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Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development
An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in A...
A stronger-than-normal El Nino alarms scientists over Galápagos wildlife and forests
The prediction that this season's El Niño phenomenon will be stronger than normal has alarmed the Ecuadorian scientific community, which has warned of its impac...
Timing 1080 drops to prevent predators bouncing back
While aerial 1080 drops sharply reduce numbers of rats and stoats, the predators—especially ship rats—can rebound to higher numbers within a few years. Studying...
Can AI tame torrential rain by 2050? The next frontier of weather control and forecasting
Japan has been experiencing increasingly severe damage from torrential rainfall triggered by typhoons and stationary linear rain bands. In response, an ambitiou...
AI and big data can help logistics companies navigate supply-chain disruptions
Artificial intelligence and big-data capacity might help logistics companies withstand supply-chain disruptions by making them more agile and resilient, accordi...
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals the surface chemistry of bio-based hybrid materials
Just a few atomic layers at the surface can strongly influence how effectively a material binds pollutants from water or how efficiently a photocatalyst respond...
Luck or merit? Not all inequality is equally acceptable
Do you think it's fair that some people are better off financially than others? Does it perhaps matter whether those earnings stem from a lottery win or hard wo...
CEO politics may shape how companies compete
Decisions such as whether to cut prices, launch a product, open a new facility or make an acquisition are among those companies that consider in pursuit of a co...
Q&A: Satellite imagery reveals what casualty figures alone do not tell us
How do we form a picture of conflicts? A new study published in the journal Nature explores how different types of data can be combined to give a fuller underst...
Polarized trust in scientists driven by values, identity and politics
Trust in scientists in the UK is strong overall, with 63% indicating they have high trust in scientists in general—but a major new study finds this trust is clo...
Electrical fingerprint on tiny cell particles could offer new way to spot pancreatic cancer signals
An electrical fingerprint found on tiny particles in the blood may help detect signs of pancreatic cancer that are often overlooked, according to new research f...
Unconventional quantum materials could dramatically boost the search for dark matter
For decades, physicists have searched for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up roughly 85% of all matter in the universe. Although its gravit...