The auto industry flocked to dealers last month to lock deals before Trump’s car fares increased by thousands of dollars, witnessing a different kind of March madness, several automakers said.
“This past weekend was the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor North America, told reporters Tuesday. The company reported a 13% increase in sales in March on Monday compared to the previous year.
Ford Motor said on Monday that sales at dealers rose 19% in March. However, the company said Ford’s sales throughout the quarter reduced 1% to around 500,000 vehicles as sales to fleet customers fell.
General Motors did not provide another figure in March, but reported first quarter sales rose 17% from the previous year to 693,000 vehicles.
Last week, Trump said Thursday he would impose a 25% tariff on imported vehicles. Customs duties will be extended to imported auto parts on May 3rd. Many cars made in US factories contain parts made overseas, frequently exceeding 50% of the vehicle’s value. Analysts estimate that automakers will have to raise prices on some models by more than $10,000 to compensate for new taxes.
GM, Ford and Hyundai reported increased sales of electric vehicles and hybrids. GM said that the electric version of the Equinox Sport Utility Vehicle has become widely available, almost doubled for vehicles with only batteries to 32,000 units. The starting price is around $35,000, and the Equinox is one of the most affordable electric vehicles available in the US.
Ford said sales of hybrid vehicles increased by 33%, while sales of electric vehicles like the Mustang Mach-E rose by 12%. Sales of cars with internal combustion engines fell 5% during the quarter.
Hyundai said sales of the hybrid skyrocketed 68%, while sales of pure electric vehicles rose 3%.
Parker of Hyundai said he could not estimate the impact it would have on its involvement in the company’s price. Hyundai and its sister company Kia have factories in Georgia and Alabama, but import a considerable number of vehicles from South Korea.
“We haven’t made a solid decision yet,” Parker said. But he added, “Don’t wait for tomorrow to buy what you can buy today.”
It is called an unexpected phenomenon Convection It helps to explain many of the other features of the volcano and Venus landscape.
The artist’s impression is that a volcano erupts on Venus. Image credit: ESA/AOES Mediaab.
The University of Washington, Professor Slava Solomatov of St. Louis, said:
“Our calculations suggest that convection is possible and likely is likely. If so, it gives us new insight into the evolution of the planet.”
Convection occurs when the heated material rises towards the surface of the planet, and the cold material sinks, creating a constant conveyor belt.
On Earth, convection deep in the mantle provides the energy that drives plate tectonics.
The Earth’s crust, about 40 km thick on the continent and 6 km in the sea basin, is too thin to cool and cannot support convection.
However, Professor Solomatov and his colleague Dr. Chabi Jain of St. Louis suspected that Venus’ crust had a proper thickness (probably 30-90 km, and in some places 30-90 km), temperature and rock composition.
To confirm this possibility, researchers applied a new theory of fluid dynamics developed in the lab.
Their calculations suggested that Venus’ crust could indeed support convection. This is a whole new way of thinking about the geology of planetary surfaces.
In 2024, scientists used a similar approach to determine that convection would likely not occur in the mercury mantle. Because the planet is too small and has been cooled quite a bit since it formed 4.5 billion years ago.
Venus, on the other hand, is a hot planet both inside and outside. The surface temperature reaches 465 degrees Celsius (870 degrees Fahrenheit), and its volcano and other surface features show clear signs of melting.
Scientists have been wondering how heat from the interior of the earth is transferred to the surface.
“Crustal convection can be an important missing mechanism,” Professor Solomatov said.
“Convection near the surface can also affect the type and placement of volcanoes on Venus’ surface.”
The author hopes that future missions to Venus can provide more detailed data on crust density and temperature.
If convection occurs as expected, some areas of the crust must be warmer and less dense than others. This is a difference that can be detected using high-resolution gravity measurements.
But perhaps an even more interesting target is Plput, a frozen dwarf planet outside the solar system.
Images from NASA’s New Horizons mission revealed a prominent polygonal pattern in the Sputnik Planitia region of Pltune, which resembles the plate boundary on Earth.
These polygons are formed by the slow convection current in a 4-km thick layer of solid nitrogen ice.
“Pluto is probably the second planetary body in the non-Earth solar system, and the convection driving tectonics is clearly visible on the surface,” Professor Solomatov said.
“It’s an attractive system that we still need to understand.”
result Published in the journal Physics of the interior of Earth and Planets.
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Viatcheslav S. Solomatov & Chhavi Jain. 2025. The possibility of convection in the Venus crust. Earth and Planet Physics 361:107332; doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107332
The 20-year Hubble study of Uranus provides valuable data to help you understand the atmospheric dynamics of this distant ice giant. This serves as a proxy for studying the deformation of similar sizes and compositions.
