Ever heard of the Texas Rangers? Well, they're not just a baseball team anymore. They've just started their own sports network called Rangers Sports Network. This new venture will produce and distribute the team's games, and maybe even other content. The team is expecting big deals with major cable
Think back to the 1990s, when a bill similar to President Trump's recent executive order on birthright citizenship was floating around Congress. This bill aimed to stop children born in the U. S. to non-legal residents from automatically becoming citizens. Such bills have been proposed before, but t
In Texas, the tide has turned on vaccine mandates. Once a tough sell, proposals to loosen vaccine rules now have lawmakers' ears. Groups like Texans For Vaccine Choice, led by Rebecca Hardy, are gaining traction. They argue parents should decide if and when their kids get vaccinated. This shift come
You might know that pain and anxiety often go hand in hand. Scientists have found that in mice, a protein called RAGE in the brain's anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) plays a big role in this combo deal. When mice feel chronic inflammatory pain (CIP), their astrocytes—star-shaped brain cells—get activ
The textile industry is big, really big. It's one of the main players since the industrial revolution. But with great power comes great responsibility, right? Unfortunately, this industry produces a lot of colored wastewater that's not good for our water sources. And guess what? Some of these dyes,
You might have heard of MIL-100(Fe), a special material made from iron and other chemicals. It's been used to break down pollutants in water using light, a process called the photo-Fenton reaction. The problem is, it doesn't work very well. Scientists found a way to make MIL-100(Fe) more effective b
Texas' Republican Party is in a bit of a mess right now. The state's GOP chair, Abraham George, is in hot water. A representative accused him of playing favorites in the race for the next House speaker. This didn't go down well with everyone, and a representative named Cody Harris filed an ethics co
Imagine if doctors could customize educational videos for each patient or if medical students could train with realistic, personalized scenarios. That’s what artificial intelligence (AI)–driven video generators like Sora Turbo from OpenAI and Veo 2 from Google are promising. Announced in December 20
The Houston Texans faced an uphill battle in their divisional round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs. They entered the game as underdogs and ended up with more penalties than their opponents. But the issue wasn't the number of penalties, it was the type. An NFL officiating expert, Ben Aus
Ever heard of MiniMax? They're not just about creating realistic AI videos like Hailuo. Today, they've unveiled something huge: the MiniMax-01 series. This includes MiniMax-Text-01, a large language model (LLM), and MiniMax-VL-01, a visual multi-modal model. The star of the show is MiniMax-Text-01,
