It is that Finnish word “that cannot be translated” again, and yet which is translated, also again, in opening text, as “a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination”, which “manifests itself when all hope is lost.” Wikipedia suggests ‘guts’. Three years ago, writer/director Jalmari Helander introduced us, in Sisu, to Finnish war veteran and legend Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), an (old) man of...
The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post this week that the industry needs “one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.” This comes after a 10-year ban on state AI regulation was initially included in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” before ultimately getting removed by the...
Thomas Lee Young doesn’t sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial accidents, is a white guy with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name, a combination he finds amusing enough to mention when he’s first introduced to business contacts. Born and raised in Trinidad and...
Elon Musk’s Grok really, really loves its creator. Since this week’s release of Grok 4.1, X users have circulated posts and screenshots that show Grok vastly overestimating Musk’s abilities — like when Grok was asked about how Musk would perform as a professional football player. “hey @grok if you had the number one overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft...
As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab apparatus, such as incubators, the latest sequencing devices and anaerobic chambers for culturing bacteria. But the most important stuff in the lab is stored in a freezer at −80 ºC. The...
Sakshi Venkatraman and David Willis,North America correspondentWatch: "I'm all for it", Trump says on calls to release Epstein filesUS President Donald Trump says he signed a bill that orders the release of government files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - a significant turning point in a months-long fight over the documents.The justice department now has 30 days...
Richmond and the Greater Richmond Transit Authority (GRTC) are officially looking for a developer for the Downtown Transfer Hub, which officials say will be "a modern transit anchor and vibrant mixed-use destination." Source link...
(RNS) — In Congress this year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill, called the Clergy Act, that would help to ensure that religious leaders who serve and encourage American congregations and communities can have a financially secure retirement. By allowing clergy who have opted out of the Social Security system to opt back in, the legislation will ensure...
A newly released study describes how researchers collaborated to design the first comprehensive roadmap for protecting microbial life. The effort was led by Professor Jack Gilbert, President of Applied Microbiology International. The work appears in the article titled 'Safeguarding Microbial Biodiversity: Microbial Conservation Specialist Group (MCSG) within the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)',...
For many years, researchers have puzzled over two enormous and unusual features hidden deep inside Earth. Their size, shape and behavior are so extreme that traditional ideas about how the planet formed and evolved have struggled to explain them. A recent study in Nature Geoscience, led by Rutgers geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki with a team of collaborators, presents a new interpretation...
