Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house.
(Image credit: Claire Harbage)
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Generations in Dialogue: Human-robot interactions and social robotics with Professor Marynel Vasquez
Generations in Dialogue: Bridging Perspectives in AI is a podcast from AAAI featuring thought-provoking discussions between AI experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts from different age groups…
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Light-printed electrodes turn skin and clothing into sensors
Researchers at Linköping and Lund universities in Sweden have demonstrated that visible light can be used to form electrodes from conductive plastics without the need for dangerous chemicals. Their results show that these electrodes can be…
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Cannabis compounds show unexpected power against ovarian cancer
In the future, medications derived from cannabis may play a role in treating ovarian cancer. A research team examining two natural compounds found in cannabis discovered that both produced notable anti-cancer activity when tested on ovarian…
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Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon reveals 8 back pain myths to stop believing
Back pain affects many people, yet a surprising number of misunderstandings continue to circulate. Meghan Murphy, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, reviews eight common beliefs and explains what research and…
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Five Great Forests That Decide the Fate of Migratory Birds
Every spring, the familiar songs of Wood Thrushes and warblers return to parks and backyards across eastern North America. Their seasonal arrival feels local, yet these birds spend most of their lives much farther south, supported by the lush and…
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Indoor tanning triples melanoma risk and seeds broad DNA mutations
Indoor tanning drastically increases melanoma risk, and scientists have now mapped the sweeping DNA damage tanning beds inflict across nearly the entire skin surface — damage far beyond what sunlight causes.
- Researchers examined thousands of…
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Researchers identify viral suspects that could be fueling long COVID
For many people living with long COVID, ongoing issues such as breathlessness, fatigue and brain fog remain difficult to explain. A team of prominent microbiologists now believes they may have uncovered an important clue.
Their view is that, for…
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How iRobot lost its way home
There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle…
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Weekly Robotics #340
Last week, I attended the first Paris HW Meetup. It was great to come back to France, even for a little while, and learn what people are up to at Hugging Fave, UMA, Stanley Robotics, and Gobano Robotics. It was also my pleasure to present…
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