WHO red list fails to stem Africa health worker exodus

[LAGOS] It took nearly three hours of sitting, queuing and loitering around Ikorodu General Hospital in Nigeria’s Lagos state before Hadijat Hassan, a retired civil servant, could get the attention of nurses on duty. The 66-year-old has regularly attended the health facility for health checks since being diagnosed with diabetes…

Work-life balance during a PhD: Reframing the narrative

In this PhD café article, Karishma S Kaushik, IndiaBioscience, reflects on her unique journey as a ​‘non-traditional’ PhD candidate who juggled personal and professional commitments, including motherhood. Karishma explores the dynamic nature of work-life balance, and discusses the challenges of applying one-size-fits-all solutions for achieving balance across different phases of personal…

Giant Structure Deep in Australia May Be Largest Asteroid Impact on Record

In recent research published by myself and my colleague Tony Yeates in the journal Tectonophysics, we investigate what we believe – based on many years of experience in asteroid impact research – is the world’s largest known impact structure, buried deep in the earth in southern New South Wales. The…

Meta Lets You See the Inner Workings of Its New AI Chatbot: Here’s Why

The AI division of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta recently unveiled its Llama 2 chatbot. Microsoft has been appointed as Meta’s preferred partner on Llama 2, which will be available through the Windows operating system. Meta’s approach with Llama 2 contrasts with that of the company OpenAI, which created the AI chatbot…

Hashtag Trending Aug.9-Cyberattack hits hospital systems across the U.S.; Researchers manage to hypnotize LLMs; Google’s attempt to dismiss $5 billion privacy lawsuit fails | IT World Canada News

A cyber attack disrupts hospital Systems across U.S. states.  Can you hypnotize an AI? A research team claims you can. And why is there a generative AI like your brother-in-law at Christmas dinner?   These are the top tech news stories on today’s Hashtag Trending.   I’m your host Jim Love,…

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy finally here?

The US National Ignition Facility uses lasers to compress a fuel capsule Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Shutterstock A breakthrough fusion experiment has produced a net gain in energy for only the second time ever and with improved performance over the first successful attempt. But before you get excited about the coming…

Crypto’s fear and loathing: Will TradFi take over?

The crypto industry is experiencing its longest bear market in history, but the potential for institutional adoption represents a light at the end of the tunnel. While some regulatory hurdles remain, institutional adoption will make the industry more appealing to mainstream investors, laying the groundwork for the next bull run.…