X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

Researchers say that the recommendation algorithm published by X doesn't offer the kind of transparency that would actually ...

Astronomers trace a runaway star to a former companion's supernova

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...
PRIMETIMER

Who was eliminated from Netflix's Star Search Night 5? Details explored

The contestants eliminated during Star Search Night 5 were: Ballet Red, Jayir, Johnny Wu and Myles Gee. Netflix’s Star Search ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Medieval Monks Wrote Over a Copy of an Ancient Star Catalog. Now, a Particle Accelerator is Revealing the Long-Lost Original Text

The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.

From Vocalists to Comedians, 7 Stars Who Walked Away Winners on the Original Star Search

The original run of 'Star Search' began in 1983 and continued in syndication through 1995, with some still-famous winners ...
Interesting Engineering

‘Birth of science’: Particle accelerator decodes ancient Greek star map hidden in text

Using the synchotron particle accelerator, scientists read the erased ancient text of a Hipparchus astronomical manuscript.
IEEE

EISPY2D: An Open-Source Python Library for the Development and Comparison of Algorithms in Two-Dimensional Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problems

Abstract: Microwave Imaging is a key technique for reconstructing the electrical properties of inaccessible media, relying on algorithms to solve the associated Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering ...
GitHub

[OSDI'25 Artifact] Achieving Low-Latency Graph-Based Vector Search via Aligning Best-First Search Algorithm with SSD

Welcome to the artifact repository of OSDI'25 accepted paper: Achieving Low-Latency Graph-Based Vector Search via Aligning Best-First Search Algorithm with SSD! This repository contains the ...