The image sequence shows changes in Uranus over the past four years when Hubble’s STIS instrument observed Uranus over 20 years. Over that period, astronomers saw Uranus season as the Antarctic region (left) entered winter shadows, and the Arctic region (right) brightened, and began to become more direct view as summer approached the north. The top row of visible light shows how Uranus’ colours look to the human eye, as can be seen by even amateur telescopes. In the second line, false-colored images of the planet are assembled from visible and near-infrared light observations. The color and brightness correspond to the amount of methane and aerosol. Both of these quantities were indistinguishable before STI first targeted Uranus in 2002. Generally, the green area has less methane than the blue area, and the red area does not show methane. The red area is in the limbs, where the stratosphere of Uranus is almost completely free of methane. The two bottom rows show the latitudinal structures of aerosols and methane, inferred from those visible from 1,000 different wavelengths (colors) to near-infrared. In the third row, bright areas show cloudy conditions, while dark areas show clearer conditions. In the fourth row, the bright areas show depleted methane, and the dark areas show the total amount of methane. At mid- and low-latitude latitudes, aerosol and methane depletion has a unique latitude structure that has changed little over 20 years of observation. However, in polar regions, aerosol and methane depletion behave very differently. In the third row, aerosols near the Arctic show a dramatic increase, becoming very dark in the early days of the Northern Spring and very bright in recent years. It appears that aerosols also disappear in their left limbs when solar radiation disappears. This is evidence that solar radiation alters aerosol haze in Uranus’s atmosphere. On the other hand, methane depletion appears to remain very high in both polar regions throughout the observation period. Image credits: NASA/ESA/Erich Karkoschka, LPL.
Uranus is a giant ice planet about four times the diameter of Earth.
It has a hydrogen and helium feel and has a bit of methane that gives it a blue tint.
Uranus lies to its side and rotates, its magnetic field is biased – it tilts at the center 60 degrees from its axis.
When Voyager 2 passed Uranus in 1986, it provided a close-up snapshot of the planet facing sideways. What it saw resembled a bland blue-green billiard ball.
In comparison, Hubble recorded the story of 20 years of seasonal changes from 2002 to 2022.
During that period, it was used by a team of astronomers led by Dr. Erich Karkoschka of the University of Arizona and Dr. Larry Slomovsky and Dr. Pat Free of the University of Wisconsin. Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer (stis) Draw an accurate picture of Uranus’ atmosphere structure.
Researchers observed Uranus four times in 20 years: 2002, 2012, 2015, and 2022.
They found that unlike gas giants Saturn and Jupiter, methane was not evenly distributed on Uranus.
Instead, it is heavily depleted near the pole. This depletion remained relatively constant for 20 years.
However, the structure of aerosols and hazes changes dramatically, and brightens significantly in the Arctic region as the planet approaches the northern summer solstice in 2030.
Uranus takes Earth age just over 84 years to complete the single orbit of the Sun.
Therefore, for over 20 years, the team has seen the spring almost north to make the Northern Pole shine directly in 2030, before shining the equator of Uranus.
“Hubble’s observations suggest a complex atmospheric circulation pattern for Uranus during this period,” the scientists said.
“The data most sensitive to methane distribution shows polar inundation and upwelling in other regions.”
The US has ended financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, separating nearly 50 million women from access to birth control.
This policy change has attracted little attention in the wholesale demolition of US foreign aid, but it has great significance, including mother deaths and an overall increase in poverty. It derails the efforts that have in recent years brought long-acting birth control pills to some of the world’s poorest and most isolated regions.
The US contributed to family planning programs in 31 developing countries last year, providing about $600 million in 2023, according to the health research institute KFF.
According to an analysis by the sexual health research institute, the US funding provides birth control pills and medical services to deliver them to more than 47 million women and couples, reaching over 47 million women and couples. Without this annual contribution, 34,000 women could die from preventable mother deaths each year, Guttmacher’s calculation concluded.
“The magnitude of the impact is daunting,” said Mariva, who leads the coordination team for the Ouagadougou Partnership, an initiative to accelerate access to investment and family planning in nine West African countries.
The funding ended as part of the Trump administration’s breakdown of the US International Development Agency. The State Department, whose USAID skeletal remains were absorbed on Friday, did not reply to a request for comment on its decision to cease funding for family planning. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explains that he wasted the fired aid project and is not in line with America’s strategic interests.
Supporting family planning in the world’s poorest and most populous countries has been a consistent policy priority for both Democrats and Republican administrations for decades, considered a breakwater against political instability. It also reduced the number of women seeking abortions.
Among the countries that will be heavily affected by the decision are Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Funds to support the International Family Planning Program have been allocated by Congress and have been extended to the latest expenditure bill, which the government is operating until September. Moves by the State Department to cut these and other aid programs are now the subject of multiple lawsuits before federal courts.
The Trump administration has also fired US funding for UNFPA, the UN’s sexual reproductive health organization, the world’s largest procurement of birth control pills. The United States was the organization’s largest donor.
The US was not the sole supplier of birth control in any country, but the sudden termination of US fundraising has created disruption to the system and has already run out of products in clinics.
The estimated $27 million worth of family planning products already raised by USAID are stuck at various points in boats, ports and warehouses. Programs and employees have no programs or employees left to take them down or hand them over to the government. One plan proposed by Washington’s new USAID leadership is for the rest of the employees to destroy them.
Supply chain management is a major focus for USAID in all areas of health, with the US paying for transporting contraceptive products such as hormone implants, for example, from Thai manufacturers to ports in Mombasa, Kenya.
“It will be extremely difficult to put your work back on,” said Dr. Natalia Kanem, executive director of UNFPA.
The US has also paid for data and information systems that help the government track what is in stock and what needs to be ordered. None of these systems have been working since the Trump administration sent halt work orders to all programs that received the USAID grant.
Bellington Wwalika, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Zambia, said contraceptives have already begun running in some parts of the country, with the US supplying a quarter of the national family planning budget.
“Wealthy people can buy the products they want. It is the poor who have to think, ‘What should I get between food and birth control?'” he said.
