Imagine you're in a world where math and geometry dance together, creating intricate patterns we call weighted spherical means. These means are like invisible orbs that exist in a multidimensional space, and they're created using something called a generalized translation. What's that, you ask? Thi
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, causing the already fragile coalition with the Social Democrats, Greens, and Free Democratic Party to crumble. Scholz, known for his stoic demeanor, appeared visibly upset during his speech, blaming Lindner for the coll
Some close to Donald Trump are already setting the scene for what could happen after his potential presidency. A lawyer advising Trump, Mike Davis, has been vocal about his disdain for legal adversaries like special counsel Jack Smith and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Davis has even threa
Imagine being able to generate videos just like we can with text using large language models. That's the idea behind WorldDreamer, a new kind of world model designed to understand and predict complex environments. Unlike previous models that worked only in specific scenarios like gaming or driving,
Ever wondered why John Dutton isn't in the second part of Yellowstone Season 5? It's a story of schedules, disputes, and passion projects. Taylor Sheridan, the show's writer, is juggling multiple series. Kevin Costner, who plays John Dutton, says he changed his schedule to film the first half of Sea
Did you know that social sciences in Albania have a unique history? Unlike many countries, they didn't start in universities but in the public sector. This brought together professionals, politicians, and businesspeople to tackle social problems. Today, this collaboration still matters, especially w
A major challenge in reinforcement learning is helping tasks transfer smoothly between different environments. A popular approach to handle this is to create policies that work the same way regardless of the environment. However, our take is different. We suggest that policies should learn to spot a
Ever wondered how much harm intimate partner violence (IPV) can really do to your mental health? Researchers set out to explore this very link. They noticed that current methods used to measure IPV's severity might not be cutting it. These methods could be missing the mark, leaving us with an incomp
You might have heard about Ethereum's big change from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). This change was meant to reduce the energy use of mining Ether, the cryptocurrency. Researchers looked into how investors reacted to this change. They studied how Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Imagine Texas experiences another harsh winter storm like the ones in 2021 and 2022. The chance of power outages could be around 50% in a bad storm, and nearly 80% in a really severe one. That's according to a recent report from ERCOT, the state's power grid operator. They called it a "worst-case sc
