2025-10-11

When dirt meets data: ScottsMiracle-Gro saved $150M using AI

How a semiconductor veteran turned over a century of horticultural wisdom into AI-led competitive advantage For decades, a ritual played out across ScottsMiracle-Gro’s media facilities. Every few w [...]

2025-10-10

Orionids Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch This Cosmic Light Show

Bright, fast meteors will light up the sky in October. [...]

2025-10-10

“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters. [...]

2025-10-10

Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control

The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds. [...]

2025-10-09

Europe Pledges $600 Billion for Clean Energy Projects in Africa

The EU’s Global Gateway plan is challenging China’s Belt and Road Initiative to influence Africa, by providing funding that will expand access to electricity. [...]

2025-10-09

Covid Shots Are About to Be Widely Available Again

The CDC no longer broadly recommends the Covid-19 vaccine, but US residents will still be able to get one if they want. [...]

2025-10-09

How Easter Island’s giant statues “walked” to their final platforms

Workers with ropes could make the moai "walk" in zig-zag motion along roads tailor-made for the purpose. [...]

2025-10-09

Nvidia researchers boost LLMs reasoning skills by getting them to 'think' during pre-training

Researchers at Nvidia have developed a new technique that flips the script on how large language models (LLMs) learn to reason. The method, called reinforcement learning pre-training (RLP), integrates [...]

2025-10-08

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Montana wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology. [...]