Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but…
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AI-generated misinformation can create confusion and hinder responses during emergencies
Credit: AI-generated image In one of the first communications of its kind, the British Columbia Wildfire Service has issued a warning to residents about viral, AI-generated fake wildfire images circulating…
COP30 president prepares for clash of views on how to respond to NDCs COP30 president prepares for clash on how to respond to NDCs
The COP30 president warned on Tuesday there are differences in how governments think the international community should respond to an upcoming review of countries’ plans to cut planet-heating emissions –…
Wheelie smart? Take our Mars rover quiz to prove it!
From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars. Designed to survive extreme conditions and send back breathtaking images and vital data,…
Leaders should put the Amazon at the heart of a new green economy A new green economy for the Amazon
Patricia Espinosa is COP30 Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean, CEO and Founding Partner of onepoint5 and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary. From the cloud-crowned canopy of the Andes…
Eye movement patterns reveal subtle signs of cognitive and memory decline
A) Fixations belonging to a single participant viewing a single image are spatially smoothed using a Gaussian kernel weighted by fixation duration, and then vectorized B) Idiosyncratic gaze similarity is…
Rapid-response protocol promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode
Example of observations used in the study. Credit: Albany et al, JCAP, 2025 Example of observations used in the study. Credit: Albany et al, JCAP, 2025 Example of observations used…
Ultra-processed foods might not be the real villain in our diets—here’s what our research found
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of “food addiction,” these factory-made products, including…
If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?
Credit: The Conversation It’s the defining technology of an era. But just how artificial intelligence (AI) will end up shaping our future remains a controversial question. For techno-optimists, who see…
Viking Age discoveries found frozen in ice
In 2011, archaeologists from Secrets of the Ice, a glacier archaeology program, uncovered the remains of a Viking Age packhorse net on a remote Norwegian mountain. The discovery was found…
