Air Pollution in World: Real-Time Air Quality Index Visual Map
Article URL: https://aqicn.org/map/world/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742405 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
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Crew 11 returns to earth and reflects on early mission end
Crew 11- comprising US astronauts Zena Cardman, 38, and Mike Fincke, 58, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, 39 - safely returned to Earth on January 15 from the In...
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Show HN: The Hessian of tall-skinny networks is easy to invert
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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Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
Article URL: https://keck.usc.edu/news/adoption-of-electric-vehicles-tied-to-real-world-reductions-in-air-pollution-study-finds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749198 Points: 5 #...
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Past nuclear weapon tests linked to 4 million premature deaths globally, report says
Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least 4 million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the ...
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Launch HN: Constellation Space (YC W26) – AI for satellite mission assurance
Hi HN! We're Kamran, Raaid, Laith, and Omeed from Constellation Space. We built an AI system that predicts satellite link failures before they happen ( https://youtu.be/069V9fADAtM ). Between us, we'v...
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Electricity use of AI coding agents
Article URL: https://www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01-20-cc-impact/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695415 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...
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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-code-ai-7a46460e Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668424 Points: 7 # Comments: 1...
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Elon Musk on Greenland, AI in space and the future of robots
Elon Musk made his first-ever appearance at Davos where he joked about Greenland, and discussed the future of AI and humanoid robots. Read the original article on Business Insider...
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Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt When Using an AI Assistant
Article URL: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712678 Points: 7 # Comments: 1...
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The 'Godfather of AI' says he's 'very sad' about what his life's work has become
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned that rapid advances could upend jobs, power, and humanity itself. JORGE UZON/AFP via Getty Images Geoffrey Hinton said he's very sad that the AI he helped create has ...
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Which AI Lies Best? LLMs play a 1950s betrayal game by John Nash
Article URL: https://so-long-sucker.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698370 Points: 4 # Comments: 1...
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A look back at 19 of the biggest winter storms to hit the US in the last century
Over 30 US states are preparing for Winter Storm Fern. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images Historic blizzards have caused fatalities, major damage, and lasting infrastructure ch...
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An oncologist was shocked to learn she had breast cancer. She had no symptoms and thought she was low-risk.
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, said her own experience with breast cancer helped her see vulnerability as a strength instead of a weakness. Tim Brown Oncologist Sue Hwang was diagnosed with br...
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