What to know about covid vaccines — and if you need one this fall

What to know about covid vaccines — and if you need one this fall

If you haven’t given much thought to covid-19 lately, that’s understandable. The impact of the coronavirus has “substantially diminished” since the early pandemic years, said William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As a result, “people are perhaps less attentive to covid.”

First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row | US news

First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row | US news

Good day. The dispute over media access to the presidency has deepened, with major US television news outlets agreeing to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds. The president had abruptly announced his ban against CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying … Read more

What is an “AI swarm,” and why is it giving tech experts nightmares?

What is an "AI swarm," and why is it giving tech experts nightmares?

Central to the dire warnings about the potential danger of artificial intelligence to humanity is the risk that a “swarm” of AI agents could collaborate in nefarious ways, like hordes of digital extras from “The Matrix.” Such fears have intensified following an attack by OpenAI bots this summer on another AI developer, Hugging Face, in … Read more

Aaron Donald: Game wasn’t as fast as I thought

Aaron Donald: Game wasn't as fast as I thought

SoFi Stadium received a jolt of energy before Monday night’s game when Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was the final defensive starter announced to the home crowd. Donald said the response from that crowd “cheered me up a little bit” as he ran onto the field for the first time since deciding to end the … Read more

‘Great for our water supply’: BYU study examines how rock glaciers fit into Utah’s water puzzle

'Great for our water supply': BYU study examines how rock glaciers fit into Utah's water puzzle

PROVO — In the Beehive State and throughout the Mountain West, enormous reserves of water are frozen, protected and hidden beneath some of the region’s most impressive mountain ranges. Utah’s Mount Timpanogos is home to one of these hidden supplies, called a rock glacier, which feeds Emerald Lake near the mountain’s summit. higher elevations. Rock … Read more