AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse

In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the ...
eLife

Prior cocaine use disrupts identification of hidden states by single units and neural ensembles in orbitofrontal cortex

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is critical to identifying task structure and to generalizing appropriately across task states with similar underlying or hidden causes. This capability is at the heart ...
Open Heart

Machine learning-based cardiovascular risk calculator for non-cardiac surgery

Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...
American Institute of Physics

Generating 5 million truly random bits each second

Nanoscale device employs magnetic tunnel junctions to convert thermal noise into binary signals for random number generation.
CMU School of Computer Science

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.
eLife

Separating selection from mutation in antibody language models

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...
Investopedia

Wrap Fee: Definition, Benefits, Drawbacks, and How It Works

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate accounting with ...
NPR

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Friday, Jan 30 - Wait Wait Presents: Comedy Grab Bag! with Josh Gondelman; Brooklyn, NY; The Bell House; 7:30pm ET; SOLD OUT! Wednesday, Mar 11 - Wait Wait Presents: Comedy Grab Bag! with Adam Burke; ...