Online translation tools have helped us learn new languages, communicate across linguistic borders, and view foreign websites in our native tongue. But the artificial intelligence (AI) behind them is far from perfect, often ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2021
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"Great app with a certain addictiveness," writes a user in the Google Play Store about BirdNET. The app was developed by Chemnitz University of Technology and Cornell University (USA) and can identify 3,000 bird species based ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2021
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American values, attitudes and activities have changed dramatically during COVID-19, according to a new study of online behavior.
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2021
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Los Angeles and Google have struck a partnership to track canopy density in the huge metropolis to determine which neighborhoods need more trees as a means of fighting extreme temperatures.
Environment
Nov 19, 2020
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In their 2019 AI Impact Challenge, Google asked nonprofits, social enterprises and research institutions around the world, "How would you use artificial intelligence (AI) for social good?"
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2020
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Android phones will be used to sense earthquakes around the world and may one day be able to provide global warnings, with the first mass alert system unveiled Tuesday in California, Google announced.
Environment
Aug 12, 2020
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Johannes Vermeer is one of the most celebrated artists of the 17th century's Dutch Golden Age period. Widely known today for his "Girl with a Pearl Earring," he was famed for his mastery in rendering the effects of light ...
Astronomy
Jul 15, 2020
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Have you ever wondered how a fossil site is discovered? Perhaps wondered what it would be like to find one of the rarest fossil finds in history? In this lecture, Lee Berger takes us back to the discovery of Malapa, a site ...
Archaeology
Jun 01, 2020
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The global spread of COVID-19 has illuminated the "care crisis" that has been building for decades.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2020
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Arsenic (As) is a natural environmental contaminant to which humans are usually exposed in water, air, soil, and food. China is a typical high-As region, and also a great contributor of the world production of cultivated ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2020
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