Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.

Surface water is fundamental to the Earth system, and it is undergoing rapid transformation driven by climate variability, extreme events, land use change, ...

Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natural language, such as English, about data from ...

Researchers hope to expand the tool to other areas, including climate science Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and ...

Despite widespread industry recommendations, a new ETH Zurich paper concludes that AGENTS.md files may often hinder AI coding agents. The researchers recommend omitting LLM-generated context files ...

Sophie Koonin discusses the realities of large-scale technical migrations, using Monzo’s shift to TypeScript as a roadmap.

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...

I’ve been fortunate to invest in several AI funding rounds—from pre-seed to Series B to F—and to see up close how billions have flowed into ...

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...

This research initiative highlights the importance of ethical and explainable artificial intelligence in workforce ...

After inspection, military engineers identified the object as an MK-82 high-explosive bomb, measuring 20cm in diameter and ...

Unexpected bankruptcies and Blue Owl Capital issues fuel private credit crisis fears as write-offs at UBS and Jefferies surge. Read why a credit crisis is brewing.