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Trouble brewing: Britain's beloved cup of tea could soon taste more BITTER thanks to climate change, campaigners warn
Death of Alabama woman, 22, 'accidentally' shot in chest by boyfriend's dad is ruled a HOMICIDE Two small airlines join forces to create America's newest budget carrier after Spirit collapse leaves millions scrambling Horrifying final days of killer dad Chris Watts' pregnant wife before she was slaughtered alongside their daughters. Read all the chilling texts and receipts in full for first time: 'My eyes burn from crying' I'm a pastor who attended a secret UFO disclosure meeting. We saw images of'translucent beings' that chilled me to the bone... the files could fulfil a dark biblical prophecy Former NFL player Josh Mauro's tragic cause of death revealed after league was left'devastated' by ex-Cardinals and Giants man's sudden passing at 35 Cheerful Christian mom is pillar of Florida community and loves going on TV... but she has a childhood secret so evil that she stuttered with shock when confronted with it Taxpayers to foot Trump's $1.7 BILLION bill as President sues his own government: 'I'm paying myself' How I lost 3 STONE in 3 WEEKS. I've reversed pre-diabetes and no longer need a knee op: DONAL MACINTYRE's extraordinary investigation Popular megachurch in crisis as senior pastor suddenly quits... as bosses furiously DENY sex scandal Husband of doomed dive group leader says'something must have happened down there' as mystery surrounds why the five attempted to explore'cave so deep even divers with best equipment don't try' Greeks savage Kimberly Guilfoyle as Trump's ambassador opens McDonald's in country celebrated for world-class food Trump touts'fantastic' China trade win on Air Force One... but Wall Street is punishing the President I'm godfather to Candace Owens' daughter and Charlie Kirk was my friend... so I know the real reason she's attacking Erika - and I'll never publicly condemn her Wealthy dad'snarled the worst thing a parent could say' to younger daughter before he allegedly executed wife outside their gated community home during nightmare divorce Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe reunite for son's NYU graduation... as Kate Hudson cheers on her boy at same ceremony with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell'How do you live with that?' Disgraced Eric Swalwell's'blindsided' wife dresses for revenge... as friends reveal brutal toll sex assault scandal has had on young mom Judge declares another mistrial in disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape case Can't lose weight no matter what you do? These are the 7 surprising reasons why, including'healthy' hacks actually making you put on pounds.
Asus' tiny touchscreen monitor is a solution in search of a problem
Despite ROG gaming branding, the device offers limited utility with 1920 720 resolution, 75Hz refresh rate, and requires external video sources. At €240, it's significantly overpriced compared to similar portable monitors available on Amazon for around $100 with better versatility. I've been using a triple monitor setup for almost 20 years. I also have an iPad on my desk to show little widgets, time zones, weather, notifications, yadda yadda. There are a of screens in front of me in my desktop setup, is my point. And yet, I still don't think I can use the Asus ROG Strix XG129C . If the name doesn't make it clear, it's a small 12.3-inch ultrawide touchscreen display that goes under a normal monitor. This gadget is very specifically a, not a tablet. It needs a source for its video via either USB-C or HDMI.
Vet constructs ingenious contraption to help a tortoise hit by a car
The African spurred tortoise's recovery deserves a shell-ebration. 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. After getting hit by a car twice, the tortoise's shell needed to be wired back together. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Complex problems require creative solutions, and wildlife veterinarian Nielsen Donato is no stranger to what might seem like out-of-the-box problem solving.
