Four years after the Fundão dam collapse—the world's largest mining disaster, which occurred in 2015 in the city of Mariana in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil—a study found that fish in the Doce River were still highly contaminated by metals and other toxic substances.

The federal tax authority claims Spears underreported her income by $1.4 million. She disagrees.

arXiv:2512.15900v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Dimensionality reduction techniques are essential for visualizing and analyzing high-dimensional biological sequencing data. t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) is widely used for this purpose, traditionally employing the Gaussian kern…

Follow our live buildup and coverage ahead of our text commentary stream of the Paul-Joshua heavyweight fight in Miami.

In a study published in Science Advances on December 19, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from international institutions, explored the impact of mountain building and climate cooling over 30 million years ac…

The US says it is acting in response to last week's deadly Islamic State attack on American forces in Syria.

The Department of Justice has released hundreds of thousands of files related to the criminal prosecutions of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News justice reporter Jake Rosen has more.

Over the past year, environmental experts who have dedicated their lives to public service have watched the partisan, unilateral destruction of the agency they once helped run. “What’s happening at the EPA right now is not business as usual,” said Marc Boom, senior director of public affairs for the…

Mick Jagger also makes a couple of appearances, as well as Chris Tucker and lots of Bill Clinton.
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The Rev. Franklin Graham on Wednesday told U.S. service members and Pentagon employees during a Christmas service that "God loves" but also that "God also hates." Graham, whose father Billy Graham served as the faith leader for several presidents, recited the Bible verse John 3:16, which states that…

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security   The Big Story Miami talks don't look promising as Putin spurns compromise Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out any compromises with Ukraine ahead of talks with U.S. officials in Miami aimed endin…

The head of fast-fashion retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. sharply criticized Quebec Premier Francois Legault, threatening again to move the company’s headquarters if the provincial government doesn’t relax its restrictive immigration policies.

arXiv:2512.16305v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: It is well known that the lack of information about certain variables necessary for the description of a dynamical system leads to the introduction of historical dependence (lack of Markovian character of the model) and noise. Traditionally, scienti…

arXiv:2309.04919v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: In Natural Language Processing (NLP), predicting linguistic structures, such as parsing and chunking, has mostly relied on manual annotations of syntactic structures. This paper introduces an unsupervised approach to chunking, a syntactic task tha…

arXiv:2512.15956v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper presents a novel, cost-effective, and scalable approach to track numerous assets distributed in forested environments using commodity Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) targeting wildfire response applications. Commodity RFID systems suf…

Drugmakers promise to stockpile certain drugs as part of new drug pricing deals

You get quite a lot of EV for the Equinox's sub-$35,000 starting price.

Cheers to standing on business this year!

Wisconsin Republicans on Friday urged embattled judge Hannah Dugan to immediately resign or face impeachment proceedings after she was convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant dodge federal authorities who planned to arrest him. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Majority Leader Tyler …

Prof. An Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel "precessing magnetic jet engine" model to explain the peculiar gamma-ray burst (GRB) 250702B, a rare cosmic explosion discovered on July 2, 2025.

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio reiterates US hard line against Venezuela's Marduro, says Ukraine conflict is 'not our war'.

A Toronto man has been arrested on terrorism charges related and is also facing charges for two attempted kidnappings of women

President Trump said Friday he plans to hold a meeting with major insurance companies in the coming days in a bid to pressure them to lower prices for consumers who are set to see premium costs soar when ObamaCare’s enhanced subsidies expire at the end of the year.  “I'm going to call in the insuran…

So far 14 of the 17 of largest pharmaceutical companies have agreed to lower drug prices in the US.

James Steven, Warner Music Group‘s longtime chief communications officer and executive vice president is stepping down from his post. While his next destination has not been announced, multiple sources say he will be taking on a similar role at Universal Music Group, where he will rejoin Will Tanous…

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Forced by an act of Congress, the Justice Department has released “hundreds of thousands” of pages of documents related to Epstein—but not everything, as is required by law.

The U.S. military-backed project is now on the way to integrated system testing, the company said.

Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023The sun rises early at this time of year, hitting the south of the beach first before chasing the shadows north, the gradual retreat of the darkness to the light.Hanukah, t…

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arXiv:2512.15736v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present Anubuddhi, a multi-agent AI system that designs and simulates quantum optics experiments from natural language prompts without requiring specialized programming knowledge. The system composes optical layouts by arranging components from a t…

The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip

The new lettering on the “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.

The Justice Department has released a new batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.

