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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The teaching of science has long generated controversy in the United States—from evolution in the early 20th century to climate change today. Debates have also often emerged around how textbooks teach concepts related to social groups, and in particular whether they gloss over complex realities in ways that may mislead students in providing scientific instruction. …

People with ADHD-like traits may have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to finding food in the wild.In a new experiment, researchers found that individuals with distinguishing qualities of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, like difficulty regulating where they focus their attention, and restlessness, have better foraging strategies than those with more neurotypical traits.The findings have researchers speculating that ADHD evolved as an adaptive survival strategy - one that hinders resource exploitation in…

AI roundup: Samsung launched a new program at the Visvesvaraya Technological University that will provide upskilling and training opportunities to over 1100 students about AI and IoT to make them future-ready. For growth and to combat fraud, Truecaller CEO said the company is turning to AI. Know what happened in the world of AI today.1. Samsung Innovation Campus' programme launched to train 1100 youth in AI and IoTSamsung Semiconductor India Research announces the Samsung Innovation Campus programme at the Visvesvaraya…

New York City, New York, February 16th, 2024, ChainwireIntroducing Kadena SpireKey, a human-friendly and secure way to seamlessly interact with any application by removing complex signing processes.Kadena Spirekey“Unlike complex Web3 wallets today where you have to remember every wallet you’ve ever created, Kadena’s SpireKey uses WebAuthn, a technology that has been developed by Google and Apple over the last 20 years, to help anyone securely digital assets directly on your phone or computer. It’s as easy as…

We need to understand the value of nature if we want to protect it—and that should include paying ecosystems for keeping us alive, argues Ian Redmond, head of conservation for not-for-profit streaming platform Ecoflix and cofounder of Rebalance Earth, a company that aims to build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy. He’s trying to change the damaging equation where “if the minerals under the ground are worth more than the trees and the animals above the ground, then traditionally, the trees and the animals…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain At a time when one viral video can damage a business, some companies are turning to their own commenting platforms rather than letting social media be the main outlet for customer feedback. Only one wrinkle: in this context, customers appear to prefer writing a message rather than leaving a video. In a recent study,…

Evidence contained within an ice core shows that in one location the West Antarctic ice sheet thinned by 450 meters—that's more than the height of the Empire State Building—in just under 200 years. Credit: University of Cambridge/British Antarctic Survey Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and…

Image Source : FILE Tata communications and Microsoft partners Tata Communications announced its partnership with Microsoft on Wednesday to provide flexibility in collaboration and connectivity on Microsoft Teams for enterprises in India. The platform will offer an end-to-end managed services layer, providing onboarding, deployment and management of Teams, endpoint…

A collection of letters from one of Charles Dickens’ most valued confidantes will go on display in London for the first time this week to mark 212 years since the literary giant’s birth.The letters were written by Dickens’ sister-in-law turned housekeeper and executor Georgina Hogarth, who was instrumental in preserving the author’s legacy after his death in 1870.Acquired by the Charles Dickens Museum, the correspondence offers an illuminating insight into a woman who “had a huge impact both within Dickens’ life and after…

a, Map of the sampling sites in inner and outer Frobisher Bay where sediment cores were collected in 2017 and 2018. b, Map of the sampling sites in Koojesse Inlet near the City of Iqaluit that overlaps the same region of inner Frobisher Bay. Credit: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2023.100313 Although contaminant levels in Arctic environments are often lower than those in temperate locations…