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Britain should brace for 'Slugageddon': Gardens will be overwhelmed by SLUGS after a wet February, experts warn - here's how to keep your backyard pest-free

Daily Mail - Science & tech

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Neural Information Processing Systems

Novel categories names:['High_Jump', 'Front_Crawl', 'Pole_V ault', 'Hammer_Throw', All experiments are conducted under the 16-shot setting. An incremental bayesian approach tested on 101 object categories. Conditional prompt learning for vision-language models.


What is human composting?

Popular Science

Science Ask Us Anything What is human composting? A new'Ask Us Anything' podcast episode digs into how human bodies can be turned into nutrient-rich soil. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Do you know what want to have happen to your body after you die? Do you want to be cremated, buried, or given an epic Viking burial? While it may seem macabre, it's important to think about so our loved ones don't have to while their in the throes of grief. On this episode of, editors Sarah Durn and Annie Colbert dig into a novel way people are choosing to handle their bodies after they die: human composting.


Balancing Synthetic Data and Replay for Enhancing Task-Specific Capabilities

Spiegelhalter, Urs, Franke, Jörg K. H., Hutter, Frank

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Adapting language models to new tasks through continued pretraining faces a fundamental trade-off: models must learn new capabilities while avoiding catastrophic forgetting of existing knowledge. While prior work has studied synthetic data generation techniques, the optimal replay ratios for balancing task performance and knowledge retention under computational constraints remain poorly understood. We present a comprehensive empirical study investigating the interplay between replay ratio configuration and computational budget when adapting language models to new tasks. Using the bAbI reasoning tasks as our target objective, we apply synthetic data generation and systematically evaluate different total token budgets and replay ratio configurations. We analyze their effects on both task mastery and general knowledge retention. Our experiments reveal an optimal configuration that balances task-specific performance with general knowledge retention. Based on our findings, we provide empirically-grounded guidelines for selecting replay ratios based on computational budget, enabling practitioners to achieve strong task adaptation with significantly reduced training costs.




The pros and cons of not raking leaves

Popular Science

Your local beetles and chipmunks will thank you for backing away from the rake. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. There's the shift to cooler weather and the opportunity to pull out your favorite hoodie and enjoy the colorful symphony of fall leaves. However, many do not look forward to raking leaves. Believe it or not, you do have a choice when it comes to whether or not to rake leaves.


3 Best Robot Lawn Mowers (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

While you don't always have to spend big to get the best tech, when it comes to robot mowers, the pricey Husqvarna Automower 450X EPOS proved to be a cut above the competition (technically, I tested the Husqvarna 410XE Nera (9/10, WIRED Recommends), which is the closest model in the UK and Europe). It employs Husqvarna's EPOS (Exact Positioning Operating System) tech and relies on a satellite connection to navigate your chosen virtual boundaries (no wire required). But you do need to install the receiver in an area with an open line of sight to the sky and, ideally, no tall trees or buildings nearby. Setup involves remote control driving the Husqvarna around your garden to map the virtual boundaries. You can have multiple separate areas and potentially cover an area up to 2.5 acres. I marked out my front and back lawns and simply carried the mower between them.


Trump to host Meta's Zuckerberg, tech CEOs in White House's redone rose garden

The Japan Times

Trump to host Big Tech CEOs in White House's redone rose garden U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are hosting an artificial intelligence event for tech CEOs on Thursday at the newly renovated garden. Tech industry leaders including Meta Platforms's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella are expected to attend an artificial intelligence event hosted by U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Thursday and then join U.S. President Donald Trump for an evening reception in the White House's newly renovated rose garden. Other attendees are expected to include OpenAI's Sam Altman, Alphabet's Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, a White House official said. Alexandr Wang, who recently joined Meta's AI effort, is also among the invitees. The first lady announced last month that she was launching a presidential challenge to encourage students to use emerging AI technology to find solutions to community challenges. The effort will also encourage educators to adopt AI in the classroom, the White House has said.