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AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge. Here’s how

Much of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) and Indigenous peoples focuses on harms, such as cultural appropriation, cultural flattening and digital exclusion. These risks are real.This post was originally published on this site

JWST reveals surprising secrets in Jupiter’s northern lights

An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter’s northern lights, revealing a never-before-seen temperature structure and dramatic density changes within […]

Could working from home help reverse declining birth rates?

Couples who work from home at least one day a week are having more children and planning larger families, according to a comprehensive new study spanning almost 40 countries. The research, co-authored by King’s College […]

Astronomers discover TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune twice Earth’s size

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern Hemisphere (HARPS-N), an international team of astronomers has discovered a hot sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The […]

Loneliness linked to fear of embarrassment, teen research reveals

A University of the Sunshine Coast study of young teenagers has identified a vicious cycle of loneliness linked to the fear of embarrassment or judgment by peers. The study of more than 170 children aged […]

First field training officer may set use-of-force habits, study suggests

A field training officer is a special kind of cop. They have to be both patrol officer and mentor, as they teach recruits who are fresh out of the police academy how to put their […]

Hubble and Euclid zoom into cosmic eye

For this month’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope is joined by ESA’s Euclid to create a new view of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye […]

Four decades of data give unique insight into the sun’s inner life

Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun’s internal structure subtly changes from one solar cycle minimum to the next. Publishing their findings in Monthly Notices of […]

Hardware for humanoid robots: New perspectives for industrial value creation in Europe

Humanoid robots are currently developing at a rapid pace. The predicted growth potential is enormous. They are set to replace and even surpass the automotive industry in terms of market potential. And in the media […]

Power producers have financial incentives to block market integration despite cost savings, says study

Renewable energy is lowering electricity costs in some parts of the country, but those benefits aren’t being seen by consumers everywhere because they’re typically placed far away from demand centers. Better integrating electricity transmission networks […]