arXiv:2512.15755v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Interpreting complex datasets remains a major challenge for scientists, particularly due to high dimensionality and collinearity among variables. We introduce a novel application of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) to enhance interpretability and par…

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:2512.16873v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Artificial intelligence systems are increasingly deployed in domains that shape human behaviour, institutional decision-making, and societal outcomes. Existing responsible AI and governance efforts provide important normative principles but often lack…

In 1970s Zambia, Zamrock led a musical revolution. It's now back, with some big names among its proponents.

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…

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arXiv:2512.16386v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This work focuses on quantitative verification of fairness in tree ensembles. Unlike traditional verification approaches that merely return a single counterexample when the fairness is violated, quantitative verification estimates the ratio of all cou…

The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to people familiar with the deal.

No, seriously, there's some good science here.

NSW parliament will be recalled on Monday and Tuesday to consider legislation responding to the Bondi terrorist attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW will outlaw the display of terrorist symbols, such as those of Islamic State and Hamas, and ban hate speech, including …

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

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 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.

Disgraced president Yoon Suk Yeol has become an unlikely poster boy for anti-government sentiment.

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…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” now playing in theaters. Director James Cameron is back with biggest and longest “Avatar” movie yet, “Fire and Ash.” Taking place shortly after the events of 2022’s “The Way of Water,” “Fire and Ash” ups the stakes even …

Dane wants time but before Saturday’s match against Liverpool, faithful are frustrated by stodgy performancesThere are plenty of well-known checkpoints in the life cycle of a Tottenham manager and we have reached one with Thomas Frank. It is the pleading for time bit. “If nobody gets this, nobody wi…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

H. M. Tedila et al 2024 ApJ 965 144 Researchers have identified four emission modes in PSR J0344−0901 for the first time, finding that each emission mode has its own subpulse behavior.
The post Investigation of Profile Shifting and Subpulse Movement in PSR J0344-0901 with FAST appeared first on AAS …

The order, titled "Ensuring American Space Superiority," emphasizes the role of the upcoming Artemis missions for Americans to journey to the moon and Mars.

In Finland, Lapland's tourism has grown so rapidly that Rovaniemi, the region's capital and number‑one destination, where Santa Claus has his office, is already operating at full capacity. There is very little room left to welcome more tourists to the city located in the Arctic Circle. Attention has…

Written by Noah Martin, Ph.D. student and Candice Bedford, Research Scientist at Purdue University While much of Perseverance’s work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars’ long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface tod…

arXiv:2512.16768v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We study the implicit bias of flow matching (FM) samplers via the lens of empirical flow matching. Although population FM may produce gradient-field velocities resembling optimal transport (OT), we show that the empirical FM minimizer is almost neve…

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John F. Wu 2025 ApJ 980 183 A novel neural network architecture produces interpretable features that can be combined to estimate galaxy properties such as metallicity from pixel-level features.
The post Insights into Galaxy Evolution from Interpretable Sparse Feature Networks appeared first on AAS N…

S. R. Callos et al 2025 Planet. Sci. J. 6 17 Particle clouds called spokes in the outer parts of Saturn’s rings show a variety of intriguing behaviors, including seasonal variations and switching from appearing darker and lighter than the ring material.
The post A Survey of Cassini Images of Spokes …

arXiv:2512.16826v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In the evolving landscape of traffic management and vehicle surveillance, efficient license plate detection and recognition are indispensable. Historically, many methodologies have tackled this challenge, but consistent real-time accuracy, especially …

arXiv:2512.16919v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Perceiving and reconstructing 3D scene geometry from visual inputs is crucial for autonomous driving. However, there still lacks a driving-targeted dense geometry perception model that can adapt to different scenarios and camera configurations. To bri…

arXiv:2512.15940v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Humans perceive and reason about their surroundings in four dimensions by building persistent, structured internal representations that encode semantic meaning, spatial layout, and temporal dynamics. These multimodal memories enable them to recall pas…

Michelle Mills conspired with Geraint Berry to murder her husband, Christopher Mills.

arXiv:2512.15774v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Data scarcity and distribution shift pose major challenges for masked face detection and recognition. We propose a two-step generative data augmentation framework that combines rule-based mask warping with unpaired image-to-image translation using GAN…

The Justice Department released a new batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. Epstein survivor Sharlene Rochard joins with her reaction. Then, Spencer Kuvin, an attorney who represents some Epstein survivors, provides further analysis.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup since November, will be allowed to leave prison for a hernia surgery

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have his head near one woman’s lap as he poses reclined on his sideAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to be pictured reclining across the legs of five people with his head near a woman’s lap in the latest document dump related to the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.I…

Toho has revealed celebrations for the 10th anniversary of “My Hero Academia The Animation,” unveiling plans for a new episode, global concert tour and commemorative visual at Jump Festa. The milestone anniversary arrives as the anime adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s manga reaches a significant chapt…

arXiv:2405.02594v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Traditional online learning models are typically initialized from scratch. By contrast, contemporary real-world applications often have access to historical datasets that can potentially enhanced the online learning processes. We study how offline…

arXiv:2511.21016v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: As efficient alternatives to softmax Attention, linear State-Space Models (SSMs) achieve constant memory and linear compute, but maintain only a lossy, fading summary of the past, often leading to inferior performance in recall-oriented tasks. We …

Colombia plans to publish next year a decree that would force pension funds to invest more money in the local economy, according to a government website.

