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Former Air Force officer shows how to read redactions in Epstein files

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released another tranche of files relating to the two federal investigations into ...
Opinion

A precise tool to edit life: How CRISPR genome editing is changing agriculture and healthcare

Imagine if you could fix a spelling mistake in a long document with just one click. Now, imagine doing the same with the genetic code of a plant or even a human cell. That’s ...

These 10+ useful Google Docs tools streamlined my workflow (and don't require plug-ins)

Like Windows, Google Docs has its own set of keyboard shortcuts. Many of the well-known key combos still apply (such as Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste); however, Docs has its own unique ...

How does World Cup draw work? 2026 FIFA format and pots explained

FIFA modified the draw for 2026 to create separate pathways to the semifinals for the four-highest ranked teams: Spain, Argentina, France and England. That means if Spain and Argentina win their ...
IEEE

Augmentation of topic modeling: Comparing the traditional and their word embedding oriented approaches

Abstract: This paper compares the efficacy of classical topic modeling approaches namely the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) with their respective word ...