Study reveals nearly 60 companies to be responsible for half of world's plastic pollution: 'The industry likes to put the responsibility on the individual'

A new study has highlighted the considerable role that major brands are playing in a plastic-polluted world after researchers traced the bulk of the waste to nearly 60 companies.

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5 AI Prompts For Educators Using ChatGPT And Google Gemini

In a world of artificial intelligence, a new type of educator has emerged. AI-savvy teachers are armed with the power of carefully crafted prompts for tools such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini. These innovators are quietly revolutionizing their classrooms. Curious to uncover the secrets of their success, I asked them to send me their favourite prompts, and I have picked five of the most potent.

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Scientists Reveal Just How Far Plastic Can Reach Into Your Lungs

Miniscule fragments of plastic pollution invade the human body every day without our knowing it, not just from eating and drinking but from simply breathing.

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Visa, Mastercard, JPMorgan And Citi Reveal Crypto Plan For ‘Mass Institutional Adoption’ After Bitcoin, Ethereum And XRP Price Pump

Some of Wall Street's biggest banks have revealed they're testing a system with Visa and Mastercard to tokenize their assets—something Citi analysts predict could become a "$5 trillion market by 2030."

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A Neuroscientist Explains How Your Brain Actually Thinks

Have you ever wondered how your brain creates thoughts or why something randomly popped into your head? It may seem like magic – but actually the brain is like a supercomputer inside your head that helps you think, learn and make decisions.

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KnowHalu: A Novel AI Approach for Detecting Hallucinations in Text Generated by Large Language Models (LLMs)

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UChicago, and UC Berkeley has developed a cutting-edge method named KnowHalu, a detailed process designed to detect hallucinations in AI-generated texts.

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Neuroscientists reveal intriguing impact of light on human cognition and brain activity

Recent research reveals that higher light levels enhance cognitive performance by stimulating specific regions of the hypothalamus, impacting tasks involving memory and emotions.

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New testing shows over 200 million Americans are drinking contaminated water: 'We're seeing more and more people are exposed'

Up to 70 million people in the United States are being exposed to PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” in drinking water systems.

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Resident calls out city's abandonment of century-old transit system: 'The wires came down, the pollution went up, and so did the cost to the city'

Edinburgh has spent upward of £1 billion ($1.1 billion) to reintroduce a tram network that was decommissioned by 1956, according to the Guardian and The Conversation. Seville has also committed €19.6 million ($21.1 million) to expanding a tram system that it closed in the 1960s and reactivated in 2007, per Politico.

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Can You Lose Your Native Tongue?

After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think.

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