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But the bigger point is how foundational these stories are to how we narrate struggle and resilience. Middle school teaches ...

This story is featured in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of ESSENCE. Last Christmas Eve, Lauren Speed-Hamilton and her family were gathered in her Atlanta home watching the ­Netflix special Jamie Foxx: ...

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Small changes can have incredibly large and unintended consequences, whether for good or for ill. And no matter how smart you (think you) are, there’s absolutely no way that you can predict all of the ...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new reinforcement learning (RL) framework that helps train large language models (LLMs) for complex agentic tasks ...

As TriMet prepares to implement service cuts on Nov. 30, one rider has already proved that longer wait times won’t stop a determined transit superfan. Marty Valentine, pictured on TriMet MAX Blue Line ...

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Great leadership doesn’t just happen in boardrooms or business settings. From little league coaching and community initiatives to family moments and encounters with service providers, powerful ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving ...

UnitedHealth Group Inc. is testing a new system to streamline how medical claims are processed, an early example of what the company says is the potential for artificial intelligence to smooth out ...

Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld Victor Allen Smith’s murder conviction and life sentence in a deadly DUI crash. Smith drove over 120 mph while fleeing police, hitting and killing 22-year-old ...