CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Cedar Rapids recently conducted a study of its nine fire stations. The recommendation is to build four new fire stations to replace the outdated ones. While this would not increase the total number of stations, the fire chief said it would allow firefighters to better respond to the city’s needs. […]
If the use of antibiotics in Southeast Asian livestock farming is not restricted, the world could be left defenseless in the face of the next global pandemic, warn researchers at RMIT University. RMIT’s cautionary statement came in the form of a scientific review that looked at the twin issues of veterinary drug residues in livestock […]
WASHINGTON (TN) — According to a new study just published in the journal Nutrients, the baby food aisle is full of nutrient-poor foods that contain too much sugar and salt. This particular study examined the World Health Organization’s nutrition and advertising guidelines, but Lauren Dunaway, a registered dietitian and professor at Tulane University, explains that […]
WASHINGTON (TN) — According to a new study just published in the journal Nutrients, the baby food aisle is full of nutrient-poor foods that contain too much sugar and salt. This particular study examined the World Health Organization’s nutrition and advertising guidelines, but Lauren Dunaway, a registered dietitian and professor at Tulane University, explains that […]
This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for the first over-the-counter home test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood. Test kits to detect syphilis have been available for several years, but none of the tests on the market have received FDA “marketing approval.” The new test kits come from the […]
NEW YORK (WABC) — A new look at Con Ed’s pricing brings the energy provider under criticism. A report by Congressman Ritchie Torres found that Con Ed customers pay twice as much as customers with service from National Grid. The report cites a comparative analysis showing that a property in the Bronx pays ConEd $1.29 […]
America may be facing an electric car fatigue that the auto industry cannot afford. According to a study published by McKinsey in June, almost half of electric vehicle owners in the US would probably switch back to a gasoline-powered vehicle. They cited range anxiety, an unreliable charging network and high operating costs as reasons, among […]
UNDATED (WKRC) – A recent study has found that young children who spend a lot of time on tablet computers are more likely to have tantrums later in life. The JAMA Pediatrics study asked 315 parents of 3 1/2-year-old children to log their child’s tablet use and temper tantrums. They repeated the test with the […]
All generative AI models hallucinate, from Google’s Gemini to Anthropic’s Claude to the latest stealth version of OpenAI’s GPT-4o. In other words, the models are unreliable narrators – sometimes to hilarious effect, sometimes to problematic effect. But not all models make things up at the same speed. And the type of untruths they spread depends […]
