Climate Change and U.S. Property Insurance: A Stormy Mix | Council on Foreign Relations
Accelerating risks and damage from climate change are spurring private insurers in the United States to limit coverage in a growing number of areas, thus imposing mounting stress on local communities and straining the country’s overall economic health.
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?
Zheng and Meister write about the paradoxical slowness of human behavior. Although
our senses gather data at 109 bits/s, our overall information throughput is only 10
bits/s. This stark contrast touches on many fundamental aspects of brain function.
Advancing precision care in pregnancy through a treatable fetal findings list
This integrative review proposes criteria for a “treatable fetal findings list” to
guide secondary findings reporting from prenatal sequencing. We provide a list of
genetic disorders with fetal interventions or immediate post-natal therapies and address
potential benefits and limitations of this approach in caring for pregnant individuals,
fetuses, and newborns.
AI-generated images creating unrealistic expectations, hairdressers say
Dean Allan, owner and stylist at the Beauty Parlour, said it's more and more commonplace that when a client comes in for a haircut, they show him a photo that’s AI-generated. He says most people can tell that it’s not real — for now.
Experience the responsive AI of Casio’s Moflin, a comforting robot pet. Moflin is an AI companion that learns and adapts, offering solace and connection.
Within the last couple of decades, neuroscience has given us increased knowledge of the physiological and psychological reactions the body and mind experience when exposed to stress.
The irrational hungry judge effect revisited: Simulations reveal that the magnitude of the effect is overestimated | Judgment and Decision Making | Cambridge Core
The irrational hungry judge effect revisited: Simulations reveal that the magnitude of the effect is overestimated - Volume 11 Issue 6
Price of a 'bot army' revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide
The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country has been launched by a team at the University of Cambridge.
Beauty Buffs Can Now Thank AI for the Perfect Foundation Shade
More cosmetics firms are embracing AI to boost sales, with global brands such as AmorePacific, L’Oréal S.A. and LVMH-owned Sephora using it to tailor products to customers’ needs.
That’s the promise of Zellerfeld, a 3D-printing partner to Louis Vuitton and Moncler that’s becoming a platform for emerging designers to easily make and sell footwear of their own.
Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. Namely video streaming, ride-hailing, and cloud computing.