Glenn (from left), Beckham, Cara and Eliza O’Neill pose for a family photo in 2015. Eliza has Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare inherited disease. Robert Clark hide caption toggle caption i Robert Clark For stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR’s Health newsletter. When Eliza O’Neill was little, she was one of those
Daylight Saving Time (DST) has always been contentious. In the United States, the debate resurfaces almost as regularly as everyone shifts their clocks backwards in the fall and forward in the spring. Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives even passed a bill called the “Sunshine Protection Act” to make DST permanent. However, the
According to survey data from Common Sense Media, nearly half 9-to-12-year-olds have used an AI chatbot or companion, and by age 13, nearly three-quarters of kids have used chatbots. Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots are increasingly becoming a regular part
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in flight research and operations, has served as the center’s acting director since March. “Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of flight,
Linköping University professor Peter Jonsson is set to have his work presented in two weeks’ time at one of the most prestigious conferences in theoretical computer science. As of Monday, much of that work is “dead,” he says, after AI showed that a 27-year-old hypothesis underpinning it is wrong. Both OpenAI and Anthropic claimed this
Ken Griffin shares the concern many anxious white-collar workers have about artificial intelligence. Once-stable and well-paid jobs will be made obsolete, such as translators, by the technology, the billionaire founder of $77 billion hedge fund Citadel and market maker Citadel Securities said on Tuesday. The US should begin embracing “reskilling” to help people who may
