Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt. Dr. Kristy Cromblin knew that as the descendant of Alabama sharecroppers and the first person in her family to go to college, making it to medical school …
Read More »‘Covid Can’t Compete.’ In a Place Mired in War, the Virus Is an Afterthought.
In Afghanistan, life goes on as though the coronavirus never existed. “Fake news,” some say, even as a second wave has brought on a surge of new cases and hospitalizations. KABUL, Afghanistan — For Mohammad Wakil, 23, social distancing is an abstract concept. Every working day, he shakes hands with …
Read More »This M’sian Startup’s Patented Tech Makes Sense Of Big Data For Companies Who Can’t
“Organisations need to be data-driven in order to compete effectively,” Jimmy Ting, Managing Director of DataMicron first told Vulcan Post. But he saw that organisations faced an issue here: they had vast amounts of data, and lacked solutions to help them analyse it all. This was in particular for enterprise …
Read More »You can’t eliminate bias from machine learning, but you can pick your bias
Best practices for a successful AI Center of Excellence A guide for both CoEs and business units Download Guide Bias is a major topic of concern in mainstream society, which has embraced the concept that certain characteristics — race, gender, age, or zip code, for example — should not matter …
Read More »People With This Mutation Can’t Smell Stinky Fish
Researchers in Iceland have identified a new mutant superpower — but the genetic trait probably won’t be granting anyone admission to the X-Men. A small contingent of the world’s population carries a mutation that makes them immune to the odious funk that wafts off fish, according to a study of …
Read More »“What? Sorry, I Can’t Hear You”: How Bad Audio Is Making Companies Lose Money
In the midst of a global pandemic, the world has entered an era of working from home, and remote work is no longer an alien concept. A growing list of major corporations are planning a more permanent shift to remote work even after cities emerge from their lockdowns. One such …
Read More »How to Avoid an Eviction If You Can’t Pay Rent
Even though President Trump’s recent executive order promised an extended eviction moratorium and $ 400 a week in unemployment benefits, it…did not actually do either of those things. “The most important message right now that people need to understand is the executive order is not an eviction moratorium [emphasis added],” …
Read More »This Sabahan Hobbit Home Is Expecting A Monthly RM3k Profit Now That We Can’t Go To NZ
Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings (LOTR) has become a much-beloved classic everywhere, enjoyed both as books and as films. It also serves as great inspiration for many LOTR-themed things, as seen in cosplays, weddings, and this little hobbit-themed Airbnb home in Kundasang, Sabah. Aptly called the Humble Hobbit Home (HHH), …
Read More »5 Reasons You Can’t Quit Sugar
Let me guess. You’ve been on keto for 5-6 months and enthusiastically thinking this is how you’ll finally wrangle your sugar cravings into submission! You’re loading up on healthy fats, avoiding grains, and ditching highly processed, high-carb foods. Yet there’s that incessant nagging. You know, the one that tells you …
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