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Forget Everything You Think You Know About Time
25th June, 2024A theoretical physicist challenges our common notions about the fourth dimension.
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The Physics and Philosophy of Time – with Carlo Rovelli
25th June, 2024From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Carlo Rovelli brings together physics, philosophy and art to unravel the mystery of time.
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Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models
30th May, 2024This paper investigates whether an LLM can successfully perform financial statement analysis in a way similar to a professional human analyst. Standardized and anonymous financial statements was provided to GPT4 and the model was instructed to analyze them to determine the direction of future earnings. Even without any narrative or industry-specific information, the LLM outperformed financial analysts in its ability to predict earnings changes.
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Google Launches a New Course Called “AI Essentials”
20th May, 2024In late April, Google announced the launch of Google AI Essentials, a new self-paced course designed to help people learn AI skills that can boost their productivity. Taught by Google’s AI experts, and assuming no prior knowledge of programming, the course ventures to show students how to “use AI in the real world”.
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Fundamental Analysis via Machine Learning
01st May, 2024This article examines the efficacy of machine learning in a central task of fundamental analysis: forecasting corporate earnings. We find that machine learning models not only generate significantly more accurate and informative out-of-sample forecasts than the state-of-the-art models in the literature but also perform better compared to analysts’ consensus forecasts.
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Why loneliness is bad for your health
14th April, 2024A lack of social interaction is linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia and more. Researchers are unpicking how the brain mediates these effects.
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Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it
10th April, 2024When a long-term memory forms, some brain cells experience a rush of electrical activity so strong that it snaps their DNA. Then, an inflammatory response kicks in, repairing this damage and helping to cement the memory, a study in mice shows.
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Goethe’s Theory of Colors: The 1810 Treatise That Inspired Kandinsky & Early Abstract Painting
07th April, 2024Goethe’s book on color, Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colors), written in 1810, disputed the Newtonian view of the subject and formulated a psychological and philosophical account of the way we actually experience color as a phenomenon.
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OpenVertebrate Presents a Massive Database of 13,000 3D Scans of Vertebrate Specimens
25th March, 2024From The Florida Museum of Natural History comes the openVertebrate project, a new initiative to “provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public.”
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Two Broods of More Than a Trillion Cicadas Will Emerge in the U.S. This Year
04th March, 2024More than a trillion cicadas will be coming to the U.S. in an event that has not happened since Thomas Jefferson was U.S. president in 1803. Two adjacent broods of the red-eyed flying cicadas will emerge from the ground in April, and residents in the Midwest and Southeast should brace themselves for a season of high-pitched buzzing. 2024 will mark the first time in more than 200 years that Brood XIX, which arrives every 13 years, and Brood XIII, which arrives every 17 years, will emerge at the same time. The next co-emergence of these broods won’t happen for another 221 years.
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