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It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do...
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i've been working with healthcare/biobank data and keep thinking about what "data moats" mean now that llms can ingest anything. some a16z piece from 2019 said moats were eroding — now the question se...
NASA carried out its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut required care, bringing four crew members back to Earth earlier than planned. The early return tem...
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The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever found....
Article URL: https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/crisis/crisis.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644962 Points: 8 # Comments: 0...
Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves....
The world recorded its third-hottest year on record in 2025, extending an unprecedented streak of global heat with no relief expected in 2026, US and EU climate scientists said on Wednesday. The past ...
A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started. (Image credit: Tommy Trenc...
Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth....
Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean....
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
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When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our space neighborhood....
With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky....