in Virginia where he revealed newly-expanded veteran benefits and urged Americans to "come together" and "keep faith."

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego was poised Monday night to defeat election denier and President-elect Donald Trump ally Kari Lake in a closely watched Senate race in Arizona.

Hulu released the trailer for "Nutcrackers" Tuesday. The Ben Stiller holiday comedy premieres Nov. 29.

Actor/TV personality Whoopi Goldberg turns 69 and singer Julia Michaels turns 30, among the famous birthdays for Nov. 13.

A federal judge has blocked a new bill in Louisiana that would require the Bible's Ten Commandments to be displayed in the state's publicly-funded schools.

President-elect Donald Trump says that he wants ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to represent America's interests in the troubled Middle East region as U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

North Korean soldiers deployed to the Kursk region of Russia have begun combat operations against Ukrainian troops, the U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday.

The Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus signed the U.S.-led Artemis Accords on Wednesday, becoming the 46th signatory to the agreement that establishes principles for the safe exploration of space.

Does your name suit your face? A study finds it is a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

The most common ADHD symptoms in adults are often different to those in children.

A study reveals the hidden dangers of night time light pollution for brain health.

A surprising brain defect could hold the key to schizophrenia’s toughest symptoms.

Grandiosity and confidence may lead to psychological benefits.

Which types of exercise can help keep the brain healthy?

Study of workplace stress finds there's a better way to cope than relaxation.

What's the connection between long-term health and financial stability? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki and HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth's CEO Annabel Spring explore the critical components of a good life — and how simple actions like exercise and financial planning can boost your present and future well-being. They discuss how to maximize your sense of joy, transform your anxiety into a force for good and keep your brain healthy over the course of your life. (This content is made possible by HSBC. It however does not necessarily reflect the views of HSBC.)

What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what’s offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake. Unpacking how governments and companies have driven up meat consumption in the US through extensive marketing, she explains how we could employ these same forces to incentivize plant-based eating — for the sake of the planet, public health and global food security.

From its life-sustaining energy to its explosive geomagnetic storms, the Sun has many mysteries, says astrophysicist Nour E. Rawafi. He sheds light on NASA's latest endeavor to better understand our fiery neighbor and its impact on the future of society: sending the cutting-edge Parker Solar Probe deep into the Sun's atmosphere in humanity's closest-ever approach to a star.

Over his decades of farming and ranching, Gabe Brown has noticed a troubling trend: the conventional farming techniques he used were degrading the soil and harming nature. He shares how his family farm turned things around by adopting regenerative agricultural practices — and shows how the wider food system can use these same methods to improve food quality and revitalize the land.

Joel Bervell was one of the only Black students in his medical school program. After noticing how misconceptions about race were embedded in health care, he turned to social media to raise awareness about the harmful impact of biases in medicine. He unpacks the long history of race-based health care disparities — and shows what the medical field can do to better serve all patients.

How can everyday people help foster and protect democracy? Detailing her work fighting for people power as an activist in Madagascar, Ketakandriana Rafitoson discusses how citizen assemblies — meetings where ordinary citizens get educated about democracy — empower communities to protect their rights, debate important civic questions and take action to create a brighter future.

Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based interventions, like learning software that dynamically responds to students and teaches at the level that's right for them, can accelerate global development worldwide — not by spending more, but by spending smarter.

We tend to consider romantic partners and family ties to be our most important relationships, but deep friendships can be just as meaningful. In a perspective-shifting talk, author Rhaina Cohen introduces us to the people unsettling norms by choosing a friend as a life partner — and shows why we're all better off recognizing there's more than one kind of significant other.

A new report from NPR publishes a letter from The Hartford describing data they gave to Dan Ariely as having been fraudulently manipulated in a paper based on that data.

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