January 7, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Weird, Wobbling Black Hole Jets Can Shape Entire Galaxies A wobbling jet from a giant, voracious black hole is suppressing star formation in a distant galaxy—and astronomers have never seen anything quite like it before By Jacek Krywko edited by Lee Billings An artist’s…
Our LLM API bill was growing 30% month-over-month. Traffic was increasing, but not that fast. When I analyzed our query logs, I found the real problem: Users ask the same questions in different ways. “What’s your return policy?,” “How do I return something?”, and “Can I get a refund?” were all hitting our LLM separately,…
Kaleena Smith scored 50 points, including 14 after regulation, to lead Ontario Christian to a 96-87 double-overtime triumph over San José Archbishop Mitty in a high-noon showdown between the top two teams in the state Saturday in the featured game of the Kay Yow Showcase at Mater Dei. Tatiana Griffin contributed 20 points and 18…
Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and the rock band’s guitarist and vocalist, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement on his social media. “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer…
President Trump indicated that he would meet the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Last year, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award he covets.
Artist’s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft flying by Mercury ESA/ATG medialab We will finally begin to untangle Mercury’s mysteries in 2026, as the BepiColombo spacecraft descend into orbit around the solar system’s innermost planet. BepiColombo consists of a pair of spacecraft from both the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)….
It would be difficult to find a human being more contemptible than JD Vance. One of Vance’s biggest problems, in my opinion, is that he believes he’s a slick operator and a smooth, effortless liar. He lies a lot, and he believes that practice makes perfect. That’s not the case. He comes across as a…
The NFL’s wild-card weekend is underway Saturday with the Carolina Panthers (8-9) hosting the Los Angeles Rams (12-5) at 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox). In the late window, the Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) visit the Chicago Bears (11-6) at 8 p.m. ET (Prime Video). The action continues with a trio of games Sunday: The Buffalo Bills…
After canceling a spacewalk planned for Thursday, the space agency’s administrator said it was erring on the side of caution and bringing a crew of four home in the coming days.
When you own the regulators, creating sexualized images of women and children isn’t a bug—it’s a business model. From the moment Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, began rolling out its Grok chatbot to paid X subscribers in 2023, it pitched the tool as the bad boy of large language models. Grok would supposedly be…
