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Good for business, bad for children: Food brands use AI to target kids and teens with digital marketing
Whether via ads or influencer collaborations, many of us are exposed to junk food marketing via digital devices. But are these campaigns reaching children? The...
Physics-based weather models more accurate than AI at predicting extreme weather
Weather forecasting is another aspect of modern life that artificial intelligence is transforming. Models like GraphCast, Pangu-Weather, and Fuxi are already be...
Saudi Arabia's water problem has a surprising solution: Its own wastewater
More than two-thirds of Saudi Arabia's irrigation water and a third of the country's drinking water comes from groundwater, yet aquifers are being depleted fast...
Seaweed integration boosts efficiency and cuts waste in aquaculture, study finds
A new study found that cultivating seaweed species alongside marine finfish in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) operations, where seaweeds receive nu...
How the timing of corporate donations shapes consumer trust
Whether a company donates $1,000 a week for 52 weeks or gives $52,000 all at once, the total amount donated is the same. However, recent research by Alexander P...
Relamination: A mechanism that has been shaping continents for billions of years
An international team led by researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) has identified a key mechanism that has shaped Earth's contine...
Nutrient imbalance may drive coral disease more than heat stress
Scientists led by the University of Southampton have revealed that an imbalance of nutrients in seawater can cause coral disease—possibly to a greater extent th...
Saving chocolate while restoring rainforests? Rock dust boosts soil nutrition and supports farmers
Chocolate is the food of the gods. The name of the tree from which the confection originates, Theobroma cacao, combines the Greek words for god (theós) and food...
Burned stone, child's bones, and lost jewelry hint at prehistoric mining camp high in the Pyrenees
In the past, scientists thought that prehistoric peoples only traveled briefly through high-altitude mountain areas, rather than staying to take advantage of th...
States across the wildfire-prone Western US are using AI for early detection
On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verif...
Why endless scrolling gets harder to stop: Three drivers of problematic internet use revealed
Why do so many people lose control over their internet use? While age limits for social media are being debated, many adults also spend hours online every day....
We might have massively underestimated Io's thermal output
Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Being continually squeezed in the never-ending tug-of-war betwee...