When we talk about the jobs at risk, artificial intelligence is often seen as the main threat. However, this technology is still at its very beginning, while a lot of jobs are already transforming and even disappearing. Conversely, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2018
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Using the meticulous phenological records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, scientists have demonstrated that native plants in the eastern United States are flowering as much as a month ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2013
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Are iPads sending people to their local public library? Sunnyvale, Calif., official Lisa Rosenblum thinks so.
Other
Jun 6, 2014
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Half store, half museum, Apple's new location in the US capital within a historic landmark is being described as the "most ambitious" project for its retail operations.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 9, 2019
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How often do we hear that libraries aren't just about books anymore? They are makerspaces with 3-D printers, scanners, laser vinyl cutters and routers. They provide green rooms, sewing machines, button makers, and tools like ...
Education
Aug 2, 2019
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The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.
Internet
Mar 8, 2011
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A group of schoolchildren in Chile walk on a hillside, taking photos of plants and animals with mobile devices. They later integrate the photos into animated stories about the local environment.
Education
Oct 24, 2023
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Most likely, you would be disgusted if confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms. Or a particularly bloody wound. Or a horribly emaciated but still living body. But just how much disgust you feel ...
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2011
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A team of researchers at Texas A&M University and Colorado State University found that micropolitan and high-poverty counties and certain communities of people—specifically Indigenous populations—lack equitable access ...
Education
Oct 12, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists and farmers have attempted to understand how a bacterial pathogen continues to damage tomatoes despite numerous agricultural attempts to control its spread.
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2011
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