American Council on Science and Health

From Cells to Cities: Understanding Public Health Through Entropy

From tiny cells to vast cities, life persists by keeping chaos under control. The same thermodynamic forces that cause coffee ...
GitHub

README.md

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are emerging as a promising energy-efficient alternative to traditional artificial neural networks (ANNs) due to their spike-driven paradigm. However, recent research in ...
Frontiers

Resonant closure: consciousness as a dynamically self-stabilized informational state

Why some physical systems are accompanied by subjective experience remains unresolved in neuroscience and philosophy of mind. Building on predictive processing and the Free Energy Principle, I propose ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Northwestern Mutual pressed by U.S. government on DEI policies

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating Northwestern Mutual's diversity policies. A male employee alleges he was passed over for a promotion due to his sex, race, and ...
Reuters

EEOC says Northwestern Mutual won't hand over information on DEI policies

Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday said Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance has refused to comply with a subpoena in the agency's investigation of claims ...
Scientific American

Does the universe keep secrets? Inside the black hole information paradox

This article is part of a package in collaboration with Forbes on time capsules, preserving information and communicating with the future. Read more from the report. Yet according to physics, ...
CNBC

Double-digit mutual fund payouts are coming — how to avoid the tax hit

After a strong year for the stock market, many mutual funds are expecting double-digit year-end capital gains payouts for 2025, according to Morningstar. That could trigger unexpected taxes for ...
IEEE

Robust Feature Selection by Removing Noise Entropy Within Mutual Information for Limited-Sample Industrial Data

Abstract: Feature selection is challenging in high-dimensional and small-sample data, particularly in industrial informatics with diverse noise sources. The information entropy of feature noise is ...
IGN

How to Get Entropy

Entropy is a key ingredient that you'll need to get the True Ending of Hades 2. Specifically, you'll need it for one of the Incantations you will perform to truly finish off your greatest foe, Chronos ...
CNBC

ETFs vs. mutual funds: Key differences for investors

Exchange-traded funds and mutual funds are similar but also have key differences that may be significant for investors. ETFs tend to be cheaper and save investors money on taxes, experts said. ETFs ...
Frontiers

Mutual information-based teamwork evaluation in real-world environments: an exploratory investigation with professional surgeons

Teamwork involves intricate interactions among individuals or groups with shared goals. It necessitates effective communication, defined roles, decision-making processes, and the allocation of ...