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Jan 02 2025WEATHER

Icy Blast Ahead: US Braces for Extreme Cold

Get ready, folks! Mother Nature is dishing out a massive dose of Arctic air, and it's heading straight for the eastern two-thirds of the United States. This isn't your average winter cold; we're talking dangerously low temperatures that will affect over 70% of the country's population. The cold spel

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Jan 01 2025WEATHER

Get Ready for a Chilly Start to 2025

As we kick off 2025, the weather is taking a cooler turn. High pressure is moving in, bringing dry and breezy conditions. Expect temperatures to peak in the mid-to-upper 50s today, but don't get too comfortable—it's going to get colder. Overnight, temperatures will drop to the upper 20s to lower 30s

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Jan 01 2025POLITICS

Mayor Bowser and Trump: A New Era of Cooperation in DC?

Washington DC's Mayor Muriel Bowser had a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, and she called it "great. " This is a big change from Trump's past statements about the city. During his campaign, he threatened to take over the district because of high crime rates. But now, it seems they have fou

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Jan 01 2025WEATHER

Bracing Weather Awaits New Year's Eve Festivities

As we wrap up 2023, a significant weather shift is on the horizon. Temperatures are expected to plummet to the 50s today, a stark contrast from yesterday's high of 82 degrees. This chill is courtesy of a cold front that swept through overnight. Accompanied by a brisk north wind, the evening temperat

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Jan 01 2025TECHNOLOGY

Two-Level Neural Network Boosts Freeway Traffic Forecasting

Traffic forecasting on freeways has long relied on deep learning models, especially graph neural networks that blend graph theory with deep learning. These models are great at learning complex time and space patterns. However, traditional graph convolutional networks (GCNs) sometimes struggle with l

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Dec 31 2024SPORTS

San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy Leaves Game with Possible Arm Injury

The San Francisco 49ers faced a rough night during their Monday game against the Detroit Lions. Quarterback Brock Purdy, who was already dealing with a tough game, took a hit to his blind side by Lions safety Brian Branch. The hit seemed to affect Purdy's hand or wrist, prompting him to leave the ga

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Dec 31 2024ENVIRONMENT

Puerto Rico's Power Grid Fails Again, Leaving Most in the Dark

Imagine waking up to no lights, no air conditioning, and no way to make coffee. That's what happened to nearly 90% of Puerto Rico's residents on New Year's Eve. A major power failure hit the island, leaving about 1. 3 million customers without electricity. This isn't the first time something like th

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Dec 31 2024TECHNOLOGY

How Fractional-Order Controllers Improve Nonlinear Process Control

Spherical tanks are popular in industries due to their large storage capacity. But managing their liquid levels can be tricky. Traditional PI and PID controllers just don't cut it because these processes are nonlinear. Enter Fractional-Order controllers (FOPI and FOPID), designed using the Approxima

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Dec 31 2024CRYPTO

The Crypto Fugitive: Do Kwon's Journey to US Courts

In a surprising turn of events, Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, was sent to the US on the last day of 2024. He's been accused of a massive crypto fraud, losing investors billions. The story began in May 2022 when TerraUSD and Luna, the stablecoins from his company, collapsed. This caused

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Dec 31 2024HEALTH

MRI vs. CT: How Well Does 0. 5T MRI Show Sinus Issues?

Imagine you're trying to see inside your sinuses. Two tools are often used: Computed Tomography (CT) scans and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). A recent study pitted 0. 5T MRI against CT to see if it could do the job just as well. The test involved 42 patients who had both scans within an average o

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