If you’re saving in a tax-advantaged retirement account, you generally have one of two flavors to choose from. The choice lies in when and how you are taxed. “Traditional” versions of 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts are funded with pre-tax dollars, meaning you get a tax break in the year you make contributions. Roth accounts … Read more
Tech companies think they can reverse climate change with fancy new tools to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the new research throws cold water on the idea that cooling the planet after it has already warmed past a key tipping point could avoid serious damage. Much of the toll climate change takes – … Read more
A cybersecurity vendor has uncovered evidence that a hacker stole data from fashion retailer Hot Topic, including the personal data of millions of customers. Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock is warning of the alleged breach after a hacker began selling access to a database full of customer information stolen from Hot Topic and two related … Read more
Gunfights in Black Ops 6 Credit: Activision Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 it’s literally just around the corner. The game boasts the longest development time in Call Of Duty history, with a full three years of work on this entry before release. It launches with sixteen maps in total, with a seventeenth – Nuketown … Read more
Description of artificial intelligence controlling a human and vice versa. getty On Tuesday, Anthropic launched two updated versions of its big language model – Claude AI. Perhaps more interestingly, it also enabled enhanced functionality that allows users to give LLM access and control over certain aspects of your PC if desired. Anthropic has named this … Read more
Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump walks to the stage to speak … [+] at a rally at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) Getty Images The line between news and satire has become so blurred that the latter has … Read more
By Dr Sarah Hernandez October 23, 2024 Edited by Dr Rachel Harding We’re excited to announce that the 2024 HDBuzz Prize opened this summer, looking to find effective communicators to help us break down the latest and greatest Huntington’s disease research! This fall (or fall, if you’re feeling fancy, or just British to be honest) … Read more
Svalbard Global Seed Vault receives seed shipment on October 23, 2024. Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Svalbard Global Seed Vault – the world’s largest reserve seed storage facility – this week received over 31,000 new seed samples from 23 countries, including Palestine and Sudan, marking the largest contributions since the vault was established in 2008. … Read more
The Morgridge Institute and the general public came together on October 21 for a hybrid webinar in the Fearless Science Speaker Series to discuss why trust in science is eroding and what can be done to regain public trust. The panel of experts included Pilar Ossorio, Morgridge Investigator and UW–Madison Professor of Law and Bioethics, … Read more
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Charles Seipp is one of many working to find the chemical … [+] that easily capture carbon dioxide and release it with relatively low energy inputs. Creative Commons 2.0 License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Oak Ridge National Labs (via Wikimedia) Carbon capture can be relied upon to consistently do one thing: ignite passionate … Read more