Python scales host microstructures that block bacterial biofilms—revealing potential for antimicrobial materials

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...

OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python ...
The Conversation

Using AI responsibly means knowing when not to use it

Sam Illingworth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Patient-Controlled Analgesia

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a pain-management technique that allows patients to self-administer predetermined doses of pain medication using a programmable pump. 1 This approach offers ...
New York Post

LI principal uses student funds for steak-and-lobster dinners, booze, jet-ski rentals: audit

A Long Island high school principal dropped thousands of dollars on steak-and-lobster dinners, boozy staff parties and jet-ski rentals using funds meant for a youth mentor program, a scathing audit ...
PC World

Pretty much no one is using Microsoft’s Copilot AI, report suggests

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s Copilot AI holds only 1.1% of the web AI market share, declining from 1.5% over the past year. ChatGPT dominates with 64.5% market share while Google’s Gemini has ...
Education Week

More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here’s Why

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...
The Boston Globe

Live-in personal care attendants no longer subject to income tax

Personal care attendants in Massachusetts who assist people they live with will no longer be required to pay state or federal income tax, Governor Maura Healey announced Monday, a change that could ...
Tri-City Herald

Partial shutdown of Eastern WA paper plant will cut 200 jobs

Packaging Corporation of America announced a partial shutdown of its Wallula containerboard plant that will cut production by nearly half. Officials said in a Dec. 4 announcement via Business Wire ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Recycling Today

PCA says corrugated volumes reflect ‘cautious ordering patterns’

The company’s third-quarter net sales were flat and net income slightly down, though CEO Mark Kowlzan says ordering patterns are improving. Packaging Corp. of America's third-quarter net sales were ...
CNN

Exhausted? The reason may be how you’re using technology

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...