Escalating pollution and contamination of water and soil are emerging as serious threats to plant growth and its overall health. Plants are exposed to environmental pollutants for extended periods and exhibit changes in their color, texture, and internal structure in response.

FIL dropped to $1.24 as the technical breakdown accelerated on heavy volume, 380% above average.

Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pondThe US has paused its promised multi-billion-pound investment into British tech over trade disagreements, marking a serious setback in US-UK relations.The £31bn “prosperity deal”, hailed by K…

arXiv:2512.11167v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reproducibility remains a cornerstone of scientific progress, yet complex multimodal models often lack transparent implementation details and accessible training infrastructure. In this work, we present a detailed reproduction and critical analysis of…

Plus, Wesley Snipe's Blade gets the Marvel Legends action figure he's long deserved.

The guitarist enlisted Stone Temple Pilots, MJ Lenderman, Daniel Donato, Maggie Rose, and more onstage in Asheville, North Carolina, a year after the region was flooded

Providence police have released new video of a "person of interest" in Saturday's deadly Brown University shooting. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.

Four people are facing conspiracy charges after they were apprehended while planning to test explosives in the desert.

A new study shows that machine-learning models can accurately predict daily crop transpiration using direct plant measurements and environmental data. By training models on seven years of high-resolution lysimeter data, the researchers demonstrate strong performance across tomatoes, wheat, and barle…

Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides.

President Trump said Monday his administration is “considering” reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, days after The Washington Post reported he is expected to sign an executive order telling agencies to pursue reclassification soon.  Such a move would continue efforts begun by the Biden…

Meta revealed that Disney+ was coming to its Quest headsets earlier this year during its Connect event. Now, the streaming app and its vast catalog are finally available to Meta's VR users in the United States.Meta recently overhauled the Quest's entertainment experience with a new Horizon TV hub th…

China’s new economic model is putting the future of Asia’s Gen-Z at risk.

Astronomers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and elsewhere have observed the Taurus star-forming region, which resulted in the discovery of planetary-mass and stellar companions of two ultracool dwarf stars. The new finding was presented in a paper published December 4 on the pre-print s…

arXiv:2510.21368v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Estimating reaction rates and chemical stability is fundamental, yet efficient methods for large-scale simulations remain out of reach despite advances in modeling and exascale computing. Direct simulation is limited by short timescales; mac…

Seaport Research’s negative view of Nvidia’s stock hasn’t panned out thus far, but analyst Jay Goldberg is emphasizing the recommendation as he looks to 2026.

Wednesday’s update could debut tokenized assets, onchain AI agents and global Base features as crypto exchange Coinbase aims to redefine its business model.

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.

The movie starts streaming at HBO Max on Dec. 19.

Spain’s grid operator, Red Eléctrica, proudly declared that electricity demand across the country’s peninsular system was met entirely by renewable energy sources for the first time on a weekday, on 16 April 2025.Just 12 days later, at 12.33 p.m. on Monday, 28 April, Spain and Portugal’s grids colla…

arXiv:2512.11319v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: High-definition (HD) maps are evolving from pre-annotated to real-time construction to better support autonomous driving in diverse scenarios. However, this process is hindered by low-quality input data caused by onboard sensors limited capability and…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleged that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C., under the leadership of outgoing Chief Police Pamela Smith, manipulated crime statistics.  The new report, released Sunday, accuses Smith of pressuring department employees …

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a first-of-its-kind mRNA system that switches on therapeutic genes preferentially inside targeted cells—an advance demonstrated in studies in mice that could lay the groundwork for safer, more precise treatments for cancer and…

Canada’s WSP Global Inc. reached a deal to buy a US engineering firm from funds controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC with the financial backing of its largest shareholder.

New Gallup research reveals an AI communication gap between employers and employees - with key differences among industries.

In March, the musician was sued for $100 million by the brand Lost International, which claims her Mayhem designs rip off one of its logos

Crypto-related stocks suffered far deeper declines as bitcoin slumped well below its recent trading range.

In an era where we often have to twiddle our thumbs for three years before a new season of a TV show we enjoy returns to our screens, the second season of Fallout has had a relatively short turnaround. It's set to hit Prime Video 20 months after the first batch of episodes. As it turns out, the seas…

“It's always something that goes wrong,” Jamal Brown, a 41-year-old food stamp participant said, “unfortunately.”

Users are not thrilled.

The holidays are nearly here and if you’re a bit behind on your gift shopping, you’re not alone. The holidays can truly sneak up on you, and this year that’s been more true than ever. Between wrapping things up at work before some well-deserved time off and making sure you have everything you need t…

arXiv:2512.11200v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Current AI code generation systems suffer from significant latency bottlenecks due to CPU-GPU data transfers during compilation, execution, and testing phases. We establish theoretical foundations for three complementary approaches to GPU-native compi…

arXiv:2505.16134v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit position bias systematically underweighting information based on its location in the context but how this bias varies across languages and models remains unclear. We conduct a multilingual study across five typ…

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker Holy Grail for decades.

arXiv:2512.11564v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Text entry in Virtual Reality (VR) is challenging, even when accounting for the use of controllers. Prior work has tackled this challenge head-on, improving the efficiency of input methods. These techniques have the advantage of allowing for relativel…

Hedge fund manager plans to build $8bn gambling complex next to Mets baseball stadium in Queens

arXiv:2511.06634v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Cross-domain HVAC energy prediction is essential for scalable building energy management, particularly because collecting extensive labeled data for every new building is both costly and impractical. Yet, this task remains highly challenging due t…

B. Riley Financial Inc. said it filed its overdue second-quarter report with US regulators, bringing the firm closer to satisfying demands from Nasdaq that will keep the stock from being delisted. The shares gained more than 20% in extended trading.

SpaceX's launches page hasn't shown it yet, but per FAA ATC and Celestrak, it looks like this launch has slipped to December 17 at 7:10-11:10 a...

These chaotic calendars actually make great presents for the pickiest person on your list this holiday season

Hunter Biden was on Monday disbarred in Connecticut after facing complaints about his convictions on gun and tax charges, over which his father, former President Biden, later pardoned him. The former president's son consented to being disbarred and admitted to attorney misconduct as part of an agree…

The NIN mastermind offers insight into the "drummer swap" with Foo Fighters.
Trent Reznor on What Really Went Down with Josh Freese’s Return to Nine Inch Nails
Spencer Kaufman

Mirelo AI GmbH, a Germany-based developer of audio generation models, today announced that it has raised $41 million in funding. Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led the seed investment. They were joined by Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. Mirelo’s flagship AI model, Mirelo SFX 1.5, is des…

Attorneys who eventually quit tell LA Times they were pushed to conclude university system had violated lawAttorneys with the US Department of Justice have reportedly said they felt pressured to accuse the University of California of discriminating against Jewish students and faculty, at the urging …

In the wake of an incredible run at The Game Awards last week, during which Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won a record-breaking nine awards and announced a free DLC out right now, a whole lot of people are purchasing and/or downloading the game to see what all the fuss is about.

Australia’s past gun reform efforts were applauded as a gold standard, until the Bondi Beach attack.

€5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group

Fans pay tribute to When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride film-maker and his wife after apparent homicideLos Angeles mourned the death of beloved Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle on Monday morning, as police announced the arrest of their son on suspicion of murder.News of th…

Sources tell Rolling Stone that Nick exhibited "anti-social behavior" at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party

Dec 15https://twitter.com/AndySaunders_1/status/2000508028177768585QuoteAndy Saunders - Apollo Remastered@AndySaunders_1TODAY!60th ANNIVERSARY of the world's first rendezvous in space! 🚀Gemini VI-A and VIIHuman spaceFLIGHT? - Gemini is where i...

The two Iowa National Guardsmen killed in an ambush attack in Syria Saturday have been identified as 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown and 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar of Des Moines. A civilian interpreter was also killed. CBS News White House reporter Willie Jam…

arXiv:2512.11755v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Online product reviews contain rich but noisy signals that overwhelm users and hinder effective decision-making. Existing LLM-based summarizers remain generic and fail to account for individual preferences, limiting their practical utility. We propose…

We are headed for more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.

Because co-founder Emmanuel de Buretel celebrates the label's 20th anniversary by looking back at its history of breaking acts using a boutique approach.

The Reiners' troubled 32-year-old son, Nick, has been arrested in conjunction with the killings.

arXiv:2506.00731v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful tool for solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs) by incorporating physical laws into the training process. However, the performance of…

Mali has restored control of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine to Barrick Mining Corp. and will return three tons of gold to the company after the two sides resolved a years-long dispute last month.

Ethics rules generally prohibiting government workers from giving presents to their bosses or accepting gifts from non-governmental organizations are particularly relevant around the holidays.

The Shenzhou-21 crew on board China's orbiting space station completed its first extravehicular activities on Tuesday, Dec. 9th, during which they validated the new EVA spacesuits.

It was not immediately clear what charges Nick Reiner would face. A police statement said he was being held without bail.

"They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex-employees," the "Truth Hurts" singer said.

arXiv:2506.14855v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Model Predictive Path Integral control is a powerful sampling-based approach suitable for complex robotic tasks due to its flexibility in handling nonlinear dynamics and non-convex costs. However, its applicability in real-time, highfrequency robo…

A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning is of a system that is fundamentally unstable. It's also the term Sarah Thiele, originally a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia, a…

The pop star said she was "grateful for this victory," while a lawyer for the plaintiffs noted many of the allegations remain intact, "including false imprisonment and harassment"

On this day in 1960, the third and last Atlas-Able took off from LC-14 at Cape Canaveral. The Able adapter apparently produced in-flight vibration sufficient enough to induce loads into the forward section of the Atlas LOX tank, causing its rupture at ...

Announcement spares British exporters from threat of tariff increases

Outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Sunday said he hasn’t taken a 2028 presidential run “off the table,” but suggested the public shouldn’t hold their breath for it, either. “I haven't taken anything off the table ... but I wouldn't put a lot of money on that,” Murphy said during an intervie…

arXiv:2511.20838v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Dissipativity is an input-output (IO) characterization of nonlinear systems that enables compositional robust control through Vidyasagar's Network Dissipativity Theorem (VDNT). However, determining the dissipativity of a system is an involved and,…

Government says arrangement will bring in extra £400m on top of more than £15bn of existing annual trade with KoreaThe UK has signed a new trade deal with South Korea designed to increase exports of cars, Scottish salmon and Guinness canned in Britain.Keir Starmer described the deal, which replaces …

The Detroit automaker is refocusing on hybrids and pouring money into battery-energy storage.

Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration.

A study has, for the first time, identified minute traces of broomcorn millet consumption directly from human dental calculus, offering an unprecedented window into medieval diets and expanding the toolkit available to archaeologists for reconstructing ancient foodways.

Changes aim to build reserves and quell investor concern about President Javier Milei’s economic policy

The ‘Bridging the Swarm’ mission comes two days after the company launched its ‘RAISE and Shine’ flight for JAXA. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. NZDT / 0055 UTC on Dec. 16 (7:45 p.m. EST on Dec. 15).

The singer talks about how she found new confidence on her anticipated sophomore album HOTCORE

Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival, Marathon, has re-emerged with an early 2026 launch window and a $39.99 price point.

Lawyers representing victims say it is “shocking” there has never been a “full-scale” UK inquiry.

An agreement between moderate Republicans and GOP leadership in the House to allow a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is on the rocks as the two sides squabble over the contents of the amendment. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other GOP centrists are planning to int…

The Senate will not hold a market structure markup hearing this month, pushing any progress toward a new crypto law to next year.

Dr Roman Raczka says artificial intelligence can’t replace therapist-led care, even though it can offer benefitsIt is absolutely right that children “need a human, not a bot” for mental health support (‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support, 9 Dece…

arXiv:2312.04180v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: This study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) influences various online labor markets (OLMs) over time. Employing the Difference-in-Differences method, we discovered two distinct scenarios following ChatGPT's launch: displacement effect…

Several Republican lawmakers publicly rebuked President Trump on Monday for suggesting acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner was killed alongside his wife, Michele, this weekend because of Reiner’s disdain for the president — what Trump terms “Trump derangement syndrome.” The GOP blowback came lar…

Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats at a fundraiser with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to focus on regaining the House and telling a "better story" to voters.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said UPS "played the Grinch" by allegedly shorting seasonal workers on their pay.

The close call underscores the need for improved coordination between satellite operators, Starlink’s vice president of engineering said.

President Trump torpedoed MAGA influencers' calls for compassion after the killing of director Rob Reiner, mocking the longtime liberal activist as a victim of "Trump derangement syndrome."Why it matters: Many MAGA influencers vowed after the assassination of Charlie Kirk that they would never celeb…

arXiv:2510.21019v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Zeroth-order (ZO) optimization has gained attention as a memory-efficient alternative to first-order (FO) methods, particularly in settings where gradient computation is expensive or even impractical. Beyond its memory efficiency, in this work, we…

Bose's holiday deals are back, giving you up to $300 dollars in savings.

Winter is here, and for those of us in northern New England, so are all of its friends: frigid temperatures, snow, and, of course, cute little Winter Wrens bopping around the forest.

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arXiv:2507.05178v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Despite rapid progress in large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems, current benchmarks fall short in evaluating their scalability, robustness, and coordination capabilities in complex, dynamic, real-world tasks. Existing environments t…

The organization offered support for this idea of an AI marketplace, and suggested several guiding principles.

Stemming from a security researcher and his team proposing a new Linux Security Module (LSM) three years ago and it not being accepted to the mainline kernel, he raised issue over the lack of review/action to Linus Torvalds and the mailing lists. In particular, seeking more guidance for how new LSMs…

The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.

Morocco has earned itself a spot in the FIFA Arab Cup final after soundly defeating the UAE 3-0 in Monday’s semi-final.

Korea Zinc will start by acquiring two mining complexes and the only US zinc smelter, which is in Tennessee.

Quote from: sstli2 on Today at 07:37 pmQuote from: Starshipdown on Today at 04:47 pmJust as a reminder we did see a very advanced in production forward and aft module during th...

60 Minutes reported from Hong Kong in 2019, when months of pro-democracy demonstrations turned increasingly violent. Jimmy Lai, a media company owner and democracy advocate, spoke with Holly Williams at the time about criticizing the Chinese government. Lai, now 78, was arrested in 2020, and convict…

The race to become the Federal Reserve’s next chair appeared almost over just a couple of weeks ago, but it’s now back to looking like a real competition.

Australia is reeling from a deadly terror attack on Jews celebrating the opening night of Hanukkah Sunday. CBS News' Anna Coren and Sam Vinograd have more.

“Point Break” is smacking the lip once more, as AMC Networks is developing a TV adaptation of the 1991 surf action, Variety has confirmed. The series is set in 2026, 35 years after the events of the original film that starred Patrick Swayze as a beachy bank robber and Keanu Reeves as an undercover F…