Olympic gold medalists rip Newsom for California's trans athlete situation ahead of protested track meet
Another LIV golfer remains committed to staying put: 'I have full faith in the future of LIV' Megan Rapinoe, in a shock to no one, backs Angel Reese skipping interviews as'taking power back' White House calls out Newsom as California girls' track and field controversy reignites Here's why the coaches association's 24-team College Football Playoff could ruin the sport Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown tells ESPN's Stephen A Smith to'be quiet and retire' President Trump on $1,000 World Cup ticket prices: 'I wouldn't pay it either, to be honest' Pirates vs. Diamondbacks betting preview targets the under as both offenses go cold in series Former LSU coach Brian Kelly uses AI to prepare for job interviews, proving he's just like the rest of us Political violence should'never be normalized': Former California GOP chairwoman UAE says air defenses are active after US conducts'self-defense' strikes in Iran Bob Lazar said S4 was the'most unpleasant place' to be, documentary director recalls Former U.S. attorney explains why he thinks Tyler Robinson's defense team is playing the long game Greg Gutfeld: Dems can't admit they have a problem Mark Hamill is a'miserable human being': Sage Steele AOC is in'favor' of'robbing' the American people: Tiffany Smiley Iran's playbook is to talk and then fight, Lt Gen Keith Kellogg says Watters: If Iran doesn't sign this fast, the US will be a lot more violent OutKick Olympic gold medalists rip Newsom for California's trans athlete situation ahead of protested track meet California girls' track and field student-athletes protest trans inclusion ahead of state meet California high school student-athletes Olivia Viola and Reese Hogan speak at a rally ahead of a major track and field event to oppose trans athletes in their sports. Three-time Olympic women's gold medalists Nancy Hogshead and Kaillie Humphries have spoken out on the growing girls' track and field controversy in California, as a trans athlete is looking to defend a pair of state titles. Hogshead spoke out against California Gov. Gavin Newsom for his state's policies that continue to allow trans athletes in women's sports. The medalist responded to a statement from a source within Newsom's office on the issue that stated, The Governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect. Governor Newsom seems to exclude girls from his own standard of'fairness, dignity and respect.'
I Went to See What's Happened to the Home of the TED Talk. It Was a Little Terrifying.
Meanwhile its Audacious Project --a funding initiative that gives mature nonprofits the opportunity to pitch "moonshot" plans to a coalition of philanthropists--has raised over $1 billion in each of the last two years, in an epic Robin Hood operation for a handful of large-scale projects on climate, health, education, and criminal justice: The Audacious recipients here this year are taking this brief break from their work preventing 16 million unsafe abortions, helping governments in 20 countries prevent lead poisoning, or intercepting 5 percent of the world's river-borne plastic before it reaches the ocean.
Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria
Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other drug-resistant pathogens. Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have identified new ways to combat tuberculosis and reduce bacterial resistance, developing three new antibiotics derived from scorpion venom and habanero peppers. A team led by Lourival Domingos Possani Postay, from the Institute of Biotechnology's Morelos campus, created two drugs that demonstrated efficacy against the bacterium, responsible for tuberculosis, as well as against, a microorganism that in hospital environments can cause various clinical complications, from skin infections to potentially fatal diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, and endocarditis. The antibiotics were derived from the venom of the scorpion, native to the state of Veracruz. The team was able to isolate two colorless molecules called benzoquinones--heterocyclic compounds that do not contain amino acids--from the arachnid's toxin.
Another LIV golfer remains committed to staying put: 'I have full faith in the future of LIV'
Megan Rapinoe, in a shock to no one, backs Angel Reese skipping interviews as'taking power back' White House calls out Newsom as California girls' track and field controversy reignites Here's why the coaches association's 24-team College Football Playoff could ruin the sport Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown tells ESPN's Stephen A Smith to'be quiet and retire' President Trump on $1,000 World Cup ticket prices: 'I wouldn't pay it either, to be honest' Pirates vs. Diamondbacks betting preview targets the under as both offenses go cold in series Former LSU coach Brian Kelly uses AI to prepare for job interviews, proving he's just like the rest of us Mark Hamill is a'miserable human being': Sage Steele AOC is in'favor' of'robbing' the American people: Tiffany Smiley Iran's playbook is to talk and then fight, Lt Gen Keith Kellogg says Watters: If Iran doesn't sign this fast, the US will be a lot more violent US waits for Iran's response on peace proposal Authorities try to'connect the dots' on hantavirus infections Jesse Watters: Spencer Pratt is a'charismatic, common-sense populist' Greg Gutfeld: Dana White laughs off the'toxic masculinity thing' OutKick Another LIV golfer remains committed to staying put: 'I have full faith in the future of LIV' Thomas Detry says players'really love it' and calls on the entire roster to show cohesion and support Greg Palkot breaks down the announcement that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will cease funding for the LIV Golf tour, putting its future in jeopardy. LIV Golf now seeks new investors while players attempt to rejoin the PGA Tour. Out of seemingly nowhere, the future of the LIV Golf Tour has been put in serious jeopardy. The breakaway golf tour previously relied on funding from the Saudi Arabia-backed Public Investment Fund to back extremely high purses and bring in top players with massive signing bonuses. But that funding is coming to an end after the 2026 season, throwing all of that progress into jeopardy.
