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Tree-hugging optional: What today’s green tradespeople actually care about
Old-school masculinity provides a cultural script that eschews emotion and disregards health and safety in favour of toughness, rugged individualism. That’s changing.
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50 years later, Amory Lovins’ soft energy path meets electrification
Five decades ago, he charted two paths for energy use in the US. His soft path rightly emphasized efficiency and renewables but underestimated the importance of electricity.
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AI chatbots can be a valuable health resource for older adults – if they embrace ‘informed skepticism’
AI can help you navigate health information, but evaluating the credibility and quality of responses is key.
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Data centers are inspiring bipartisanship – for now
A political scientist who studies AI in campaigns explains why data centers have put Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon on the same side ahead of the midterms.
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A Nordic first: SINTEF Energy Research brings in powerful new AI workstation (opens the original)
SINTEF Energy Research has acquired what is likely the first NVIDIA DGX Station GB300 in the Nordics, and one of the first in Europe. With this workstation, research scientists can develop energy system models using advanced artificial intelligence without data ever leaving the building. It is also the first step…
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Japan’s largest marine DNA study detects 126 fish species further north than previously recorded (opens the original)
Nationwide mapping of environmental DNA reveals Japan's fish distributions in unprecedented detail, offering new insights into potential northward shifts and the challenges they could bring for coastal communities.
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Prince Rupert man fined $7,500 for possessing endangered Northern Abalone (opens the original)
Protecting species at risk requires strong partnerships, timely reporting, and effective enforcement on the ground. Collaboration between Indigenous Fishery Guardians and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) plays a vital role, especially in remote areas, in safeguarding vulnerable marine species and ensuring the…
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BME Seminar: Connor McCann, WPI RBE: "From Wearable Robots to Stingray Skeletons: Hybrid-Stiffness Mechanisms at the Boundary of Rigid and Soft Robotics" (opens the original)
12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. - 60 Prescott Street (Gateway Park I)
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Benha Nursing organizes its 11th scientific conference on integrating artificial intelligence into healthcare (opens the original)
Under the auspices of Prof. Nasser El-Gizawy, President of Benha University, and Prof. Gehan Abdel-Hady, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research, the Faculty of Nursing at Benha University is organizing its 11th scientific conference tomorrow, Sunday, October 25. The conference is titled “Integrating…
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UF AI Days returns, Oct. 23, 26-29 (opens the original)
UF’s AI Days returns for a fifth year this week, bringing students, faculty, researchers and industry partners together to explore the growing role of artificial intelligence in teaching,
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Super Intelligence Speeds Up Transportation Research at National Laboratory of the Rockies (opens the original)
NLR researchers are using super intelligence techniques including data fusion, neural networks, and sentiment analysis to accelerate the pace of the laboratory’s transportation and mobility research.
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From science to legal solutions: YSU joins international discussions on biodiversity conservation (opens the original)
The use of scientific evidence to inform effective environmental legislation and public policy was discussed at Biodiversity Law and Governance Day 2026, an international symposium held as part of COP17. Yerevan State University (YSU) helped organize the event, joining international partners to discuss the legal…
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Artificial Intelligence: The Brand That Wouldn’t Die (opens the original)
09/11/2026, FBK ISIG Aula Piccola, FBK ISIG Aula Piccola Everyone is talking about AI, but what are we talking about when we talk about artificial intelligence? Why were chess computers and self-driving cars called AI, but not Google Maps? Why were neural network technologies called machine learning in the 2000s but…
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Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI (opens the original)
kstacey@brown.edu October 26, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Most people know by now that artificial intelligence powers much of the online world, sifting social media posts, planning driving routes or helping to choose a movie to watch. But what goes…
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18 million people living in poverty depend on underwater meadows for food and income - but these vital habitats are under threat
Seagrass meadows have a vital role in the fight against poverty.
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Where did bats come from? New research points to Europe
The fact bats can fly has made it hard to pin down the place where their evolutionary story began.
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Climate change exposes gaps in Europe’s protected-area network (opens the original)
A new study maps where large mammals may find it easier to move as the climate changes, accounting for both landscape connectivity and the energy animals need to cross different terrain.
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From electricity to sound: Project to determine the non-linear properties of piezoceramics enters its second phase (opens the original)
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a four-year extension for the NEPTUN research group in Paderborn, which focuses on so-called piezoelectric materials. Piezoelectric ceramics are materials that convert electrical energy into sound and vice versa.
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