Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...
Planetizen

AI promises to finally make public engagement meaningful. We put it to the test.

Everything you need to know about how we analyzed the 13,000+ comments submitted in the federal government’s request for ...
ZDNet

I've reviewed every PDF editor out there - then I had ChatGPT build me a better one

Yellow sheet music can confuse playback apps. A command-line Python script solved the PDF problem. Sometimes AI is best used to write the tool. Recently, my wife, Denise, started singing with her ...
Ars Technica

From Single-Device GUI to Browser-Native Instrumentation Shell — A Dev Log?

Thanks for the feedback on the earlier Web Bluetooth experiment. That repo served its purpose: it proved a browser can talk to a BLE multimeter without falling over. But using it day-to-day exposed a ...
GitHub

Generalized Additive Models in Python.

🚀 Version 0.12.0 out now! See release notes here. pyGAM is a package for building Generalized Additive Models in Python, with an emphasis on modularity and performance. The API is designed for users ...
Bleeping Computer

From infostealer to full RAT: dissecting the PureRAT attack chain

An investigation into what appeared at first glance to be a “standard” Python-based infostealer campaign took an interesting turn when it was discovered to culminate in the deployment of a ...
C&EN

ProcessOptimizer, an Open-Source Python Package for Easy Optimization of Real-World Processes Using Bayesian Optimization: Showcase of Features and Example of Use

ProcessOptimizer is a Python package designed to provide easy access to advanced machine learning techniques, specifically Bayesian optimization using, e.g., Gaussian processes. Aimed at ...
GitHub

MCscan (Python version)

For MCscan to work, we'll need sequences (FASTA format) and coordinates (BED format). For this example, let's get these data from Phytozome. The first time you try to run the fetch command, the script ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build advanced AI agents and assistants using Python

The guide provides a tutorial on building an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) agent using Python and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). The AI agent is capable of utilizing various tools and ...