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Rocks from Pompeii suburb tells a story of destruction--that could help us today

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Chemistry and first-person sources are joining forces to date eruptions. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The archaeological site of Oplontis is one of the wonders returned after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD together with the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Two-thousand years ago, a Roman author and lawyer named Pliny the Younger wrote an account of one of the most destructive disasters in human history. He chronicled Mount Vesuvius' eruption and the subsequent burial of Pompeii, which killed his uncle Pliny the Elder and about 2,000 others.


WWE broadcaster believes 'the pieces are all in place' for an upset as Penta challenges Roman Reigns for title

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Madison Beer's bid to become the NFL's next Taylor Swift hits road bump, Browns are a mess & a Daejon Love fan Denny Hamlin says forward-facing sonar in professional bass fishing has gone'a little overboard' NASCAR driver says quiet part out loud about Sophie Cunningham, the WNBA looks even worse & car goes airborne! Rams' Sean McVay reveals wife's reality check after mulling media jump following losing season in 2022 Caitlin Clark says she and Angel Reese have'always been friends' after winning FIBA Women's World Cup Stefon Diggs guilty of NFL's dumbest move of Week 1 and it may have decided Commanders loss to Eagles John Harbaugh's Giants on full display in bruising win over Cowboys to kick off NFL season WWE star Stephanie Vaquer captures Women's World Championship at Chile live event in surprising moment Ben Shelton loses in US Open final to Zverev, but America has found its next big men's tennis star Jeremiyah Love makes immediate statement with touchdown on first career drive in Cardinals' upset win Josh Allen torches one of NFL's best defenses to make case it's time to move on from 2025 playoff loss Afghan woman deported in landmark'alien terrorist' court case AI policy expert dismisses Big Tech regulation calls: 'We should see through this' AI agents are'hacking out of the container' despite best efforts to prevent it, expert warns Prosecution in Lindsay Clancy trial may have'alienated' jurors, criminal defense attorney says You treat a nuclear power'significantly different' than a non-nuclear power: Gen. Keith Kellogg Accepting political violence as a form of expression is'dangerous,' Jonathan Turley warns'The Squad' faces backlash over claims'modern-day lynchings' are now common in America OutKick Sports WWE broadcaster believes'the pieces are all in place' for an upset as Penta challenges Roman Reigns for title Roman Reigns defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Penta on'Monday Night Raw' There's a massive collision set for Monday Night Raw in Mexico City. Roman Reigns will put the World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Penta. Reigns has been the champion since defeating CM Punk at WrestleMania 42 and has put down everyone who has stepped up to the plate to try and take a swing at him. Penta poses an element as a challenger that Reigns really hasn't faced before.


El Grande Americano caps Triplemania 34 with AAA Mega Championship victory over Dominik Mysterio

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Caitlin Clark says she and Angel Reese have'always been friends' after winning FIBA Women's World Cup Stefon Diggs guilty of NFL's dumbest move of Week 1 and it may have decided Commanders loss to Eagles John Harbaugh's Giants on full display in bruising win over Cowboys to kick off NFL season WWE star Stephanie Vaquer captures Women's World Championship at Chile live event in surprising moment Ben Shelton loses in US Open final to Zverev, but America has found its next big men's tennis star Jeremiyah Love makes immediate statement with touchdown on first career drive in Cardinals' upset win Josh Allen torches one of NFL's best defenses to make case it's time to move on from 2025 playoff loss Breanna Stewart's double-double, Caitlin Clark's emergence off bench help US to World Cup win over France Afghan woman deported in landmark'alien terrorist' court case AI policy expert dismisses Big Tech regulation calls: 'We should see through this' AI agents are'hacking out of the container' despite best efforts to prevent it, expert warns Prosecution in Lindsay Clancy trial may have'alienated' jurors, criminal defense attorney says You treat a nuclear power'significantly different' than a non-nuclear power: Gen. Keith Kellogg Accepting political violence as a form of expression is'dangerous,' Jonathan Turley warns'The Squad' faces backlash over claims'modern-day lynchings' are now common in America Dominik Mysterio vowed to walk into Triplemania 34 as the AAA mega champion and walk out the same when he defended his title against El Grande Americano in Mexico City on Sunday. The former partners-turned-bitter rivals knew the match was going to be brutal heading into the main event. Midway through Night 2, AAA broadcaster Corey Graves announced the match had no disqualifications, allowing chairs, belts and anything else to get into the mix. El Grande Americano celebrates with Rey Mysterio after winning the AAA Mega Championship during Triplemania 34: Night 2 at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 13, 2026. Mysterio started off with the weaponry.


