How vacation photos of zebras and whales can help conservation
Vacation photos of zebras and whales that tourists post on social media may have a benefit they never expected: helping researchers track and gather information on endangered species.
Vacation photos of zebras and whales that tourists post on social media may have a benefit they never expected: helping researchers track and gather information on endangered species.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2022
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Gossip is an efficient way to share information across large networks and has unexpected applications in solving other mathematical and machine-learning problems.
Machine learning & AI
Jul 8, 2019
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For more than a century, scientists have debated why people in different parts of the world eat different foods, follow different social norms and believe in different origin stories.
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2015
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An "experimental" project by Microsoft to mix online social networking and academic research was open to the public on Monday.
Internet
May 22, 2012
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Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2017
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New research has for the first time provided evidence that reptiles could be capable of social learning through imitation.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2014
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Hundreds of millions of daily posts on the social networking service Twitter are providing a new window into bullying a tough nut to crack for researchers.
Computer Sciences
Aug 1, 2012
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Humpback and bowhead whales are the only mammals other than humans thought to progressively change the songs they sing through a process of cultural learning.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2021
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Students in Sweden are positive towards AI tools such as ChatGPT in education, but 62% believe that using chatbots during exams is cheating. However, where the boundary for cheating lies is highly unclear. This is shown in ...
Education
May 11, 2023
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Students whose brainwaves are more in sync with their classmates and teacher are likely to learn better than those lacking this "brain-to-brain synchrony," shows a new study by a team of psychology and education researchers. ...
Education
Apr 13, 2023
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