At Build 2026, Microsoft previewed a genuinely good idea: Project Solara. Solara has three important layers: an operating system built for AI agents instead of apps; a governance standard that…
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Will the world’s drying lands get relief from COP17 in Mongolia?
Starting on Monday, about 10,000 government negotiators, scientists, journalists and campaigners will gather at a purpose-built venue in a national park in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar to discuss how to stop…
Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here’s how to keep kids safe
It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types,…
Evan Perkowski | Sabotage in the understory: garlic mustard’s late-season havoc on native plant photosynthesis – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, author Evan Perkowski – a postdoctoral research associate at Texas Tech University – delves into his research article “The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on…
When is the next solar eclipse? Mark your calendar for an upcoming ‘ring of fire’ and the ‘eclipse of the century’
Yesterday (Aug.12), millions of people enjoyed a total solar eclipse as it swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland and Spain, while a partial solar eclipse was visible across much of…
Bandsman’s sword found in lake at Chiddingstone Castle
A sword believed to be around 200 years old has been discovered protruding from a lake at Chiddingstone Castle after hot, dry weather caused water levels to fall dramatically. The…
How advertising fuels high-carbon lifestyles
Helen Phillips’ book, ‘Hum’, is set in a dystopian near future, in a city suffering the effects of climate breakdown and with dire air quality. Robots (the Hums) press advertising…
Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help
Summary: A new large-scale study identifies the primary barriers that prevent male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) from seeking help. Researchers found that viewing the abuse as a private…
Too many choices complicate female frogs’ sex lives
It’s not just you. Frogs also get overwhelmed when confronted with too many options — and sometimes, they make bad decisions. Female Cope’s gray tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) prefer males…
“We’ve gone backwards” – new plastics treaty text dims hopes for production curbs
A new draft text to revive deadlocked UN plastics treaty talks does not include specific measures on managing runaway plastic production, a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, drawing criticism…