Even before the US retracted its family planning program, the survey found that globally, 1 billion women of reproductive age wanted to avoid pregnancy, but modern methods of birth control were inaccessible.
At the same time, there have been great progress. Demand for contraception is steadily increasing in Africa, a region of the world with lowest coverage, in long-acting ways that provide women with greater privacy and safe protection. Supply has been improved with better infrastructure and helped deliver products to rural areas. And the “Demand Creation” project, which is the main funder in the US, used ads and social media to inform people of the various options available and the benefits of pregnancy intervals or delays. The rise in education levels among women has also increased demand.
Two weeks ago, Thermasibanda, a 27-year-old engineering graduate who lives in a low-income community on the edge of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, received a hormone implant that prevents pregnancy for five years.
Shibanda has a two-year-old son and says he can’t afford more children. She can’t find a job in Zimbabwe’s broken economy and her husband can’t. They follow the $150 presence he earns from the vegetable stand every month. She relied on “hope, faith and natural methods” to prevent another pregnancy from happening after her son was born, Shibanda said, hoping for something more reliable, but that was simply impossible on her family’s budget – until a free clinic came to her neighborhood.
With USAID funding, the Zimbabwean organization that provided implants last year has been able to purchase six robust Toyota vehicles and camping equipment so that outreach teams can travel to the country’s most remote parts and provide vascular removal and IUD at pop-up clinics. Since Trump’s executive order, they have had to stop using all of that equipment.
International nonprofit MSI reproductive options intervened with temporary funds to ensure that they could continue to provide free care to women they could reach, such as Shibanda.
Shibanda said her priorities are to provide her son with the best possible education and that there are no more children as tuition costs. However, many African women have no way of making this choice. In Uganda, the national fertility rate is 4.5 children per woman, but it is not uncommon to meet women in rural areas with limited education with eight or 10 children, said Dr Justin Bukenya, lecturer in community health and behavioral sciences at Makerele University in Kampala. These women become pregnant for the first time as teenagers, with little space between pregnancy.
“By the time they were 30, they were able to get their 10th pregnancy. These are the women affected,” she said. “We’re missing the opportunity to make progress with them. The United States was doing a very strong job of creating the demands of birth control with these women here and mobilizing young men and women to go to family planning.”
Some women who rely on free or low-cost services through the public health system may now seek to buy birth control pills in the private market. However, the prices of tablets, IUDs and other devices are likely to rise significantly without guaranteed to buy large quantities from the US.
“As a result, women who relied on free or affordable options through the public health system could now be forced to rely on private sector sources.
The next biggest donor to post-US family planning is the Netherlands, which provided about 17% of donor government funding in 2023, and the UK provided 13%. The two countries recently announced plans to cut their aid budget by more than a third.
BA said the focus of the West African countries she works for is to mobilize domestic resources and come up with ways for governments to try and relocate money to cover what the US supplies. Charities such as the Gates Foundation and financial institutions, including the World Bank, which are already important contributors to family planning, could provide additional funding to try to move products into the country.
“We were very optimistic. Even with all the political instability in our area, we’ve been using modern methods to add millions of women over the last few years,” BA said. “And now, it’s all, US support, policy, it’s all gone completely. The gap is too big to fill.”
Protesters gathered at Tesla showrooms in cities worldwide over the weekend to demonstrate against Elon Musk’s alliance with Donald Trump within the US government. Their main focus was to denounce Tesla’s vehicles. A sign in Manhattan declared, “Burning Tesla and saving democracy.” Demonstrators are leveraging consumer products as a means to impact American political democracy.
Reports from colleagues Dara Kerr and Edward Helmore revealed:
Hundreds of anti-Tesla protesters convened outside the EV Manhattan showroom on Saturday. Sophie Shepherd, 23, an organizer at Planet over Profit, clarified that the protest was not about electric vehicles per se.
“We’re here to protest the ties that essentially linked Tesla’s car show to the White House lawn,” she stated. “Our aim is to disrupt his business in every way possible, including not just CyberTruck but all Tesla models.”
Although the demonstration didn’t draw a large crowd, Musk’s fortune has decreased by over $100 billion as Tesla’s stock plummeted by nearly half from its peak in December 2024.
The political involvement of Musk forces many Tesla owners to take a stand for or against the company.
Musk is closely associated with Tesla. The company disclosed in its annual report that it heavily relies on Tesla and Musk’s technology services. Tesla’s technology is a significant factor in this contentious connection.
Moreover, the public perception of Musk’s political affiliations is intertwined with Tesla. Initially revered as a tech genius, Musk’s inspiration from Iron Man elevated Tesla’s brand, fueling the growth of his rocket enterprise.
However, with Musk’s polarizing public image, Tesla’s success hinges on maintaining public trust and confidence. The company’s disclosure emphasizes its aim to appeal to a diverse range of potential customers globally.
Musk’s political endeavors place Tesla owners in the spotlight, forcing them to either endorse or disavow the company. Owners often feel compelled to justify their purchase or publicly distance themselves from the company’s political stance. This dichotomy raises concerns about the public’s perception of Tesla as a mere political symbol.
Meanwhile, Musk’s narrow target audience was highlighted by hosting a Tesla sales event on the White House grounds, aligning with a controversial presidency. The outcome for Tesla remains uncertain, but its social relevance appears to impact its financial standing.
