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AI-generated journal reviews have some advantages over those written by people—and big pitfalls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AI-generated journal reviews have some advantages over those written by people—and big pitfalls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As Bruce Bent, the inventor of the money-market fund, said again and again, "The purpose of the money fund is to bore the investor into a sound night's sleep." Then some political or technological or financial shock comes along, and suddenly there's something new: paper money backed by metal, or paper money backed by nothing, or simply numbers on a screen. In the parlance of money-market mutual funds, it "broke the buck"--investors could no longer take out a dollar for every dollar they put in. [Extracted from the article]

"Nothing tastes better when it's soaked with water", says Greg Maselli, SAVRpak's co-founder and co-CEO. "You have chefs perfecting recipes and throwing them in a box only for them to become a steaming, soggy sop." SAVRpak solves the sogginess dilemma by extracting moisture from the air inside food containers before it turns into condensation on the surface of food. No one wants to eat a mushy meal--and with the SAVRpak, they won't have to. [Extracted from the article]

The discovery of classified documents at Joe Biden's Delaware home and former D.C. office tarnishes the President politically at a moment when he was hoping voters would credit him for a resilient job market and signs that inflation is easing. The investigation into Biden makes any potential decision to charge Trump for obstructing the Mar-a-Lago probe more politically fraught. Less than two months before appointing Hur, Garland announced he was placing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, as well as one into Trump's alleged role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, under the supervision of special counsel Jack Smith. [Extracted from the article]

"When I gave her the bag and popped the hatch, and she saw all the food, she broke down and sat on the curb and started crying", says Washington, 63. She and a school counselor organized a spreadsheet to keep track of each family's needs, and Washington asked her principal for permission to make the deliveries herself, taking food and other essentials to her own students and to families from neighboring schools. The food banks around Detroit know Jacqueline Washington as a regular. [Extracted from the article]

At just over 2.5 lb., the ThinkBook Plus has the weight of a laptop, but lets you leave your hefty hardcover books at home. Lenovo's new ThinkBook Plus stands out by offering two screens in a single machine. Laptops tend to be pretty similar affairs, at least superficially--all of them are equipped with keyboards, track pads and screens. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses expensive designer shopping bags which are intended to benefit the environment by reducing the use of disposable plastic bags. The environmental damage caused by the billions of plastic bags which are not recycled is noted, as are fears that a reduction in the use of plastic bags will merely mean an increase in the use of paper bags, which are not a green product either.

Days later, Ross's predicament was still on Dailey's mind. In mid-March, terrified of catching COVID-19, Phyllis Ross, 88, asked her newspaper deliveryman if he'd throw the paper closer to her West Windsor, N.J., home. The request inspired Dailey to think of a new delivery service. [Extracted from the article]

TIME100 HealthInnovators Democratized health dataRory Collins helms UK Biobank, a trove of health data for half a million people over time, available to any researcher. The data were used in more than 3,000 scientific papers published last year.--T.L.By Tara Law; Leslie Dickstein; Sanya Mansoor; Simmone Shah and Julia Zorthian [Extracted from the article]

We turned to the photographers closest to the story. In this case, that meant student photojournalists from 10 college papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the benefits and fears associated with the expansion of the European Union (EU) with Eastern and Central European states. Concern that there will be division rather than unity, and that barriers will be erected around the region forming a 'Paper Curtain'; Fear that trade will be inhibited and economic migration stifled; Example of Hungary and its wandering borders for ethnic Hungarians living in Romania and Serbia; Details of several countries with diaspora in neighboring countries.

Analyzes the documents contained within 'The Tiananmen Papers.' Attempts of sinologists to determine if the collection of documents is authentic; How the papers describe conversations between Chinese leaders in Standing Committee meetings regarding the student protests in Tiananmen Square; Application of the papers on the understanding of the Tiananmen massacre.

Discusses a digital pen and paper writing system designed by Swedish company Anoto AB. How the pen reads what it writes on special paper that transmits the information as an e-mail, fax, or mobile-phone message; How the technology works; Possible applications; Service expected to be offered through Vodaphone; Author's evaluation of using the writing system.

's already iconic skyline has welcomed several new additions--most notably a glittering, silver 890-ft. skyscraper that is now the tallest in Australia's most populous city. These new additions join some of Sydney's more avant-garde architectural offerings, including Darling Square's unique Exchange building, wrapped in circular softwood ribbons by architect Kengo Kuma, and Frank Gehry's "crumpled paper bag": a curvy brick university edifice that overlooks the Goods Line, a former rail line turned public greenway. Elsewhere, the University of Sydney opened the Chau Chak Wing Museum, a boxy concrete structure featuring exhibitions on art, science, history and ancient cultures. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers the information that how much has changed since the Supreme Court allowed publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The article also mentions about the Massive hacks including those perpetrated by WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden and U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning have succeeded in penetrating the National Security Agency.

This section describes various publication errors such as the omission of an important word in a 1631 Bible, the erroneous headline for the 1948 U.S. presidential elections printed by the "Chicago Tribune" newspaper, and the different name given by "Wired" magazine to U.S. President Donald Trump.

The leaked document, by a 'middle-ranking official,' is 'not UNODC policy' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

He draws when he gets bored [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]