Parkinson’s Disease has been reversed in mice by combining nanoparticles with light in surgery-free experiments.
Category: 4 February 2025
IS THE U.S. THE SAUDI ARABIA OF HYDROGEN?
As hydrogen elbows its way into the clean energy economy, a new map from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows huge reservoirs of hydrogen beneath the lower 48 states ready to be tapped.
FROM THE “AI BEHAVING BADLY” DEPARTMENT…
Earlier this month, David Birch, a British commentator on financial technology, posed a question to an AI at his online bank, Virgin Money. “I have two [savings accounts] with Virgin Money,” he asked. “How do I merge them.”
NEWEST AI’S OUTSMART OUR ABILITY TO MEASURE THEIR INTELLIGENCE
The abilities of early AIs could be measured according to several standard tests. As AI models became more sophisticated, the tests have had to become more difficult.
OPENAI DEBUTS “OPERATOR” AUTONOMOUS AGENT
On 23 January, OpenAI showed off its “Operator,” an AI agent that can travel the web and handle the details of routine tasks for you, such as making a restaurant reservation on the Open Table website or ordering groceries through Instacart.
JAILHOUSE ‘BLESSED ARE THE PEACEKEEPERS’ MOTTO SPARKS DEBATE OVER ‘SEPARATION’ OF CHURCH AND STATE
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — A battle over the separation of church and state is brewing in Isabella County, Michigan, where the local sheriff's office is facing demands to remove a “Blessed are the peacekeepers for they shall be called the children of God” quote from the wall of its new jail.
HOW TO CONQUER INGUINAL HERNIAS AND RECLAIM YOUR VITALITY
Inguinal hernias affect about 25 percent of men and occur when tissue pushes through a weak spot in the groin area, often due to physical strain
READING SKILLS HIT RECORD LOWS IN THE U.S.
New test scores across the U.S. showed a continued decline in reading ability among students in the fourth and eighth grades, raising concerns that the decline that started even before the COVID-19 outbreak shows no sign of slowing.
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
As we detail in this and previous Trends Journals, with the exception of the United States, most developed and underdeveloped nation’s economies are sluggish and/or in Dragflation: declining economic growth and rising inflation.
HAS DEEPSEEK POPPED THE AI INDUSTRY’S BUBBLE?
Now DeepSeek, a Chinese AI skunkworks, says its R1 AI model cost just $6 million to develop. Tests show that it performs about as well on many tasks as the newest systems from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.