For more details on Saturday’s protest, read the full story here.
Amazing new genera and species of Gnathosaurine Pterosaur Garudapterus buffetauti It has been identified from the upper jaw of fossils found in eastern Thailand.
“Pterosaulia is the order of extinct flying reptiles that once lived among dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era, with fossil records from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous period.”
“Traditionally, Pterosaurs had two major groups.”
“The first branches generally have a long tail and a long fifth toe (traditionally known as the vacuum subsystem Rhamphorhynchoidea, now abolished).”
“The second one is Pterodactyloidea a large group with a high tail shrinking, relatively long metacarpal, short or non-existent fifth toe. ”
Garudapterus buffetauti It belongs to Gnathosaurinae a subfamily of pterodas within the Pterodactyloidea group.
The new species lived in what is now Thailand 130 million years ago, 130 million years ago, during the early Cretaceous period.
Fossilized sites of flying reptiles were found in the Pra Prong area in the southern region of the Phanom Dong Lac Mountains in Sa Keo province, Thailand.
Holotype of Garudapterus buffetauti – The first pterocortic skull material in Thailand – consists of a partial stud and five incomplete teeth from one individual.
“The anterior of the platoon is flattened dorsoventral and laterally expanded (spoon-shaped) shows an affinity for Gunasosaurnae,” the paleontologist said.
“The alveolar boundaries are severely scalloped and are like a collar, and the surface of the palate shows a pair of sine wave grooves.”
“These features have strong similarities to Gunasosaurin from the late Jurassic period. Gnathosaurus suburatus, Tacuadactylus luciae and Lucegnatos Almadrava. ”
Team phylogenetic analysis shows this Garudapterus buffetauti It is closely related to these Gnathosaurines.
“Even so, Thai gunasosaurin is unique and recognized as a new species for displaying the kite-shaped podium expansion,” the researchers said.
“This new specimen provides important information about Pterosaurs, including updated data to help us better understand diversity and distribution across Southeast Asia.”
Team’s paper It was published in the journal this month Cretaceous Research.
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Shitamanitokoon et al. The first ganaurin (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) in the early Cretaceous period in eastern Thailand. Cretaceous Research Published online on March 28th, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106135
Openai announced a $400 billion funding round that valued ChatGpt makers at $300 million. Partnering with SoftBank, Openai aims to push the boundaries of AI research towards AGI (artificial general information) with significant computing power.
SoftBank believes in achieving “artificial super intelligence” (ASI) surpassing human intelligence, praising Openai as the best partner to reach this goal. SoftBank plans to invest $10 billion initially and $300 billion by 2025, subject to meeting certain conditions.
Facing competition from Deepseek and Meta in the open source AI space, Openai announced plans to develop a more open, generative AI model. Additionally, Openai is expanding its user base rapidly with the latest image generation features in ChatGpt.
Openai, led by CEO Sam Altman, previously favored a closed model for AI development. However, with evolving priorities, Openai is now embracing open source to allow developers more flexibility in adapting AI technologies.
Critics of closed AI models, like Google, argue that open models pose higher risks and are more susceptible to misuse. Former Openai investor Elon Musk urges Openai to prioritize open source safety.
Companies and governments prefer AI models they can control for data security reasons. Meta and Deepseek offer customizable models, enabling users to download and modify them to suit their needs.
Commenting on the success of new features in ChatGpt, Altman mentioned a surge in users overwhelming Openai’s resources. This advancement underscores the growing interest and demand for AI advancements.
Approximately 1,900 leading researchers have denounced the Trump administration Open Letter On Monday, it conducted a “wholesale assault on National Science” that could backtrack research for decades, threatening the health and safety of Americans.
All signatories of the letter were warned by the damages caused by layoffs in health and science institutions, all elected members of the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, and by the cuts and delays in funding that have historically supported research within government and across American universities.
“For over 80 years, wise investments by the US government have built up national research companies and are a global hope,” the letter states. “Amazingly, the Trump administration is destabilizing the company by stripping funds for research, firing thousands of scientists, removing public access to scientific data, and pressures researchers to change or abandon their work on ideological basis.”
The letter stated that many universities and research institutes have so far “became antagonistic to the administration and remained silent in order to put their funds at risk.” However, he said, “The country’s scientific enterprises are undoubtedly undoubtedly.”
The signatories urged Americans to appeal to Congress to protect scientific funds.
With Elon Musk’s efforts to cut spending on institutions he considers as ideological enemies and President Trump’s crackdown, the administration has sought to dismantle some of the federal government’s scientific fundraising equipment.
Funding from the National Institutes of Health, which supports jobs by more than 300,000 scientists across the country, has down billions of dollars from typical levels in the early months of the Trump administration.
The White House has also moved to cancel research in certain areas, including transgender health and climate science.
The Trump administration announced last week that it had fired 10,000 Health and Human Services Department employees as part of a broader restructuring that reflects the priorities of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The department hired unreliable vaccine skeptics to study the links that have been exposed by scientists for a long time between vaccines and autism. On Friday, the country’s top vaccine regulator resigned, citing Kennedy’s “misinformation and lies.”
Over the past few weeks, members of the National Academy of Medicine, a nonprofit that provides independent health policy advice, have begun discussing concerns with members of the National Academy of Science and Engineering.
Dr. Stephen Wolf, the organizer of the letter studying health policy at the Federal University of Virginia, said the conversations produced open letters.
