This Strange Spider Breaks Long-Standing Evolutionary Rules

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.
seattlepi.com

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic says it solved the long-running AI agent problem with a new multi-session Claude SDK

Agent memory remains a problem that enterprises want to fix, as agents forget some instructions or conversations the longer they run. Anthropic believes it has solved this issue for its Claude Agent ...
Fox News

Common sleep problem tied to serious neurological disorder in major new study

A major new study has found a notable connection between untreated sleep apnea and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. A team of researchers from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) ...
New York Post

Common problem can raise risk of Parkinson’s disease — but there’s a simple solution

Parkinson’s disease — which causes poor balance and stiff movement — affects an estimated 1 million Americans. That number is expected to rise by 20% in the next few years. While there’s no sure-fire ...
The Boston Globe

Harvard’s Larry Summers problem began long before the emails

Mae Kuykendall is a retired professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law. She is coauthor of the forthcoming “Votes of No Confidence: Theory and Practice.” Harry Lewis is professor ...
The Hill

Deeper airline problems exacerbated by record-long shutdown

The government shutdown may have ended, but problems that were already plaguing U.S. airports and airlines before the 43-day lapse in funding are far from over. “Airlines cannot flip a switch and ...
Bisnow

The Longest Shutdown Ever Is Over. D.C.'s 'Bigger Problems' Are Still Here

The longest federal government shutdown in history ended Wednesday evening. The short-term spending bill Congress passed means federal workers can return to work, receive back pay and, for many of ...
UPI

Study links long-term melatonin use to heart problems

Folks using melatonin supplements as a sleep aid might be putting themselves at risk for future heart problems, a new study says. Adults with insomnia who'd been using melatonin for a year or more had ...
The New York Times

Liverpool’s serious tactical problems broken down – Kerkez, Salah, long balls and early goals

Saturday's defeat showed the task facing Arne Slot Andrew Kearns - CameraSport Arne Slot cannot yet solve the problems that he so clearly sees. “Teams have definitely (found) a playing style against ...
Wall Street Journal

The ‘Hands Problem’ Holding Back the Humanoid Revolution

Armies of humanoid robots are poised to march into the world’s factories. But before they’re ready to turn a wrench, they must solve what Elon Musk calls “the hands problem.” Creating the mechanical ...
InvestmentNews

Large enterprises are turning to AI to solve their efficiency problems, but is it just a short-term patch for long-term problems that need a non-AI fix?

When enterprise firms grow and merge together over time, they accumulate technical debt. Technologies, capabilities, and processes that, in a perfect world, would be re-architected and improved each ...