IEEE Spectrum’s Top Biomedical Stories of 2025
IEEE SpectrumThe most popular biomedical stories of the past year focused on both the incorporation…
IEEE Spectrum’s Top Biomedical Stories of 2025
IEEE SpectrumThe most popular biomedical stories of the past year focused on both the incorporation of new technologies and the renewal of old ones. While AI is trending in most sectors (including biomedical, with applications such as a brain alert system for worsening mental health and a model to estimate heart rate in real time),…
Scientists are baffled by this strange lemon-shaped exoplanet
December 17, 2025 2 minimum reading Add us on GoogleAdd science-Am This planet is shaped like a lemon. That may be the least strange thing about it. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a strange-looking exoplanet that defies explanation By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner Image courtesy of NASA/ESA/CSA/Ralf Crawford/STScI Astronomers…
Billion Dollar Boy hires Charlie Hurrell as UK CEO
Previously she was client director at House 337. #Billion #Dollar #Boy #hires #Charlie #Hurrell #CEO
How social media fuels the worst of the AI push
Put on your math hats for a minute and let’s take a look at what this mid-October problem was all about. It’s a perfect example of what’s happening to AI right now. Bubeck was excited that GPT-5 seemed to have somehow solved a series of puzzles known as Erdő problems. Paul Erdős, one of the…
Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us
Deimagine/Getty Images/Ryan Wills Thomas Anderson, also known as Neo, is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake himself out of a door. Then the moment seems to repeat itself before his eyes. Just a touch of déjà vu, he thinks. But no, his colleagues insist: he lives inside a…
USDA Announces Ground Beef Recall Over E. Coli Concerns
Packages of grass-fed ground beef are being recalled for possible E. coli contamination. The affected packages were distributed in at least six states, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). What ground beef do you remember? The USDA made the announcement in a Withdrawal notice of December 27explaining that the recall includes 2,855…
Tekpon acquires the TNW (The Next Web) brand from The Financial Times
tekpon has acquired from the FT 100% of the TNW media and events brands, which cover and convene the European technological ecosystem. The transaction is Tekpon’s largest investment in media and events to date. It expands the company’s reach in SaaS and AI and strengthens its role in the global innovation landscape. TNW’s editorial and…
RealClimate: 1.5ºC and all that
The temperature limits of the Paris Agreement are a bit ambiguous and knowing where we are is complicated. He desire Keeping global temperature increases since pre-industrial times, ideally below 1.5°C and definitely below 2.0°C, is a bit complicated by the lack of definition of what constitutes the pre-industrial era, uncertainties about what the temperature was…
When does material involvement actually begin (it’s sooner than most people think)
Material participation is at the heart of many powerful tax strategies. Whether you’re running a small business, flipping houses, managing a short-term rental, or launching a new company, your ability to deduct losses often depends on whether you put in enough hours to “materially participate” during the year. In most cases, taxpayers must pass one…
How to upgrade the SSD on your Mac mini M4
The Mac mini M4 arrived with a surprise: a slotted and upgradeable SSD. Here’s how to install one, how to get it up and running, what to expect in terms of speed, and what’s happened in the last eight months since the update. An upgraded SSD on top of the Mac mini M4 The Mac…
