longreads
26h ago
15°
In Trump’s America, the Death Penalty Has Been Resurrected
"As prisoners in Louisiana, we watch on as executions return to death row."
sciencenews
26h ago
10°
What happens when you lose your voice?
Losing your voice can feel like losing part of yourself. Can voice-cloning technology help people find themselves again?
eff
20h ago
10°
As Federal Court Rules ALPRs are Mass Surveillance, EFF Gets Disappointing Ruling
In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San Jose’s warrantless searches of its vast stores of automated license plate reader (ALPR) data. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California represent SIREN and CAIR California, two non-profits that serve San Jose residents, in this case.
quantamagazine
47h ago
10°
Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?
A mathematical mechanism enables AI models to process language at scale, undergirding the current AI revolution. Our columnist asks: Why is attention the key? The post Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
lifespan
21h ago
8°
Low-Fat Vegan Diet Shows Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes
A human trial found that even without caloric restriction, a low-fat, plant-based diet improved blood sugar control, reduced liver fat, and lowered the quantity of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the skin [1]. An all-you-can-eat vegan buffet […]
quillette
34h ago
6°
How Genetics Rewrote History
Ancient DNA has given historians a new archive, and in two decades it has settled long-running arguments about who migrated, who conquered, and who replaced whom.
aeon
27h ago
4°
Deskilling the body
We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending- by Melanie ChallengerRead on Aeon