
Retraction Watch - 2 days 29 min ago
The online data repository Kaggle has removed a problematic dataset for violating intellectual property rights months after it was flagged by sleuths for containing celebrity photos and lacking information on data provenance or confirmed medical diagnoses. Researchers had used the images to train machine learning algorithms to detect stroke, but the dataset instead contained images … Continue reading Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 29 min ago
A super El Ni o could wreak havoc on commercial fishing off the California coast. If the 2015-16 El Ni o is any guide, it's not going to be good.

Wired - 2 days 29 min ago
Startup Zanskar has created one of the most productive geothermal wells in the US at a power plant that had been in decline for years.

Science Daily - 2 days 1 hour ago
A liquid brushed onto cavities in seconds may spare many young children from pain, infection, and surgery. A major U.S. trial found that silver diamine fluoride stopped decay in more than half of treated baby teeth. The treatment requires no drilling, shots, or sedation, although it does permanently darken the decayed area.

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 2 hours ago
My mom watering her flowers as a wildfire approaches I'm helping my mom evacuate, the air getting harder to breathe in this charred perfume, 23 square miles of conifers and oakbrush gone up in flames several miles away. Last report, the fire was about to crest the ridge at 10,000 feet where the front line […] The post One Damn Thing After Another appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .