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  • A researcher typed sentences like "Black African doctors providing care for white suffering children" into an artificial intelligence program designed to generate photo-like images. The goal was to flip the stereotype of the "white savior" aiding African children. Despite the specifications, the AI program always depicted the children as Black. And in 22 of over 350 images, the doctors were white.
    AI was asked to create images of Black African docs treating white kids. How'd it go?
    Researchers were curious if artificial intelligence could fulfill the order. Or would built-in biases short-circuit the request? Let's see what an image generator came up with.
  • Experimental therapies for cancer can be tempting when you're sick, but many fail to offer any benefit.
    Facing cancer? Here's when to consider experimental therapies, and when not to
    It can be easy to get your hopes up about exciting new research or alternative approaches to cancer treatment. Here's an insider's guide for figuring out which ones are worth your time.
  • 2022 Election Review: What the midterm results mean for the future at the state, local and national level
    When the 2022 midterm election is over, will you be breathing a sigh of relief or will you be worrying even more and sleeping even less? What will be the implications of the results at all levels of government – local, state and national? What were the most surprising results? What are the implications for the next presidential election? Thad Kousser, Professor in the UCSD Political Science Department, will give us his overview of the most important election results. Professor Kousser studies American state and national politics, voting reforms, direct democracy, and how politicians use social media. He joined the department in 2003 and has served as chair 2016-2022. He is a frequent commentator on American politics for venues such as NPR, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Please register for this free event here.
  • Owl-O-Ween
    Join the Living Coast Discovery Center for a fangtastic after-hours evening full of food, fun, and ghouls! Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, from 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Celebrate the spooky season with an evening of trick-or-treating, mysterious animal encounters, a Folklorico performance, Dia de Muertos stories, eerie night hikes, a haunted graveyard, arts & crafts, and more! Food will be available for purchase featuring Simply Fresh. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Throughout the evening: 4:30 - 7 p.m. Mad Science Lab Trick or Treating Broken Bones Discovery Table Haunted Graveyard Experience Spooky Animal Encounters Dia de Muertos Stories Arts & Crafts Backyard Games Eerie Night Hike: 5:15 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Folklorico Performance: 5:30 p.m. Costume Parade: 6:45 p.m. PRICING: MEMBERS: $25 NON-MEMBERS: $30 *Children 2 (two) and under are free Visit: https://www.thelivingcoast.org/programs-events-upcoming-events/owl-o-ween/ Living Coast Discovery Center on Facebook / Instagram / Twitter
  • This imagery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into the asteroid's surface.
    Astronomers still have their eyes on that asteroid NASA whacked
    NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid, directly altering its path through space. Scientists are still studying the space rock to learn more.
  • The Terran 1 rocket, made largely of 3D-printed metal parts, launched successfully but failed to reach orbit on Wednesday.
    A 3D-printed rocket launched successfully but failed to reach orbit
    A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its debut launch Wednesday night, passing a critical milestone. But it failed after three minutes of flight, crashing into the ocean.
  • Tens of millions of Americans have been living under extreme heat warnings or advisories during the last few weeks including Phoenix. A new study finds climate change is making heatwaves more common.
    U.S., European heat waves 'virtually impossible' without climate change, study finds
    Punishing heat waves have gripped America, Asia and Europe this July. A new study finds human-caused climate change is a major reason why.
  • This undated photograph shows Tajana Simunic Rosing, a computer science and engineering professor at UC San Diego. She is founder of PRISM, the Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory Center.
    UC San Diego heads effort to make computer chips work a lot faster
    An academic consortium called PRISM wants to remove the data processing bottleneck that stands in the way of artificial intelligence and things like drug discovery.
  • <em>Choose Love </em>is Netflix's most recent experiment in making "interactive" films. Cami (Laura Marano) has three possible suitors — Jack (Jordi Webber), Rex (Avan Jogia) and Paul (Scott Michael Foster). Viewers get to decide who Cami ends up with.
    This romcom lets you pick the ending — that doesn't make it good
    Turns out multiple choice options work better for SATs than for storytelling. Netflix's Choose Love makes the case against AI writing — ordering a movie like a pizza doesn't make for good movies.
  • The Princess Nahi'ena'ena Elementary School in Lahaina is closed pending the results of air, water and soil tests.
    Some parents in Lahaina fight to keep their school — and kids — together
    Schools remain closed after the deadly fires on Maui. Parents say it's important to keep their community from being displaced indefinitely.
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