In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the ...

Abstract: As a label-free detection methodology, distributed optical fiber refractive index (RI) sensing plays an important role in biochemical detection, medical diagnostics, environmental and safety ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...

Federal judge Xavier Rodriguez uses artificial intelligence to help manage a daunting case backlog in his San Antonio courtroom, deploying it to summarize legal filings, decipher the facts, and write ...

AI-powered tools are changing how people work by boosting productivity, streamlining tasks and accelerating career growth. In our latest course, Beyond the Basics: How to Use AI to Supercharge Your ...

This is Part 6 of a series on AI in education. See Part 1 here. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (later immortalized by Walt Disney), a trainee makes a broom fetch ...

Love it or hate it, AI is increasingly becoming integral to the way we work. So, like a lot of employees, you’ve started using it for your assignments. That’s great – unless you’re not clear on what ...