Take DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself). The principle states that every piece of information in the system should be represented ...

In my early 20s, my every-day reality was suffering from a mystery bladder condition no doctor seemed able to diagnose, let alone cure, writes SULA WINDGASSEN.

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To answer that, we need to distinguish between cognitive tasks and institutional functions. AI systems in this future can replicate cognitive outputs (analysis, synthesis, prose, code) with increasing ...

New Mexico lawmakers are considering a new slate of bills this week that would change make changes to education statewide..

The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday giving the president the power to fire or discipline as many as 50,000 career federal employees, the latest step in the president’s efforts ...

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Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what are ...

To some, METR’s “time horizon plot” indicates that AI utopia—or apocalypse—is close at hand. The truth is more complicated.

The dispute concerned whether interior wall panels were builders ware or plastic sheets. The authority ruled they remain ...

The authority rejected the argument that interlocking wall panels are structural building components. It ruled that ...

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