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Social service agencies need safeguards when using AI
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by social service agencies to handle cases involving child abuse, intimate partner violence and elder abuse....
Why caring about climate change does not always translate into greener holidays
Tourists who care deeply about sustainability are not necessarily willing to pay extra to reduce the environmental impact of their vacations, according to new r...
Can AI feel safer than human advice for consumers who face discrimination?
What should you cook for dinner on a budget of 20 euros when you have a guest with a gluten intolerance? A shopper might ask a shop assistant for advice or cons...
Fair climate transitions need more than financial support, evidence review suggests
The transition to a low-carbon economy will not affect all people and places equally. Although its overall benefits may outweigh its costs, workers may lose job...
Researchers in exile thrive in new academic settings when they contribute knowledge, not just receive aid
Publishing scientific articles requires more than knowledge of academic writing conventions; it also depends on access to networks that support the research and...
One-third of food is lost or wasted: How to help farmers cut postharvest losses
Agriculture in the Global South remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have f...
NASA develops batteries to power humanity's return to moon
If you've ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That...
Uganda's sugarcane boom leaves families hungry: What needs to change
Busoga, in eastern Uganda, is a low, fertile plateau surrounded on three sides by Lake Victoria, the Nile River and Lake Kyoga. Most of its 4.3 million people f...
Fine particles from aircraft exhaust become more harmful over time, lab tests suggest
Fine particulate matter consists of tiny particles with diameters in the nanometer range. They are produced, for example, by fuel combustion, remain suspended i...
New chip-scale gyroscope measures rotation with unprecedented sensitivity
Researchers have developed a chip-scale optical ring-laser gyroscope that can measure rotation as slow as 37 degrees per hour. This record sensitivity, approach...
A trip to Mars could come at a heartbreaking cost
When astronauts first travel to Mars or anywhere else in deep space, they will have to contend with two problems that our planet protects us from on its surface...
Urbanization takes a bigger toll on bird diversity in the tropics than it does at other latitudes, study finds
Researchers at McGill University have found that urbanization is weakening one of Earth's most enduring ecological patterns: the tendency for biodiversity to in...