Netflix is acquiring Estonian startup Ready Player Me, a company creating "cross-game avatar tech" that allows players to bring their digital personas with them to different games, the company's CEO Timmu Tõke shared in a LinkedIn post. The acquisition is part of Netflix's new games strategy, which …

TheCUBE spent 2025 talking directly with top tech executives as they worked through how computing is being rebuilt inside their organizations, driven by real-world constraints rather than abstract roadmaps. Across those conversations, a consistent shift emerged away from theory and toward execution.…

Cecilia Vega journeys to the Himalayas, trekking to Everest Base Camp. Guiding her is 19-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's highest peaks. He's part of a new generation of Nepali climbers demanding global recognition. Sunday.

arXiv:2510.02262v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Video Large Language Models (VLMs) have achieved strong performance on various vision-language tasks, yet their practical use is limited by the massive number of visual tokens produced from raw video frames, which quickly exhausts the model's cont…

Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has endorsed Vice President JD Vance for president in 2028. CBS News political director Fin Gómez joins to discuss.

European Union leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with a massive interest-free loan to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years

Russia's leader told our Russia editor that claims an attack on Europe was planned were "rubbish".

A federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who secured the indictments against them, was unlawfully appointed to her role as interim U.S. attorney.

The White House issued a brief statement on Friday after the Justice Department released some files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.

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A data-driven approach identifies stars with interesting infrared emission without relying on computationally expensive modeling.
The post Searching Five Million Stars for Disks, Debris, and Dyson Spheres appeared first on AAS Nova.

Roee Partoush et al 2024 ApJ 970 119 A new method helps researchers study light echoes: the late-arriving light from an astrophysical object that has been scattered off dust in the object’s vicinity.
The post SpectAcLE: An Improved Method for Modeling Light Echo Spectra appeared first on AAS Nova.

The London Assembly is pushing for stricter data center construction rules to mitigate the threat of a residential power drain.

Every Mario game you can currently play on Switch, plus the Mario games and upgrades coming to the Switch 2.

The Trump administration said this week that it plans to “review” the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted a directive on its website this week in which agency director Brian Nesvik ordered the review. It said that officials should “look for refug…

Manchester’s top police officer says there are reports some people celebrated the Bondi killings. Meanwhile, a video with false claims highlights the challenge of separating threats from misinformation.

TikTok has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a consortium of investors. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady joins to assess the potential implications.

Club remain bemused by head coach creating speculation he has issues with the hierarchy who want to avoid drama at all costsOne of the theories doing the rounds this week is that Enzo Maresca is behaving like someone who wants to be sacked. He has stumbled into a fight he cannot win. It did not go d…

This week on Build Mode, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen spoke to two founders who are working to make progress in industries ripe for disruption, despite the regulatory headaches that might have deterred many other people.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the lead author of the law requiring the Justice Department to release the full files on Jeffrey Epstein, is sounding early alarms about the agency’s initial disclosures. In a Zoom call with reporters on Friday afternoon, Khanna questioned the “quality” of the information;…

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as "junk" plays a crucial role in the earliest moments of life. The research, published in Science Advances, begins to untangle the role of an ancient viral DNA element called M…

Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).

Energy-efficient AI, battery storage systems, and renewed interest in nuclear have reshaped how data centers generate, consume, and manage energy.

The companies say the deal will allow them to boost data handling in hybrid cloud environments.

Golden Gate Capital is raising about $1.8 billion from investors including Ardian, Neuberger Berman and Apollo Global Management’s S3 in a deal that will let some investors cash out of its evergreen fund.

Millions of Americans will see healthcare costs skyrocket if Congress doesn’t act. Will they?

Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story  Sports betting makes more fans less trustful: Poll A growing number of U.S. adults are losing trust in pro and college sports, thanks to the proliferation o…

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Nine more drug companies cut deals with White House Nine pharmaceutical companies said they have cut “most favored nation” pricing deals with the White House, the largest group the administration has announced to…

We can put the conspiracy theories to bed.

Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder

arXiv:2508.21641v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: The growing integration of renewable energy sources into power systems requires planning models to account for not only demand variability but also fluctuations in renewable availability during operational periods. Capturing this temporal de…

US official describes strikes as large-scale response to recent attack that killed two US Army soldiers and interpreterThe US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials said on Friday.The atta…

The U.S. military conducted strikes against several Islamic State group sites in Syria on Friday, retaliating a week after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed by a gunman tied to ISIS in an ambush attack.  U.S. forces, as part of “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” eliminated ISIS fighters…

Anuradha Mittal was ejected from the board of the ice cream maker this week.

