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Can a commercial airplane do a barrel roll?

LiveScience 

Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner?

Goldbridge Critiques Man City’s Premier League Dominance

EPLIndex | Premier League stats & Blog 

Manchester City’s Dominance in the Premier League: A Double-Edged Sword The Premier League season has come to a close, and while many celebrate Manchester City’s triumph, others, like Mark Goldbridge from the “That’s Football” podcast, voice their concerns about the state of the league. Goldbridge’s analysis, filled with passion and poignant observations, sheds light on […]

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World Hypertension Day: Identifying risks, monitoring high BP, and adopting preventive measures to address this silent killer

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

To address the ticking bomb called hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, The Economic Times, in collaboration with USV, brings a special World Hypertension Day episode titled ‘The Brain, The Heart, and The Kidney: The Trifecta of Hypertension’, featuring a panel of esteemed experts, Dr. Ajit Mehta, Dr Soumik Chaudhuri, and Dr. Basavaraj G S. This significant discussion aimed to address the critical connection between hypertension and our vital organs. Here are the highlights.

Carroll school board discusses political implications of fundraising policy, seeks public input

The Baltimore Sun 

The Carroll County Board of Education is seeking public input on proposed changes to its policy on school-related fundraising. The school board updated policy KHBA last September, but the revision creates more questions than answers about maintaining a limited open forum under the U.S. Equal Access Act, Superintendent Cynthia McCabe said during the board’s May 8 meeting. The law requires school systems to be fair in governing student clubs and non-curricular organizations. Board legal counsel Edmund... Читать дальше...

The AI revolution will take time

InfoWorld 

Strap in, the AI revolution has hit overdrive!!!

Except, of course, that it hasn’t, and it won’t anytime soon, despite what you’ve read in countless breathless editorials. It’s not that AI isn’t important, or that it doesn’t have the potential to change everything. It is and it does, but it’s simply not going to happen as fast as we think.

The reason is people. It’s always people.

The hubris of forecasts

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Tragic Death of 5-Year-Old Child in Ambulance En Route to Blagoevgrad Hospital

Sofia News Agency 

A 5-year-old child from the village of Kocherinovo in the Stob area tragically passed away while being transported to the Emergency Department of the regional hospital in Blagoevgrad, as reported by BNR. The child had been unwell for several days, and his condition deteriorated yesterday, prompting his parents to seek help at the emergency center in Rila. Although details are unconfirmed, it is reported that the child underwent examination and received treatment before being sent home. ...

MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Has Grown “Dangerous,” Like a “Cult”

The New Republic 

The GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is growing more blatant. Republicans have joined him in attacking his criminal trials as illegitimate. Those angling to be his running mate say they wouldn’t have certified his 2020 loss. And many Republicans are echoing his refusal to say he’ll respect the 2024 outcome. We talked to Tom Nichols, a leading “Never Trump” conservative and staff writer at The Atlantic, about why he is now arguing that his former party’s support for Trump has driven it into the abyss. Читать дальше...

Astronomers are enlisting AI to prepare for a data downpour

Technology Review  

In deserts across Australia and South Africa, astronomers are planting forests of metallic detectors that will together scour the cosmos for radio signals. When it boots up in five years or so, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory will look for new information about the universe’s first stars and the different stages of galactic evolution.  But…