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Associated Press cutting dozens of staffers

The Associated Press is planning to cut dozens of positions as part of a broader restructuring of the media company, The Hill confirmed on Monday. "Even though we’ve evolved in the U.S. over the past few years, too much of our operations are still tied to large U.S. newspaper

Rating community resilience with a deep learning framework

An understanding of community resilience and risk analysis is vital when it comes to protecting civilians and infrastructure from natural hazards, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. Artificial intelligence is an efficient way to rate a community's resilience and vulnerability.

Origins of Earth's most powerful ocean current revealed

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth's rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current rushes around the southern continent unhindered by land masses and is therefore a fundamental component of the climate system. In a recent study

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Why cats stop eating—it's not just fullness

Why do cats often leave food unfinished? Many cat owners have experienced this puzzling behavior. Domestic cats are well known for eating multiple small meals throughout the day, a pattern thought to reflect their evolutionary origin from the African wildcat (Felis silvestris