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

‘Lucky country’ seeks to project unity after worst shooting in decades lays bare social tensions

arXiv:2402.11216v4 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: A common bane of artificial reverberation algorithms is spectral coloration in the synthesized sound, typically manifesting as metallic ringing, leading to a degradation in the perceived sound quality. In delay network methods, coloration is…

These are the key developments from day 1,395 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas will also perform alongside Ozomatli at the John C. Reilly-hosted event

Make binge-watching TV productive with a lifetime subscription to the unique streaming service Curiosity Stream, on sale now for just $149.99 (reg. $399.99).

arXiv:2512.16644v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This research presents the implementation of a Sharia-compliant chatbot as an interactive medium for consulting Islamic questions, leveraging Reinforcement Learning (Q-Learning) integrated with Sentence-Transformers for semantic embedding to ensure co…

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have decoded the nuclear genome of Amorphochlora amoebiformis, a unicellular marine alga belonging to the chlorarachniophyte group.

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.

Dana Alina et al 2025 AJ 170 152 Using interstellar dust polarization measurements from Planck, researchers have demonstrated that the magnetic field structures in the G111 molecular cloud are aligned with density structures.
The post Magnetic Field of a Ring-Like Molecular Cloud appeared first on A…

arXiv:2512.16397v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We leverage increasingly popular three-dimensional neural representations in order to construct a unified and consistent explanation of a collection of uncalibrated images of the human face. Our approach utilizes Gaussian Splatting, since it is more e…

The first-gen QuietComfort Ultra headphones are $279, while the standard QuietComfort headphones are discounted to $200

The United Nations fears its peacekeepers, interpreters and other staff are increasingly coming under attack.

Seven people were killed, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his wife and children, in a plane crash in North Carolina. Investigators hope to find clues about why it happened on the cockpit voice recorder. Cristian Benavides has the latest.

The U.S. military conducted air strikes on Friday against dozens of ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for the attack that killed three U.S. soldiers near the city of Palmyra last weekend, the U.S. military central command said. Why it matters: Operation "Hawkeye Strike" is the most wide-ranging U…

The U.S. is conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for the attack that killed two American soldiers and a U.S. interpreter on Saturday, multiple sources told CBS News. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.

As Americans hit the road and the airports for one of the busiest travel days of the year, many faced some challenging weather. Lilia Luciano reports.

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:2511.04399v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Quantum communication protocols can be designed to detect eavesdropping attacks, something that classical technologies are unable to do since classical information can be replicated in a non-destructive manner. Eavesdropping detection is, th…

The US justice department released fewer documents than required and redacted many of them

arXiv:2512.16000v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Fisher information and Shannon entropy are fundamental tools for understanding and analyzing dynamical systems from complementary perspectives. They can characterize unknown parameters by quantifying the information contained in variables, or measure …

arXiv:2512.16912v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper examines the exploration-exploitation trade-off in reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR), a framework for improving the reasoning of Large Language Models (LLMs). Recent studies suggest that RLVR can elicit strong mathematic…

Villareal seek their first Spanish title, which would be a major shake-up of Barcelona and Real Madrid's La Liga grip.

Saturday night is also the last time Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will present a Strictly final.

arXiv:2512.15722v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The autonomous decision-making process, which is increasingly applied to computer systems, requires that the choices made by these systems align with human values. In this context, systems must assess how well their decisions reflect human values. To …

The manhunt for the suspect in Saturday's deadly shooting at Brown University is finally over. Police discovered 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente dead in a New Hampshire storage unit on Thursday night. CBS News' Anna Schecter explains what led to the discovery.

Interview from 2019 reveals specific preferences for recruitment, including age and raceUS justice department releases heavily redacted cache of Jeffrey Epstein filesEpstein files release – follow liveInvestigative notes describing Jeffery Epstein’s detailed demands of the people he sent to procure …

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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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.

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.

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…

arXiv:2512.15966v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: For the rise of electric vehicles, especially for long-distance driving, minimizing charging times is vital. While multiple standards for DC fast charging exist, the leading standard in Europe is ISO 15118. In theory, this standard is accompanied by a…

Lucknow recently joined a select list of global cities recognised for their fine food.

The University of Virginia's (UVa) board on Friday announced that Darden School of Business dean Scott C. Beardsley will serve as the university's next president, defying Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's request to choose a new president after she is sworn in. The board unanimously voted for…

The Justice Department on Friday released a batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News' Erica Brown and Katrina Kaufman report.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leading sponsor of the law requiring the Trump administration to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files, said Friday that the Justice Department is “grossly” violating its legal obligations. In a social media post, Massie said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and her ch…

We've been told we're facing an unprecedented superflu. Is it?

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday released a tranche of thousands of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, that included public court records, photographs, flight logs and other materials. The release came in response to a law that garnered near unanimous support, with onl…

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…

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

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.