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Washington Post – no paywall – “The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness. The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits …
Zacharie Laïk – There is no single place to find the world’s laws. “Legal Data Hunter is trying to fix that and 10 weeks in, it might actually work. 2 weeks ago, 351 collection scripts built by an AI agent to index the world’s laws were open sourced. Within days, lawyers and developers from around the …
The Save Our Signs team has a number of new updates we wanted to share with you: “Over 3,000 new photos published in the SOS Archive, thanks to a new workflow and updated backend database.” “Digging Into the Leaked NPS Data,” a new story map that illuminates what NPS employees have flagged in response to …
Tubefilter – “Oh sorry, children’s advocacy orgs and experts, you wanted YouTube to have less AI-generated content aimed at kids? HarperCollins plans to add to the pile. The Big Five publisher has signed a multiyear deal with Toonstar, which describes itself as an “AI-powered” studio built by “a nimble team of creators, builders and technologists …
Smithsonian – Which Pushes Back the Animals’ Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years. “…The beloved animals were living alongside humans in western Eurasia around 14,000 to 16,000 years ago—before humans developed agriculture—according to two studies published in the journal Nature on March 25. The findings push back the earliest genetic evidence of a domesticated canine by about …
CRS Report No. R48889. March 31, 2026. Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance – Federal data can provide valuable information for various audiences—from farmers seeking to protect bats that eat crop-harming insects to local efforts determining where to rebuild to avoid coastal flooding. In 2013, the Office of Management and …
The Atlantic Gift Article: “He wanted it big. He wanted lots of gold, lots of marble. He wanted visitors awestruck by his architectural expansion of the country’s symbolic seat of power. “They should sense the strength and grandeur of the German Reich as they walk from the entrance to the reception hall,” Adolf Hitler told …
Science Daily: “Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s about durability. By engraving data into ultra-stable ceramic materials, the team has opened the door to storing information that …
More Than Just Parks – “Late Tuesday afternoon [March 31, 2026], with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution. …
404 Media: “Conservative parents’ advocacy groups have been experimenting with using commercially available artificial intelligence tools to help them flag more books they’ve deemed pornographic to be removed from public schools and libraries. Even though LLMs are notoriously error-prone, and the books in question aren’t pornographic, these groups continue to explore use cases for AI …
The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 8 – This article by Sabrina I. Pacifici is the eighth in a series with a focus on the continuing onslaught on science, healthcare and public health, and the rule of law. AI in Discovery: Some Tools Are …
The Atopian: One of the loudest vehicles in America, visually, is the humble school bus. These mighty metal machines are tasked with carting children around safely. Thus, so much of the design of the school bus, from its eye-searing yellow color to the padded seats, serves an important safety role. One of the coolest style …
