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TOM STACKPOLE: For the last year and a half, we’ve been hearing that generative AI is going to change everything. In that time, companies have invested huge amounts of time, money, and resources, and most of them…

The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off for six months. Maintenance work on the 37 kilometre…

Did you recently start excessively sweating even in comfortable temperatures? Do you wake up at night soaked in sweat?These may be signs of secondary hyperhidrosis -- excessive sweating due to medications or a medical condition.…

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German…

Through Doug Liman’s reimagining of the Patrick Swayze vehicle Road House (1989), Amazon Prime is trying to draw a distinction between “toxic” hyper-masculinity and “useful” hyper-masculinity. Hyper-masculinity refers to the…

Kenya and Namibia are the latest African countries to be placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list over their weak measures against money laundering and terrorism financing. Being on the grey list is typically seen as…

Thoughts inspired by Lime Down Solar Park This morning I was at Fosse Farm for a protest/photo opp in relation to Lime Down Solar Park, a proposed 2,000 acre photovoltaic project in Wiltshire. The issues…

Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed new security legislation on March 19, 2024, handing authorities in the semi-autonomous city-state further power to clamp down on dissent. The law, under Article 23, has been decades in the making but…

A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate makers around the world reliant on west Africa for…

EDMONTON — The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers have been two of the best teams in the Western Conference for years. They’ve been two of the best teams in the league since mid-November after a bit of a wonky start for both. In…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2470; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062470 (registering DOI) Submission received: 29 January 2024 / Revised: 7…

When Jamal Murray rested his back against a chair Wednesday night, the idea of the Nuggets going back-to-back became more real than ever. The Nuggets toppled Miami in a rematch of the NBA Finals. It represented their 10th win in their…

In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow. He had been Russia’s pointman in Africa since the Wagner Group began operating on the continent in…

Sean Keeler: You know what I love most about the spring? Having my life dictated by whatever floats out from underneath Mel Kiper Jr.’s hair. Mock drafts are all fun and games, until somebody gets hurt — or until somebody gets desperate…

Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages – of the Omicron variant first identified in South Africa…

This article is part of the Forum Network series on DigitalisationArtificial Intelligence no longer science fiction In October 2016, “Westworld” topped the charts as the most-watched premiere season of an HBO original series ever. In…

100th We turn 100 years young in 2021. Help us celebrate, spread the word, participate, make a donation,…

1. IntroductionThe aerodynamic parameters of the crops characterize the effect of the canopy on air flow; these parameters include the drag coefficient and the leaf area density (LAD) . In order to evaluate the impact of crops on the…

This commentary was published in the Fresno Bee on September 18, 2023. The San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural prosperity has been built, in part, on the use of groundwater. It’s made the desert bloom, but payment has come…

While some are still recovering months after Storms Babet and Henk, Lincolnshire County Council warned that more flooding could soon be on the horizon.After heavy rainfall affected parts of the county over the weekend, local officials…

We must reach a major goal by 22 March 2027: Early warnings for all! On 23 March 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced this deadline for everyone to be covered by early warning systems. The first mile of warnings begins…

1. IntroductionLooking through the historical lens, every few decades human health has faced epidemic diseases that seriously endanger human life . Viral infection on a population scale is one of the oldest risks that always emerge with…

When historic high-tide flooding struck Hampton Beach on a Saturday in January, Unitil received reports of submerged natural gas service meters and regulators. Gas technicians decided to proactively conduct door-to-door inspections –…

Jan 14, 2024In the Henty Mance interview, Joseph Nye, who coined term 'soft power,' says that the turmoil facing the United States and Harvard was worse in the 1960s.

Colorado’s warming climate means scarcer water supplies, 10 times as many summer heat waves and more intense wildfire seasons, according to a new comprehensive study of how climate change will affect the state. The state’s annual…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adopting a healthier diet will probably feature prominently in many of our New Year's resolutions. But it's often…

Shawn Michael Warren's oil-on-linen portrait of Oprah Winfrey depicts the talk show host in a resplendent purple dress. National Portrait…

A recent FedTech Magazine article asked, When There Are No Barriers to Technology, How Can the Government Innovate?, we thought we’d take up the challenge and let you know how government uses innovations from digital communities to grow…

Nucleobases in DNA and RNA react differently with reactive entities, guanines (Gua) being the most sensitive due to their lowest oxidation potential among the five nucleobases. The interaction of Gua in RNA or DNA with reactive entities…

18 December 2023 The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) witnessed a pivotal moment for global agriculture with the signing of the UAE Declaration on…

Nov 19, 2023Episode 92 examines conflict delegations and the roles of intermediary actors within proxy conflict. Our guests introduce the idea of intermediaries and pull from academic and practical experience to set the stage.  Along…

I caught up with Estonia’s top military commander General Martin Herem at the Halifax International Security Forum in November. Estonia is a NATO member that borders Russia and I was interested in drawing out…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced plans to introduce a basic income for people aged 60-64 receiving…

A family walks past a store advertising a Black Friday sale near Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia. The retail sector’s efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this…

A family walks past a store advertising a Black Friday sale near Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia. The retail sector's efforts to…

Today, exhaustion, anger and desperation are gaining ground in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. People are tired of paying the price for the hostilities between the armed group M23 and the country’s armed forces and their…

The planet’s average sea surface temperature spiked to a record high in April and the ocean has remained exceptionally warm ever since. In July, widespread marine heat waves drove temperatures back up to near-record highs, with some hot…

An employer and a Michigan resident tasked with attracting jobs to the state explain how the wind industry can add much needed jobs to Michigan.

Leaders in the U.S. wind industry and at the Wind Energy Foundation describe the importance of the Department of Energys report Wind Vision: A New Era of Wind Power in the United States.

Seth takes a closer look at the affect Donald Trump's cabinet picks might have on climate change. Subscribe to Late Night: Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NIGHT ON…

Bob O'Donnell, Technalysis Research president, and Bloomberg's Ellen Huet discuss what Inc.'s purchase of Whole Foods Market Inc. means for tech startups. They speak with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

The world of marketing can push the envelope of integrity. Food Dialogues () discussed the role of food marketers in portraying honest information to consumers.

At the COP 10 Meeting in Nagoya, Japan, in 2011, the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Satoyama Initiative. This gives special status - and money - to socio-ecological production landscapes. These are often…

Frank Duggan, Regional Manager, India Middle East & Africa and Head of Global Markets "Winning the Zayed Future Energy Prize strengthens ABB's belief and determination in our pursuit towards sustainable energy and towards a sustainable…

Energy was one of the top issues in voters' minds Tuesday, as many Republicans swept to victory nationwide, but environmentalists prevailed in what is seen as the bellwether state for clean energy. Energy Now looks at the landscape those…