Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

WITH MY FEET in the stirrups, I felt an electric jolt of pain roll through my abdomen. I gripped the sides of the examination table, knuckles turning white. The two Tylenol the nurse had told me to ...

New Jersey Medicare patients will be guinea pigs in a grand experiment that tests the capabilities of using artificial intelligence to decide which medical procedures should be covered by insurance.

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What rules does the Trump administration’s new naturalization test change regarding the questions immigrants must answer? The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an alert on ...

Abstract: This document defines recommended practices for conformity assessment procedures that should be used to verify plant-level conformity with IEEE Std 2800 for IBR plants interconnecting with a ...

Natural cyclodextrins (CDs) and their synthetically modified forms, hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) and sulfobutyl-β-cyclodextrin (SB-β-CD), are critical components in pharmaceutical ...

With firsthand experience of the complexity of testing indoor PV devices, researchers at Simon Fraser University in Canada identified how certain testing setups and protocols can skew results, then ...

How long would you keep going to work if you didn’t receive a paycheck? That’s the question that thousands of air traffic controllers and TSA officers will be asking themselves as the federal ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...