Horseshoe Forests for High-Dimensional Causal Survival Analysis
Jacobs, Tijn, van Wieringen, Wessel N., van der Pas, Stéphanie L.
We develop a Bayesian tree ensemble model to estimate heterogeneous treatment effects in censored survival data with high-dimensional covariates. Instead of imposing sparsity through the tree structure, we place a horseshoe prior directly on the step heights to achieve adaptive global-local shrinkage. This strategy allows flexible regularisation and reduces noise. We develop a reversible jump Gibbs sampler to accommodate the non-conjugate horseshoe prior within the tree ensemble framework. We show through extensive simulations that the method accurately estimates treatment effects in high-dimensional covariate spaces, at various sparsity levels, and under non-linear treatment effect functions. We further illustrate the practical utility of the proposed approach by a re-analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) survival data from The Cancer Genome Atlas.
A Novel Computational Framework for Causal Inference: Tree-Based Discretization with ILP-Based Matching
Yang, Tianyu, Noor-E-Alam, Md.
Causal inference is essential for data-driven decision-making, as it aims to uncover causal relationships from observational data. However, identifying causality remains challenging due to the potential for confounding and the distinction between correlation and causation. While recent advances in causal machine learning and matching algorithms have improved estimation accuracy, these methods often face trade-offs between interpretability and computational efficiency. This paper proposes a novel approach that combines a tree-based discretization technique, tailored for causal inference, with an integer linear programming-based matching algorithm. The discretization ensures approximately linear relationships for control datasets within strata, enabling effective matching, while the optimization framework optimizes for global balance. The resulting algorithm yields computational efficiency and less biased ATT estimates compared to state-of-the-art algorithms. Empirical evaluations demonstrate the proposed method's practical advantages over existing techniques in causal inference scenarios.
Position: agentic AI orchestration should be Bayes-consistent
Papamarkou, Theodore, Alquier, Pierre, Bauer, Matthias, Buntine, Wray, Davison, Andrew, Dziugaite, Gintare Karolina, Filippone, Maurizio, Foong, Andrew Y. K., Fortuin, Vincent, Fouskakis, Dimitris, Frellsen, Jes, Hüllermeier, Eyke, Karaletsos, Theofanis, Khan, Mohammad Emtiyaz, Kotelevskii, Nikita, Lahlou, Salem, Li, Yingzhen, Liu, Fang, Lyle, Clare, Möllenhoff, Thomas, Palla, Konstantina, Panov, Maxim, Sale, Yusuf, Schweighofer, Kajetan, Shelmanov, Artem, Swaroop, Siddharth, Trapp, Martin, Waegeman, Willem, Wilson, Andrew Gordon, Zaytsev, Alexey
LLMs excel at predictive tasks and complex reasoning tasks, but many high-value deployments rely on decisions under uncertainty, for example, which tool to call, which expert to consult, or how many resources to invest. While the usefulness and feasibility of Bayesian approaches remain unclear for LLM inference, this position paper argues that the control layer of an agentic AI system (that orchestrates LLMs and tools) is a clear case where Bayesian principles should shine. Bayesian decision theory provides a framework for agentic systems that can help to maintain beliefs over task-relevant latent quantities, to update these beliefs from observed agentic and human-AI interactions, and to choose actions. Making LLMs themselves explicitly Bayesian belief-updating engines remains computationally intensive and conceptually nontrivial as a general modeling target. In contrast, this paper argues that coherent decision-making requires Bayesian principles at the orchestration level of the agentic system, not necessarily the LLM agent parameters. This paper articulates practical properties for Bayesian control that fit modern agentic AI systems and human-AI collaboration, and provides concrete examples and design patterns to illustrate how calibrated beliefs and utility-aware policies can improve agentic AI orchestration.