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How to Stay Smart in the Age of AI: The Science of Critical Thinking
How to Stay Smart in the Age of AI: The Science of Critical Thinking

28 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

There is growing concern that AI can blunt...

Will AI Really Kill Us All? The Science Behind the Hype
Will AI Really Kill Us All? The Science Behind the Hype

27 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

Concerns that artificial intelligence might...

Why GLP-1 Drugs Work Like Magic for Some — and Barely Work at All for Others
Why GLP-1 Drugs Work Like Magic for Some — and Barely Work at All for Others

26 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

The GLP-1 drugs — semaglutide, tirzepatide,...

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More than half of the lakes around the world are loosing water

More than half of the lakes around the world are loosing water

Posted on 26 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Summary: A recent study found that 53 percent of the greatest freshwater lakes on earth are in decline and are now retaining less water than they did thirty years ago. The study measured changes in water levels in roughly 2,000 of the largest lakes and reservoirs in the globe using satellite measurements spanning decades. It was discovered that human consumption, sedimentation, and climate change are to blame . However, the lead author, former CIRES visiting fellow and current climate...
AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species

AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species

Posted on 4 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Summary:To research and mitigate the effects of climate change on flora, scientists from UNSW and the Sydney Botanic Gardens have trained AI to access data from millions of plant specimens maintained in herbaria around the world. Associate Professor Will Cornwell, the study's principal author, adds that herbarium collections are incredible "time capsules of plant specimens." It's no longer feasible to go through items manually because the National Herbarium of New South Wales alone...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green

Climate change, causing oceans to become more green

Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Highlights;  More than half of the world's oceans have become greener over the past 20 years, likely due to global warming. This was determined by analyzing 20 years of data on ocean color from NASA's Aqua satellite. The greening indicates increased phytoplankton and algae in the surface waters. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll which makes the ocean appear greener. The tropical and subtropical waters between 40°S and 40°N latitude changed the most in color. These areas...
The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?

The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?

Posted on 20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

For most of the past century, the idea that hydrogen gas could be sitting underground in commercially viable deposits simply did not register as a possibility worth entertaining. Geologists knew the Earth produces hydrogen constantly through reactions between iron-rich rock and water, and through the splitting of water molecules by radioactive decay. They also knew that microbes eat it, that geochemical reactions consume it, and that its molecules are small enough to slip through rock...

Today In History

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 1 October.

  1. BC Alexander of Macedon defeats Persian army at Gaugamela
  2. Treaty with Winnebago Indians
  3. Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
  4. 1st Hawaiian stamps issued
  5. 1st postcards are issued in Vienna
  6. Yosemite becomes a National Park
  7. Henry Huntington buys the LA Railway
  8. 1st Baseball World Series
  9. Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory beats Walter Johnson 2-1
  10. Henry Ford introduces the Model T car
  11. Yanks lose game #100 enroute to a 50-102 season
  12. Yanks win their 1st pennant
  13. Babe Ruth's famous homerun called off of Cubs Charlie Root
  14. Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
  15. Penn Turnpike pioneer toll thruway opened
  16. 1st jet propelled airplane tested
  17. Bob Feller 348th strikeout of the season
  18. 1st helicopter air mail & express service LA Ca
  19. People's Rep of China proclaimed (National Day)
  20. 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador - Eugenie Anderson
  21. 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station Portland Or
  22. Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA
  23. Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)
  24. Roger Maris sets record of 61 homers last off of Tracy Sallard
  25. The Lucy Show premiers
  26. US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' radio telescope
  27. Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show
  28. SF cable cars declared a national landmark
  29. Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida opens
  30. Reunion Island no longer prints stamps France takes over production
  31. Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title
  32. Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians setting up a play off game with Red Sox
  33. US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)
  34. EPCOT Center opens