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Education Oct 8, 2026

AI tool makes culturally appropriate lessons for teachers in India

Overworked teachers in southern India have a new tool for educating their students: Shiksha Copilot, an AI system that generates culturally relevant lesson plans for schools with few resources.

Archaeology Oct 8, 2026

Rare traces of wooden tools reveal Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers

There is even more evidence that Neanderthals were far from the simple cave dwellers we once thought them to be. The discovery of a clublike artifact and other wooden tools from an archaeological site near Barcelona, Spain, ...

Social Sciences Oct 8, 2026

What happens to language when machines start talking back?

A few months ago, a friend posted something that caught my eye on social media. She struggled to listen to what she termed "(literally) breathless AI voices for audiobooks."

Archaeology Oct 8, 2026

AI is changing pilgrims' journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology

In 2025, two scholars of religion decided to make a multiday pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail—an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples—guided by an artificial intelligence assistant.

Ecology Oct 8, 2026

700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals a lost ecosystem shared by early humans in the Levant

A remarkably preserved elephant tooth previously recovered from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY-NBA)—a prehistoric site in northern Israel where early humans made stone tools some 700,000 years ago—has now enabled researchers to ...

Biochemistry Oct 8, 2026

Could grass become the clothes of the future?

Producing textile fibers from wood involves extracting cellulose from a structure that is tougher and more resistant than that of grass. But what if grass offered an easier—and potentially more environmentally friendly—alternative? ...

Economics & Business Oct 8, 2026

AI skills not enough to level the playing field—study

Training in AI skills improves the chances of women from underrepresented backgrounds being invited to job interviews, but not enough to eliminate the inequalities they face in the labor market, according to a new study.

Analytical Chemistry Oct 8, 2026

New electrode design breaks key barrier to greener ammonia production

A new approach to producing ammonia using renewable electricity has overcome a fundamental energy limitation of the technology, opening new possibilities for cleaner and potentially more cost-effective production of one of ...

Agriculture Oct 8, 2026

Mixing plant material with manure may be key to profitable biogas production

The U.S. dairy industry is a major contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, with manure storage and handling representing a significant source of methane. Anaerobic digestion of cow manure—a biological process ...

Ecology Oct 8, 2026

Olowalu reef off Maui provides glimpse into two centuries of environmental changes

New research led by the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai'i Sea Grant), the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and the U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a 253-year-old core ...

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