Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and potable (and accessories dedicated to those topics,) her real areas of expertise ...

Retired, Institute of Professional Geologists, San Antonio, USA. From the late 1960s through approximately 1991, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) and its predecessors, the ...

We describe computationally efficient methods for Bayesian model selection. The methods select among mixtures in which each component is a directed acyclic graphical model (mixtures of DAGs or MDAGs), ...

We’ve all been there, on the short grass inside 100 yards after a crushed drive, hoping to stick it close. Then, the nerves kick in and tension creeps into your swing. Suddenly, you’ve bladed it over ...

A small but growing class of companies is moving beyond holding Bitcoin as a static reserve. They are integrating it into capital strategy, using it to raise funds, secure credit, and engineer returns ...

Abstract: Learning-based distribution system state estimation (DSSE) methods typically depend on sufficient fully labeled data to construct mapping functions. However, collecting historical labels ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...

Sometimes the box you have isn’t the box you need. If you’re packing something long, narrow, or oddly shaped, a standard square box might waste space or just not work at all. The good news? You can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “The password era is ending,” says Microsoft, confirming its intent ...