A lower-court judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders had not been properly informed about the plan. Friday’s ruling means the pay deal, worth about $139 billion now, can proceed.

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A federal judge has acquitted one of the two alleged killers

Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, offers his analysis of the stock market's recent performance and explains why he disagrees with the notion that investors are overly focused on mega-cap tech stocks. Ryan joins Carol Massar, Tim Stenovec, and Bloomberg Chartered Market Technicia…

NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handles incidents such as the flawed Starliner test flight.
The post NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans appeared first on SpaceNews.

arXiv:2512.16905v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent advances in Text-to-Image (T2I) generative models, such as Imagen, Stable Diffusion, and FLUX, have led to remarkable improvements in visual quality. However, their performance is fundamentally limited by the quality of training data. Web-crawl…

CBS News reporters and producers are poring through thousands of newly released documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News justice reporter Jake Rosen joins with the latest details.

The Justice Department on Friday released some files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports. Then, journalist Barry Levine, who has covered Epstein for years, joins with analysis.

It took 27 years, but Cytokinetics secured its first U.S. drug approval.

New Yorkers will save an estimated $600 million per year
The post Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Ending 100 Foot Rule appeared first on Food & Water Watch.

Roborock chief says innovations such as robotic arms and dog excrement recognition are key to survival

Two years after jurors found Karl Jordan, Jr. guilty in the rap icon's 2002 slaying, a judge took the rare step of acquitting him due to a lack of evidence.

The folk-rock legend will once again take Rough and Rowdy Ways on tour in 2026, with stops throughout smaller cities and venues

arXiv:2512.16683v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We describe the Lockchain Protocol, a lightweight Bitcoin meta-protocol that enables highly efficient transaction discovery at zero marginal block space cost, and data verification without introducing any new on-chain storage mechanism. The protocol r…

arXiv:2512.15996v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper presents a novel Lyapunov-based Adaptive Transformer (LyAT) controller for stochastic nonlinear systems. While transformers have shown promise in various control applications due to sequential modeling through self-attention mechanisms, the…

NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. At the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, teams are testing the tools and developing training approaches for luna…

President Trump’s name was put on The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

arXiv:2512.15764v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) can perform many NLP tasks well, but fully fine-tuning them is expensive and requires a lot of memory. Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) methods such as LoRA reduce this cost by adding small low-rank updates to frozen…

arXiv:2507.03631v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Discovering governing equations that describe complex chaotic systems remains a fundamental challenge in physics and neuroscience. Here, we introduce the PEM-UDE method, which combines the prediction-error method with universal differential equati…

Trove of documents related to late sex offender published after bipartisan pressure forced Trump to give his consent

As an addiction medicine doctor, I see patients like Nick every day.

arXiv:2410.19931v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Despite their empirical success, the internal mechanism by which transformer models align tokens during language processing remains poorly understood. This paper provides a mechanistic and theoretical explanation of token alignment in LLMs. We fir…

arXiv:2512.16428v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Since Generative AI came out it has quickly embedded itself in our social fabric, triggering lots of discussions, predictions, and efforts from research, industry, government and capital market to experiment and embrace the technology. The question fo…

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December 17, 2025; Originally published by Bridge Michigan In a long-awaited decision released Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that federal pipeline safety law leaves Michigan no room to shut down the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. US District Judge Robert Jonker issued the ruling in r…

arXiv:2512.15926v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Generative models are often deployed to make decisions on behalf of users, such as vision-language models (VLMs) identifying which person in a room is a doctor to help visually impaired individuals. Yet, VLM decisions are influenced by the perceived d…

Today on the Big Take: Why Disney cut a deal with OpenAI after decades of safeguarding its intellectual property, what it stands to gain — and why now.

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into five stories—from AI to DOGE—that encapsulate the year and give us clues as to what might unfold in 2026.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites” in Syria after the deaths of three US citizens.

Cher will be the second-oldest musical guest in SNL's 50-year-plus history.

arXiv:2512.16037v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Big Data has become central to modern applications in finance, insurance, and cybersecurity, enabling machine learning systems to perform large-scale risk assessments and fraud detection. However, the increasing dependence on automated analytics intro…

Release of documents from DoJ investigation comes after Trump reverses and signs bill into lawUS politics live – latest updatesThe Department of Justice has released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Epstein’s ca…