Meet Edward Kang, the 17-year-old New Jersey student who used retinal images to train AI for autism and ADHD screening; his project won a $175,000 science prize

For his project, Kang trained AI models to detect patterns associated with neurodevelopmental disorders from a large public dataset of retinal images. Instead of one approach, he used several techniques to improve the performance of the models. What if a simple picture of the eye could help doctors diagnose neurodevelopmental conditions earlier? For 17-year-old Edward…

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J&K CM Omar Abdullah asks police, security agencies to take poster threatening Kashmir Pandit employees seriously | India News

Omar Abdullah flags fresh threats targeting Kashmiri Pandit employees SRINAGAR: A new poster issued by the little-known United Liberation Council (ULC) threatening Kashmiri Pandits led community members working in the Kashmir Valley under the PM Package for Kashmiri Migrants and Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits to write to J&K chief secretary Atal Dulloo seeking enhanced security. Chief…

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In 1908, an unschooled Indiana widow began a 20-year fight to defend 120 acres of Lake Michigan dunes from a steel giant; 72 years later, 212 acres including part of her tract joined Indiana Dunes to remain open space forever

Carr remained determined to defend what she believed was hers (Photo: NPS) In the early 1900s, an Indiana widow spent more than two decades fighting to defend her claim to 120 acres along Lake Michigan. Drusilla Carr had lived on the land for decades before it became valuable. As the city of Gary, Indiana, grew…

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5 sectors and a warning for world: US launches ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ against Iran

“It is now time for world leaders to make to decision between America and Iran,” Bessent said. The United States has launched what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described as an “unprecedented” economic campaign against Iran, targeting the country’s financial networks, oil revenues and global economic connections as Washington seeks to tighten pressure on Tehran.Bessent said…

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JPMorgan Chase filed a layoff notice with New Jersey City office, here’s what the WARN notice filed by the company says

JPMorgan Chase has submitted a fresh workforce reduction notice to New Jersey employment regulators, detailing plans to eliminate 63 positions at its Jersey City location. The workforce adjustments represent the fifth separate filing the financial institution has lodged with state authorities this year, raising the cumulative count of job cuts at the Jersey City facility…

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‘Their faces burnt’: Disturbing details emerge in Bangladesh Hindu family murder

Investigators suspect a flammable substance has been used on the victims’ faces A Hindu family of four was found murdered inside their locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city, with investigators uncovering disturbing details about the killings and an alleged attempt to destroy evidence.The victims were identified as retired Rangpur Zilla School teacher Ganapati Chakraborty, 65,…

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