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AI

Researchers Created an 'AI Physicist' That Can Derive the Laws of Physics in Imaginary Universes

Teaching AI how to combine smaller models to understand complex situations has been a major stumbling block for machine learning research.
Daniel Oberhaus
11.1.18
Film

'Burning' Is a Quietly Stunning Thriller About Millennial Rage

The Murakami adaptation seethes and slithers and induces an incredible amount of dread.
Nicole Clark
11.1.18
midterms

What's Next for the Democratic Socialists of America?

In elections, DSA is familiar with the question: "What happens if we lose?" Now its members are trying to answer a very different one: "What happens when we win?"
Marie Solis
11.1.18
healthcare guides

How to Use Your Insurance to Get Free Birth Control

And what to do if you don't have insurance but still don't want babies.
Jessica Migala
11.1.18
body

Bad Posture and Back Pain Could Be Due to the Way You Sit All Day

Eighty percent of Americans will deal with back pain at some point in their lives, but there's an easy way to fix it.
Matt Jancer
11.1.18
free speech

What the Waitrose Editor's Vegan Joke Tells Us About the Absurd 'Free Speech' Debate

Why does a question of basic professional etiquette have to become a national debate about freedom of expression?
Tom Whyman
11.1.18
The Power and Privilege Issue

How a Young Cameroonian Sparked a Revolt Against Migrant Exploitation in Italy

At 26, Yvan Sagnet organized the “Nardò uprising,” a two-month strike held by migrant workers which led to the trial of 12 people for slavery and the first anti-gang-master law in the country.
Leonardo Bianchi
11.1.18
Medicinal Cannabis

These Are the Cannabis Products You'll Be Able to Get On the NHS

Here's what you'll likely be able to get, what it treats and how it'll make you feel.
Mattha Busby
11.1.18
VICE News Tonight on HBO

Trump’s troop surge on the Mexican border could set a dangerous precedent

“This is a terrible precedent for civil military relations the United States which has a 140 year tradition now of avoiding at all costs the use of the military in internal security and policing.”
Josh Hersh
11.1.18
Invisible Jobs

A Day in the Life of a Home Health Aide Earning $13 an Hour

Home care workers take care of our most vulnerable populations for rock-bottom pay in a high-turnover job that is both tough and rewarding.
Rick Paulas
11.1.18
VICE News Tonight HBO

ICE is sending out fake court dates to immigrants. Here's why.

It's a trick to keep undocumented immigrants from avoiding deportation.
Maria Gabriella Pezzo
Roberto Daza
11.1.18
immigration

Canada says it will bring in more immigrants

It plans to bring in 350,000 immigrants in 2021 — a 40,000 jump.
Tamara Khandaker
11.1.18
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