Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

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In recent years, something unexpected has been happening in artificial intelligence. Modern AI appears to be breaking a rule that statisticians have preached for nearly a century: Keep models in a ...

Contrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Calum Lister Matheson, University of Pittsburgh Online influencers with millions of followers have ...

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Statistical models predict stock trends using historical data and mathematical equations. Common statistical models include regression, time series, and risk assessment tools. Effective use depends on ...

Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of ...

For decades, scientists have relied on a popular idea referred to as cosmic inflation to explain how the universe began and why it looks the way it does today. This theory suggests the universe ...

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The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even learn from each other. The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even ...

OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5, its latest and most advanced AI model. The company said the model is smarter, faster and more useful, particularly across domains like writing, coding and health ...