Science Policy, Ethics & Society

29+ min ago   (527+ words) paddleocr-pdf-api runs as an HTTP server that accepts PDF uploads and returns markdown. Setting... Tagged with azure, paddleocr, docker, ocr....

35+ min ago   (927+ words) EDITORIAL: The decision by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to jointly develop an AI standards body is a telling acknowledgment of the risks accompanying a technology advancing at breakneck speed. That three of the companies driving this extraordinary race now see…...

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (70+ words) White House Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios discusses the guardrails on artificial intelligence after President Donald Trump announces the formation of 'AI Force.' Kratsios also weighs in on the cybersecurity issues with AI. White House Science and Technology…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (772+ words) Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University and Chris Mooney, University of Tennessee The year? 1986. What just a few years earlier had been called a “science boom” in the media industry was now dubbed a “science crash.” Cries of despair came from the…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (351+ words) How I added exact-duplicate detection to a free WordPress plugin, what broke on a 3,099-image multilingual site, and the SQL that fixed it. So the identity of an image has to be the content of the file, not its name....

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (753+ words) Faulty environmental data is not merely an academic problem. It can lead to flawed policies, wasted resources and regulatory gaps that put human health at risk. The fight against pollution and the effort to mitigate climate change depend on data…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (511+ words) Scientists have bioengineered mice whose brains contain working human cells, but they stress that they're not "mice that think like humans." In a study published... Scientists Grow Partly Human Brains Inside Mice Scientists have bioengineered mice whose brains contain working…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (511+ words) The screen goes dark and the standby light blinks on. During testing, the software continued recording room audio even when the television was severed from the internet, caching captured files in local onboard storage. Once connectivity returned, researchers demonstrated how…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (474+ words) Turns out there's a lot going on behind that blank screen. Thankfully, smart TVs barely consume any electricity in standby mode and are just one of many other appliances you may also leave plugged in. So, should you specifically unplug…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (408+ words) Explanation: If you went outside at the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun's position change? A visual answer to that question is an analemma, a composite image taken from the…...