The letter was drafted by a group of 13 scientists representing fields such as medicine, climate science, sociology and economics.
“We know what this does to the US life expectancy, mortality rates and the mental health crisis we have,” Dr. Wolf said. “These changes in research companies are going to lead to harm to everyday Americans.”
Dr. Wolf cited the planned reorganization of the Agency for Medical Research and Quality, a small institution responsible for protecting patient safety and ensuring Americans’ access to free preventive services like mammograms.
“The person responsible for protecting the quality of healthcare in the United States has just been demolished,” Dr. Wolf said.
The letter outlines the results of funding cuts, including a pause in research studies, faculty layoffs, and reduced enrollment of graduate students.
It also condemns the management of “censorship involvement” among other things by “blocking research on topics that appear undesirable, such as climate change, or topics that have unfavorable outcomes on topics from vaccine safety to economic trends.”
The concern about artificial intelligence (AI) replacing numerous jobs is widespread. However, in today’s competitive job market, not leveraging AI effectively as part of your search could mean missing out. Balancing the power of technology with the human touch is a tricky task.
You can utilize AI models like this chatgpt and Confused to apply for jobs while also researching employers, competitors, and industry trends.
Career Coach Hannah Salton mentions that some of her clients use AI to gather insights about companies, culture, competitors, and market positioning before applying or networking with small and medium-sized enterprises.
She explains, “For instance, if targeting ChatGpt, you can ask for recommendations on city-based marketing teams and small businesses. However, AI models may not always be completely accurate, so it’s advisable to cross-check results with other sources.”
AI can also help identify necessary skills to adapt to industry changes and build a future-proof career.
For example, jobsgpt from Smarterx’s tools can analyze how roles in your industry are evolving, assess tasks vulnerable to automation, and guide you on acquiring new skills or transitioning to a more demanding field.
Career Coach Eloise Skinner also suggests using AI to help clients find roles and industries that align with their skills, values, and explore beyond their usual choices. Job seekers can seek recommendations for roles matching specific skills, passions, and experiences using platforms like ChatGpt and Confused.
She adds, “AI can suggest roles based on past experiences, values, ambitions, and key skill sets. It can also summarize industry and job insights, such as career prospects, work-life balance, and salary expectations, aiding candidates in deciding where to apply.”
As a human
Hang Lee, founder of Brainfood adoption, notes that applicants often rush their applications out of fear of missing opportunities, leading them to use AI to speed up processes. This trend has resulted in recruiters receiving an overwhelming number of applications generated by common AI tools.
“I’m looking for candidates who sound human and show off their unique voice,” said one recruiter. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/Nurphoto/Rex
Marsab Look, who runs her own stationery brand, recounts receiving over 2,000 AI-generated applications that lacked personal touch, leading to instant rejection most of the time.
She points out, “Apart from the apparent copy-and-paste job descriptions from AI, many applications sound generic. Among thousands of applications, those that stand out are the ones with a human touch, showcasing their unique voice and genuine effort instead of solely relying on AI for research.”
Make sure to personalize your applications by citing specific reasons for your interest in the role, such as using the company’s products or aligning with their mission. Tools like ChatGpt, Grammarly, and Hemingway can enhance grammar and clarity in your writing, but remember to prioritize showcasing your personality and genuine enthusiasm over relying solely on AI.
Defeat the screening system
Today, many large companies utilize AI-powered applicant tracking systems (ATS) to filter CVs before human review. These systems scan applications for specific keywords and phrases to rank them based on job description matches.
“One of my clients struggled with their verbal resume,” Salton explains. “They used ChatGpt to highlight key skills concisely while maintaining their authentic voice. It’s essential to maintain a genuine tone.” For instance, you can ask ChatGpt to “enhance my resume, emphasize essential skills and experiences concisely and engagingly while preserving my voice.”
By signing up for LinkedIn Premium Career (£29.99/month after the free trial), you gain access to various AI-powered job search tools.
These include profile writing assistants that serve as CV enhancers, improving headings and summaries to stand out. You can also prioritize three job applications per month as top choices and make your profile more appealing to recruiters with validated badges and personalized messages when applying.
Additionally, you can directly message recruiters even without a connection and use job hunting features on LinkedIn to align your skills and experience with specific job requirements.
Sharpen your interview skills
To improve interview skills, combine AI interview tools with practice sessions with real people. Photo: Luminola/Getty
AI can serve as a valuable tool for practicing interviews. Skinner suggests, “Speaking your answers aloud provides a more authentic practice experience, helping you hear your own voice and identify areas for improvement. It’s crucial to use AI in conjunction with real practice sessions.”
For instance, ChatGpt’s Advanced Voice mode can offer feedback on delivery, pinpointing weaknesses that need addressing and boosting confidence for the actual interview. Activate the audio mode in ChatGpt’s search bar, provide job details, and request mock interview sessions tailored to specific roles for feedback on your responses.
Platforms like Google’s Digital Skills Training provide AI-powered career coaching to improve articulation of your accomplishments.
While AI plays a role in the application process, make sure to prepare adequately for real interviews. Being transparent about using AI for preparation demonstrates adaptability and a practical approach to technology.
Similarly to your resume, Julia Morgon, director of Recruitment Agency Brook Street, advises, “Don’t forget to infuse your personality into the interview; what makes you unique from your peers is what potential employers see most.”
