
Newser - 2 days 8 hours ago
Pluto just picked up a powerful ally: the head of NASA. Testifying before a Senate panel on the 2027 NASA budget Tuesday, Administrator Jared Isaacman made clear he wants the icy world reinstated as a full-fledged planet, Space.com reports. "I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto...

IEEE Spectrum - 2 days 10 hours ago
Laboratory or in-field measurements are often considered the gold standard for certain aspects of power system design; however, measurement approaches always have limitations. Simulation can help overcome some of these limitations, including speeding up the design process, reducing design costs, and assessing situations that are often not feasible to measure directly. In this presentation, we will discuss two examples from the power system industry. The first case we will discuss involves corona...

Science Daily - 2 days 17 hours ago
For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into separate parts like memory and attention. A recent AI model called Centaur seemed to offer a breakthrough, claiming it could mimic human thinking across 160 different cognitive tasks. But new research is challenging that bold claim, suggesting the model isn't truly "thinking" at all it's just memorizing patterns.