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onceptualized framework of intelligent Earth (iEarth). Credit: Science China Press The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hold the key to humanity's future existence and growth. In a bid to optimize the implementation of these SDGs, Professor Peng Gong's team from the University of Hong Kong and Professor Huadong…

Schematic illustration of the research activities conducted by the consortium in the German Bight. The tributaries are marked with bold letters: Elbe (A), Weser (B), and Ems (C). Numerical grids are shown as black boxes with increasing lateral resolution towards the coast. Satellite-tracked surface drifters (1) are shown in orange and the wooden drifters (2) are displayed as small brown plates. Hydrodynamic and atmospheric forces (3) are exemplarily…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren't the only entities capable of adapting to their environment—schools of fish, robots, and even our genes can learn new behaviors, explain Jan De Houwer and Sean Hughes (Ghent University) in a new Perspectives on Psychological Science article.…

iCONS' 12th Cohort at their 2021 Orientation. Credit: UMass Amherst A recent study, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and appearing in the Journal of Higher Education, reveals how undergraduate students engage with interdisciplinary learning throughout their college careers and beyond—and how universities should respond to support such learning.…