Know your value
Utilize AI-powered platforms like Glassdoor and Payscale to research potential salaries and enhance your negotiation position. These tools can reveal companies that consistently offer above-market pay rates and highlight regional salary discrepancies and variations in remote work.
As roles evolve, so does compensation. Understanding these trends is crucial for negotiating offers, especially considering the average British worker changes jobs every five years, according to a survey by LV =. Platforms like TotalJobs and Reed provide detailed salary insights based on industry, location, and experience level to better benchmark your value.
Tom Buckell, director of Recruitment Company ManPower UK, recommends leveraging research insights in negotiations, such as being flexible with shifts, requesting examples, or training opportunities. “This approach provides more options to enhance non-monetary benefits if a potential employer cannot meet your salary expectations,” he adds.
President Trump’s tariffs can increase prices, and efforts to reduce the federal workforce may lead to higher unemployment. Many economists are concerned about administration policies that will cut federal support for scientific research.
The Trump administration has recently canceled or frozen billions of dollars in federal grants for researchers, resulting in significant cuts to funding for academic medical centers and other institutions. It has also attempted to dismiss hundreds of workers at the National Science Foundation and has revoked visas for numerous foreign-born students.
These policies could jeopardize the US’s competitiveness in emerging fields like artificial intelligence, affecting the nation’s health and productivity in the long run.
“Universities play a crucial role in innovation,” says Sabrina Howell, a professor at New York University. “These policies are detrimental to our ability to innovate and grow.”
Scientists warn that the US risks losing its position as a leading research hub and a top destination for scientific talent globally.
Laboratories across the country are already laying off workers and halting projects, potentially affecting ongoing clinical trials. Top universities like Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania have announced employment freezes. Other countries are actively recruiting American scientists, offering a more welcoming environment.
Economists argue that taxpayer-funded research is crucial for early-stage studies that may not attract private investors. Research has shown that every dollar invested in research and development yields about $5 in economic returns, including intangible benefits like increased longevity and leisure time.
“Research is a high-return activity that benefits society in many ways,” said economist Benjamin F. Jones from Northwestern University. “We need to invest more in research to stay competitive.”
Unexpected discovery
Hudson Freeze’s groundbreaking research in microorganisms in the 1960s led to important discoveries in DNA replication and genetic sciences. His work showcases the vital role of government funding in scientific research.
Dr. Freeze’s discoveries underscore the importance of government support for scientific breakthroughs. While private investors may overlook research on rare disorders, government funding has led to significant advancements in medical science.
The US research and development system, established during World War II, has been instrumental in driving economic growth and innovation. Federal investments in research have led to key technologies like the Internet and modern medicine.
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Immigration plays a crucial role in driving scientific and technological advancements in the US. Despite accounting for a small percentage of the population, immigrants have contributed significantly to innovation, patents, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Changes in immigration policy and the perception of the US as unwelcoming could deter foreign students and scientists from choosing the US for education and research. Research has shown that restrictions on immigration during the Trump administration led to a decline in Chinese students studying in the US.
“International students and scientists are responsive to the environment in the US,” said economist Britta Glennon from the University of Pennsylvania. “A welcoming atmosphere is crucial for attracting global talent.”
The Stentor, a giant in the world of single-celled creatures, is a trumpet-shaped organism that ranks among the largest of its kind, stretching to the size of a sharp pencil tip. Despite its impressive size, the Stentor sometimes struggles to capture the swimming bacteria and microscopic algae it feeds on.
A recent study reveals that Stentors, part of the Protist group, have found a way to overcome this challenge by adopting a “family style” approach to feeding. In a paper published in the journal Natural Physics on Monday, scientists shared their discovery that Stentor colonies can create currents to draw in prey more efficiently.
These new findings suggest that Stentors are capable of cooperation despite lacking neurons and brains.
“These single-cell organisms exhibit behaviors that we typically associate with more complex life forms,” said Shashank Shekhar, a biophysicist at Emory University and lead author of the study. “They form these higher structures, much like we do as humans.”
Scientists believe that the ability of single-cell organisms to form groups is a critical step in the evolution towards multicellular life on Earth. Recent discoveries emphasize the role of physical states and predator-prey interactions in these cellular collaborations.
In their natural habitat, Stentors are commonly found near the surface of ponds. They have cilia at the wider ends of their bodies that wave in patterns, creating water streams to capture prey.
To observe these currents in a laboratory setting, Dr. Shekhar placed a drop of milk in a Petri dish with a Stentor and watched the fluid movements under a microscope. “You can see them creating swirls around their mouths,” he described, likening it to the swirling cosmos in Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.”
When food is abundant, Stentors often come together in clusters, but little research has been done to explore the reasons for this colony formation.
Dr. Shekhar and his team observed the interactions between pairs of Stentors by analyzing microscope video footage of the organisms in a Petri dish capturing food particles to measure liquid dynamics.
The video unveiled intriguing patterns as the Stentors were drawn towards each other before moving apart, resembling a magnetic repulsion. “They seem to oscillate between ‘I like you’ and ‘I don’t like you,'” explained Dr. Shekhar.
Further analysis revealed that Stentor pairs often had unequal connections, with one organism producing stronger currents. When they gathered, the combined streams benefited both creatures, allowing weaker Stentors to benefit from the stronger ones.