La Catalina ends Flammer's 1,128-day reign as AAA Reina de Reinas champion at Triplemania 34

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WWE star Stephanie Vaquer captures Women's World Championship at Chile live event in surprising moment Ben Shelton loses in US Open final to Zverev, but America has found its next big men's tennis star Jeremiyah Love makes immediate statement with touchdown on first career drive in Cardinals' upset win Josh Allen torches one of NFL's best defenses to make case it's time to move on from 2025 playoff loss Breanna Stewart's double-double, Caitlin Clark's emergence off bench help US to World Cup win over France USC fans trade punches with one another in the stands because winning sometimes isn't enough FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis speaks out on Caitlin Clark's impact on growth of World Cup Prosecution in Lindsay Clancy trial may have'alienated' jurors, criminal defense attorney says You treat a nuclear power'significantly different' than a non-nuclear power: Gen. Keith Kellogg Accepting political violence as a form of expression is'dangerous,' Jonathan Turley warns'The Squad' faces backlash over claims'modern-day lynchings' are now common in America There is no'moderate socialism,' Republican consultant says Prince Harry's reported Princess Diana movie project sparks controversy Prince Harry's reported Princess Diana movie project sparks controversy La Catalina made her AAA debut in April to the surprise of Mexican fans and immediately worked her way into the Reina de Reinas Championship picture. She won a gauntlet match to get a title shot at Triplemania 34, and on Sunday, she ended the long reign of Flammer to win the title. La Catalina faces Flammer during Triplemania 34: Night 2 at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 13, 2026. La Catalina had Flammer on the ropes late in the match. She went for a diving splash but didn't get all of it as Flammer put her knees up at the last second.


The 10 longest airplane flights on Earth

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These ultra-long commercial flights are becoming more common thanks to design innovations and fuel capacity. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. At 24 hours and 24 minutes of flight time, Project Sunrise broke the old record for longest-ever flight by a commercial-style aircraft. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


European Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into FIFA President Over U.S. Red Card Reversal

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Neither Valid nor Reliable Investigating the Use of LLMs as Judges

Neural Information Processing Systems

Evaluating natural language generation (NLG) systems remains a core challenge of natural language processing (NLP), further complicated by the rise of large language models (LLMs) that aim to be general-purpose. Recently, large language models as judges (LLJs) have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional metrics, but their validity remains underexplored. This position paper argues that the current enthusiasm around LLJs may be premature, as their adoption has outpaced rigorous scrutiny of their reliability and validity as evaluators. Drawing on measurement theory from the social sciences, we identify and critically assess four core assumptions underlying the use of LLJs: their ability to act as proxies for human judgment, their capabilities as evaluators, their scalability, and their cost-effectiveness. We examine how each of these assumptions may be challenged by the inherent limitations of LLMs, LLJs, or current practices in NLG evaluation. To ground our analysis, we explore three applications of LLJs: text summarization, data annotation, and safety alignment. Finally, we highlight the need for more responsible evaluation practices in LLJs evaluation, to ensure that their growing role in the field supports, rather than undermines, progress in NLG.


Measuring what Matters: Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks

Neural Information Processing Systems

Evaluating large language models (LLMs) is crucial for both assessing their capabilities and identifying safety or robustness issues prior to deployment. Reliably measuring abstract and complex phenomena such as'safety' and'robustness' requires strong construct validity, that is, having measures that represent what matters to the phenomenon. With a team of 29 expert reviewers, we conduct a systematic review of 445 LLM benchmarks from leading conferences in natural language processing and machine learning. Across the reviewed articles, we find patterns related to the measured phenomena, tasks, and scoring metrics which undermine the validity of the resulting claims. To address these shortcomings, we provide eight key recommendations and detailed actionable guidance to researchers and practitioners in developing LLM benchmarks.


How Mexican World Cup Stadiums Achieved FIFA's Environmental Certifications

WIRED

Venues hosting the 2026 World Cup must meet high standards to obtain environmental certifications, but FIFA also requires that they use natural grass, which is water-intensive to maintain. Estadio Banorte, formerly called Azteca stadium, in Mexico City. Because of their scale, soccer stadiums require a fair amount of energy and water. In that time, they also generate large volumes of waste, mainly plastics and food trash. For the 2026 World Cup, the first to be held in three countries in 16 different stadiums, FIFA maintained the requirement that the venues must have LEED environmental certifications, which measure performance in water, energy, and waste management.


Diana Flores

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Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Flag football will step firmly onto the global stage at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, and Diana Flores is one of the key figures who helped it get there. The Mexico City native began playing at age 8 and made her country's national team by 16.