Science, Technology and Innovation
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The big idea: are we about to discover a new force of nature?
Modern physics deals with some truly mind-boggling extremes of scale. Harry Cliff The Guardian Cosmology reveals the Earth as a…
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‘Worst I Have Seen’: 75% of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching
“We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments.” Brett Wilkins Common Dreams…
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Scientists Assemble High-Resolution Dataset of 149 Glaciers in Svalbard Using AI
Their work will help predict glacier dynamics and their contribution to future sea-level rise as other regions experience increased warming.…
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4 ways to make our economy brain healthy
Brain science can also help us understand the modern economy, which is shaped by human decisions, interactions, and innovations. Harris…
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Google to purge billions of personal data files
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the…
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Why the World Needs a New Cyber Treaty for Critical Infrastructure
The solution could be a global treaty that strengthens cooperation on this matter. Patryk Pawlak and Aude Géry Carnegie Europe…
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How mastering the art of being alone can boost your mental health
Here’s how to use your alone time to get the biggest boost to your health and relationships. Heather Hansen New…
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Charting the Geopolitics and European Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Doing so will require navigating a crowded landscape characterized by state and corporate competition and a fragmented regulatory regime complex.…
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Star dune: Scientists solve mystery behind Earth’s largest desert sands
Star dunes – or pyramid dunes – are named after their distinctive shapes and reach hundreds of metres in height.…
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Where are all the exomoons? The hunt for worlds orbiting alien planets
Now, we might finally be about to find these elusive objects. Jonathan O’Callaghan New Scientist YEARS ago, when David Kipping lived…
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UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output
The UK’s 40-year-old fusion reactor achieved a world record for energy output in its final runs before being shut down…
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Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark
The temperature records keep on coming Michael Le Page New Scientist This January was the hottest on record, at 1.7°C…
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What can the EU learn from Asia about AI regulations?
Could it set the standard for more competitive practices in other places, such as the European Union? David Hutt Deutsche…
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CHIPS and Science Act programs are writing a new story about the Rust Belt
The U.S. is beginning to roll out striking instances of place-based industrial policy—a good amount of it focused on federal investment in heartland…
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AI, Latest Trends and Future Prospects: What’s the Way Forward?
Artificial intelligence (AI) boasts a rich and complex history that dates back to 1956, marked by a series of ebbs…
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Are we letting big tech outsource our humanity?
We’ve long been in a “mirror world” of hyper-reality, in which those old stalwarts of truth and reason have been…
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