These dynamics among Stentors lead to what Dr. Shekhar terms “indiscriminate behavior.” By forming colonies and choosing stronger partners, Stentors enhance their feeding efficiency, increasing the overall flow rate and enabling them to capture prey faster and from greater distances, ultimately boosting nutrient intake for the group.
The grouping behavior of single-cell organisms like Stentors to enhance survival represents a crucial stage in the evolution towards multicellularity. Uniting against single-cell prey makes them more formidable as predators, prompting vulnerable prey to band together for survival.
According to evolutionary biologist William Ratcliffe from Georgia Tech, who was not involved in the study, the improved feeding efficiency of group predators like Stentors can drive the evolution of multicellularity in prey organisms. “As a single cell, you’re vulnerable to being consumed. But as part of a larger group of cells, you become a less appealing target for predators,” Dr. Ratcliffe explained.
These new discoveries underscore the significance of physical forces in shaping biological evolution.
“While we often focus on genes and chemicals, the role of physics in the development of multicellular life is equally important,” noted Dr. Shekhar. “Even simple factors like water flow can influence evolutionary pathways.”
Daisy Greenwell has long felt that the idea of letting her eldest son do something inevitable. But until early last year, when her daughter was eight, it filled her with fear. When she spoke to other parents, “Everyone said, ‘Yes, that’s a nightmare, but there’s no choice,'” recalls Greenwell, 41.
She decided to test it. My friend Claire Fergnou shared concerns about the impact of social media on the addictive quality of smartphones and mental health, so I created a WhatsApp group to help develop a strategy. Then Greenwell lives in Suffolk, a countryside in eastern England; I posted her thoughts on Instagram.
“If we could switch social norms like giving your child a smartphone at 11am in our school, our town, our country, we could do it, like giving your child a smartphone at 11am,” she wrote. “What if they could hold off until they were 14 or 16?” she added a link to the WhatsApp group.
The post has gone viral. Within 24 hours, the group was oversubscribed for parents to participate. Today, more than 124,000 parents of children in UK schools have signature A pact created by the free childhood of smartphones, a charity founded by Greenwell, her husband Joe Riley and Ferniev. “I will act in the best interests of my kids and our community and wait until I get my smartphone until the end of my ninth year.” (The ninth year is equivalent to the eighth graders in America.)
Movement aligns with a A broader change in British attitudesmounts of harm caused by smartphone addiction and algorithm-driven social media as evidence. 1 investigation Last year, the majority of respondents (69%) felt that social media had negatively affected children under the age of 15.
Meanwhile, with the police Intelligence Services We warned about extreme and violent content torrents reaching children online. This is a trend that was examined during adolescence of hit television shows, where school men are accused of murder after being exposed to online misogyny. It’s become British Most of them were seen Show, and on Monday, Prime Minister Kiel Starmer met. The creator and I told her I had seen it on Downing Street with my son and daughter. But he also said, “This is not a challenge politicians can simply legislate.”
Following an unexpected extended stay at the International Space Station lasting nine and a half months, NASA astronaut Suni Williams is back on Earth, enjoying herself once more.
“I actually went out and ran three miles yesterday,” Williams mentioned during a press conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday. “So I’ll give myself a little pat on the back.”
Williams, along with her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, expressed their gratitude multiple times. Williams thanked the two astronauts who shared the Dragon Capsules of the SpaceX Crew, NASA, SpaceX, Boeing, and the medical team for helping them readjust to gravity.
These expressions of gratitude, much like many federal workers, were likely well received by individuals in the space agency who have faced uncertainty about their mission, direction, and ongoing employment since President Trump’s inauguration.
Williams and Wilmore embarked on a test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft last June, initially planned as a brief visit to the International Space Station. However, due to issues with the Starliner’s propulsion system, NASA officials decided to bring the Starliner back to Earth, extending Williams and Wilmore’s stay until February.
Upon their return to Earth, they returned to a transitioning NASA, the trajectory of which remains uncertain.
Elon Musk and his government’s focus on efficiency aim to disrupt traditional bureaucratic structures. Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Musk envisions sending settlers to Mars, sparking speculation about NASA’s current primary focus, the Artemis program, aimed at sending astronauts back to the moon.
In January, Williams and Wilmore found themselves caught in a political quarrel, as Trump and Musk insinuated they were left stranded in space to undermine favorable publicity for Musk, a Trump supporter during the presidential campaign, without providing any concrete details or evidence.
Both astronauts have publicly maintained that they were not abandoned in space for political reasons.
During a press conference at the Johnson Space Center, Williams, Wilmore, and Nick Haag, commanders of the SpaceX Crew Dragon mission that brought them back home, steered clear of political controversy and emphasized the cooperation and shared purpose essential for their astronaut mission.
“When you link with a nation that stands by, cares about human spaceflight programs, and supports us and our endeavors,” Wilmore stated.
Haag noted that much of the turmoil on Earth remains distant:
“When we are working in space, politics fade away,” he remarked. “It’s solely focused on the mission.”
He highlighted Williams’ nearly six-month tenure as commander of the space station.
“The magic of human spaceflight lies in our ability to concentrate on positive elements that unite people together,” Haag concluded.
Wilmore, who led the Starliner Mission, refused to place blame solely on Boeing for the issues with the Starliner capsule that led to their prolonged stay. “I dislike that term,” he commented.
Wilmore stated that both Boeing and NASA share responsibility for the malfunctioning system.
“I won’t point fingers and place blame,” Wilmore mentioned. “I might have posed some questions, and the responses could have altered the outcome.”
NASA officials anticipate the next Starliner flight could take place later this year or the following year. When asked if they would be willing to embark on another such flight, both Williams and Wilmore quickly responded affirmatively.
“Because we will address all the challenges we encountered,” Wilmore affirmed. “We will resolve them. We will make it work. Boeing and NASA are fully committed to this endeavor.
“I concur,” added Williams. “Spacecraft are incredibly capable.”
The International Space Station’s operations are scheduled until 2030, at which point a specially designed SpaceX spacecraft will guide the station out of orbit into the Pacific Ocean. Recently, Musk has suggested that space stations should increase their utility and be discarded sooner, within a few years. However, the astronauts spoke enthusiastically about the research they conducted aboard.
Haag remarked on the significant advancements in complexity of experiments compared to his prior mission six years ago.
“It gives you the sense that we are currently in the golden age of space stations in terms of the return on investment,” Haag concluded.
A device has been created by scientists that can translate speech ideas into spoken words in real time.
Although still in the experimental stage, the goal is to develop a Brain Computer Interface that can give voice to individuals unable to speak.
In a recent study, the device was tested on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who had been speech-impaired for 18 years since experiencing a stroke. The device was implanted in her brain during surgery as part of a clinical trial.
According to Gopala Anumanchipalli, co-author of the study published in Nature Neuroscience, the device “translates the intent to speak into fluent text.”
Most brain computer interfaces for speech experience a delay between thought and speech, which can disrupt conversations and cause misunderstandings. However, this new device is considered a significant advancement in the field.
The device works by recording brain activity using electrodes and generating speech based on this activity. An AI model is then trained to translate this neural activity into spoken words.
The UCSF Clinical Research Coordinator will connect a neural data port to the head of the ANN, a participant in El Cerrito, California, on May 22, 2023.Noah Berger/UCSF, via AP files via UC Berkeley
Anumanchipalli of the University of California, Berkeley, explains that the device operates similarly to existing systems used for transcribing meetings and phone calls in real time.
Located in the brain’s speech center, the implant translates signals into spoken sentences as they are heard. This “streaming approach” ensures a constant flow of audio to the recorder without waiting for the sentence to finish.
Rapid speech decoding enables the device to keep up with natural speech pace, enhancing language naturalness according to Brumberg.
Funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, further research is necessary before the technology can be widely available. Anumanchipalli suggests that with sustained investment, the device could potentially be accessible to patients within the next decade.
Openai announced on Monday that it had finalized a $40 billion funding agreement, doubling the valuation of the company from six months ago.
Led by SoftBank, the new funding round valued Openai at $300 billion and positioned it as one of the most valuable private companies alongside Rocket Company SpaceX and bytedance, the parent company of Tiktok.
The investment round follows the launch of the AI chatbot ChatGpt in late 2022, demonstrating the continued excitement in the high-tech industry for AI advancements.
Openai CEO Sam Altman expressed that the investment will drive innovations and make AI more beneficial in everyday life.
Openai also revealed that 500 million people are actively using ChatGpt weekly, with 20 million paying for the advanced version of the chatbot.
According to sources, the $40 billion investment will be split into two parts, with Softbank Group contributing 75% of the total amount.
Altman founded Openai as a nonprofit in 2015 with Elon Musk, transitioning it to a commercial enterprise in 2018 to attract the necessary funding for AI development.
Plans are in motion to shift the management of the company to a for-profit entity known as public benefit companies.
Musk filed a lawsuit against Openai and Altman, accusing them of prioritizing commercial interests over public good.
Openai aims to transition to public benefit companies by the end of the year, or risk a reduction in SoftBank’s contribution.
A bid from Musk and investors to acquire assets from Openai was rejected by the board of directors.
Altman’s efforts to separate the company from the nonprofit may face challenges due to the ongoing legal issues.
(Openai and Microsoft are facing a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement related to AI news content, which they have denied.)
Freshwater essential for lithium mining is found in parts of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, situated in the world’s “lithium triangle” on the Andean plateau, boasting half of all global lithium reserves.
A recent study in Communications Earth and the Environment revealed that available freshwater for lithium extraction in these regions is significantly lower than previously believed. With global demand for lithium expected to surge by 2040, this poses a challenge as it surpasses the limited annual rainfall supplying water to the dry lithium triangle.
Minimizing freshwater usage in the lithium industry is crucial to prevent disruption in mining activities. Extracting one ton of lithium requires approximately 500,000 gallons of water, which also sustains small indigenous communities and unique wildlife habitats in the region.
Water scarcity affects both the ecosystem and the industry in the lithium triangle, as lithium is a key component in batteries driving the global shift towards clean energy technologies. Despite the projected quadrupling demand for lithium batteries by 2030, delays in mining operations due to resource availability raise concerns about meeting this growing demand.
Freshwater plays a vital role in determining the supply of lithium available for mining in the lithium triangle. Rainfall washes lithium-rich minerals out of rocks, creating lagoons filled with lithium-rich water where mining companies extract the mineral. However, limited weather data and overestimation of freshwater supply in the region pose challenges to sustainable mining.
Research into water and resource availability for lithium mining operations is ongoing, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive understanding of the entire lithium supply chain. Studies in lithium-rich regions worldwide are essential to grasp the environmental and social impacts of lithium extraction.
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