Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Identifying variation in dinosaur footprints and classifying problematic specimens via unbiased unsupervised machine learning

Machine learning holds great promise for classifying and identifying fossils, and has recently been marshaled to identify trackmakers of dinosaur ...
Analytics Insight

Best Data Science Tools to Learn and Use in 2026

Overview: Python and SQL form the core data science foundation, enabling fast analysis, smooth cloud integration, and ...
Education Week

Yes, Small-Group Reading Instruction Works. But Use It Wisely

Small-group instruction has been a popular component of K-3 literacy education for many years. However, there are inevitable trade-offs. Too much reliance on small-group instruction means that ...
fox17online

U.S. Dept. of Energy sending $400 million to small nuclear reactor project at Palisades site

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A project to build new, small-scale nuclear reactors on the shores of Lake Michigan is getting a nine-figure investment from the federal government. On Tuesday the U.S.
KUTV

Owners of Little Geniuses Learning Center describe effort behind launching small business

Utah drivers warned to stay off snowmobile trails amid spike in illegal off-road activity Utah law enforcement warned drivers to keep their vehicles off snowmobile trails, citing a dangerous spike in ...
GitHub

MachineLearningDemos: Python Machine Learning Demonstration Workflows Repository (0.0.1)

I spent quite a bit of time checking, updating and improving all of the workflows for this first release. improved documentation with concepts and theory from my courses to motivate the workflows ...
Gizmodo

The Steam Machine Is Not Built for Hardcore PC Gamers

Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine is far more of a console than it is any variety of PC. As much as the PC gaming audience wants to hold onto Valve as their personal darling, the makers of Half-Life and ...
VentureBeat

Google’s new AI training method helps small models tackle complex reasoning

Researchers at Google Cloud and UCLA have proposed a new reinforcement learning framework that significantly improves the ability of language models to learn very challenging multi-step reasoning ...
Times Union

Large renewable energy projects are blindsiding upstate communities

OAKFIELD — For much of this past summer, the piercing clangs of metal on metal penetrated the bucolic farm country surrounding Donna Harris' 30-acre hay farm nestled in the heart of Genesee County.
InfoWorld

AI and machine learning outside of Python

In some ways, Java was the key language for machine learning and AI before Python stole its crown. Important pieces of the data science ecosystem, like Apache Spark, started out in the Java universe.
Orange County Register

Orange taps well project to also add a small park

The city of Orange has carved out a pocket of space to offer community members a place to enjoy the open air, while also improving the water they drink. On Wednesday, Oct. 29, city leaders celebrated ...