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The aurora named STEVE…
Mystery of Purple Lights in Sky Solved With Citizen Scientists’ Help
Citizen scientists, satellites and researchers solve the mystery of new purple lights in the sky. The lights, called STEVE, provide scientists insight into Earth’s magnetic field.
Photo taken at: Los Angeles, California
Rising above the clouds… I tried a lot of crops on this (otherwise it’s unmodified) but finally settled on the square because I wanted enough of both the rooftops and the sky bracketing the clouds and mountain, and I wanted to steer clear of some of the foreground buildings that would have appeared on the sides and break up the layout.
Slight Street Sign Modifications Can Completely Fool Machine Learning Algorithms
From the still-needs-work department: It’s possible to add noise to an image that the human brain filters out (or doesn’t even notice), but that will cause computers to misclassify it. Amusing when you’re sorting photos of animals, but dangerous when it convinces a self-driving car that a stop sign is simply reporting a speed limit.
Q&A on Allergy Cell Finding: Targeting Therapies and Predicting Symptoms to Foods
This is a potential game changer in allergy research.
While this year’s rain hasn’t been enough to pull CA out of the drought, it *has* been enough to trigger wildflower season. I need to plan a hike (or at least a drive through the hills).
Not sure what’s the bigger surprise: seeing a Chevy Volt in the wild, or that the driver managed to get a parking space next to an electrical outlet in a structure that offers parking for LAX.
Republican-appointed judge overturns government restriction on personal freedom. Shouldn’t conservatives be happier about this?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/prop8-gay-marriage.html
I like this quote from the judge, saying that Prop 8 “fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. … Because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.”
–FB