Human ingenuity outpaces AI in finding new 'kissing number' bounds

How many coins can touch one coin, or how many basketballs can "kiss" one basketball at the same time? This seemingly playful ...
The Independent

Four dead after building being developed into luxury hotel collapses in Madrid

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Jurist

Myanmar authorities convert Rohingya land into security facilities, UN report says

The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said Monday that Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Border Guard Police (BGP), and private corporations have benefited from the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Little Rock School Board votes to convert Hall-West High into nontraditional school, drop ‘West’ from name

The Little Rock School Board on Thursday voted to convert Hall-West High School into a nontraditional school, effectively ending weeks of discussions over the potential closure of the school and ...
Crude Oil Prices

Eni Wins Approval to Convert Sannazzaro Refinery Units Into Biorefinery

Eni (NYSE: E) has received approval from Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to begin converting select units at its Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery into a biorefinery, with ...
Geeky Gadgets

Microsoft Excel’s Latest AI Trick : Say Goodbye to Manual Data Entry

Have you ever spent countless hours wrestling with Excel formulas, trying to convert “one thousand two hundred” into “1,200” or vice versa? For years, this task has frustrated professionals across ...
Wired

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

We walk here, we walk there, we walk everywhere. Maybe you’re headed to work or to lunch in a busy city. You’re expending energy, and the exercise is good for you. But what if, on top of that, we ...
clickondetroit.com

Here’s Detroit Tigers’ magic number to clinch AL Central Division heading into Cleveland series

MIAMI, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 14: Players of the Detroit Tigers celebrate after defeating the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on September 14, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez/Getty ...
Chicago Tribune

Hundreds of hotline calls but no clear arrest numbers days into federal immigration ‘blitz’

Immigration rights groups have seen a massive spike in hotline calls for legal and other help as federal Homeland Security officials this week launched a much-anticipated immigration enforcement surge ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm

OpenAI announced Thursday it reached a nonbinding agreement with Microsoft, its largest investor, on a revised partnership that would allow the startup to convert its for-profit arm into a public ...
Sports Illustrated

Cubs Pursuit of NL Wild Card Magic Number Moves Into Single Digits

The Chicago Cubs got Jameson Taillon back on the mound on Wednesday night and beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2. The Cubs (83-63) didn’t get much length from Taillon, who was making his first start after ...
Midland Reporter-Telegram

Report: Texas has fastest route to convert barrels into megawatts

A number of Texas businesses are trying to move the state from the shale revolution to the artificial intelligence revolution. The goal is to convert the state’s plentiful natural gas molecules into ...