Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater

In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.

Robert Michael McKay, Director and Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor • conversation
yesterday ~8 min

Fish and chips on Mars: our research shows how colonists could produce their own food

Aquaponics could help feed Martian colonies in the future and offer a sustainable food system on Earth.

Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions, University of Greenwich • conversation
yesterday ~6 min


Biden and Trump may forget names or personal details, but here is what really matters in assessing whether they’re cognitively up for the job

Decision-making abilities are critical to a president’s performance.

Leo Gugerty, Professor Emeritus in Psychology, Clemson University • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~11 min

Deepfakes threaten upcoming elections, but ‘responsible AI’ could help filter them out before they reach us

Technology could come to the rescue, protecting the integrity of elections.

Shweta Singh, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~7 min

Why India didn’t have the ‘climate election’ it needed, even amid a lethal heatwave

Even among millennials climate change was only the fourth most important issue.

Satish Kumar, Research Fellow, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~5 min

‘I feel more like a professional gambler’: British farmers reveal their twin struggles with climate change and mental health

A sense of powerlessness is preventing farmers from adapting to climate change.

John Whitton, Professor of Environmental Social Science, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~7 min

Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy

Campaigns used deepfakes to connect with voters rather than deception, and AI also helped them break through language barriers.

Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~8 min

NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Scientists don’t often have the time to get all their equipment set up to study incoming meteors from space. Instead, they can study capsules from space missions as ‘artificial meteors.’

Elizabeth A. Silber, Senior R&D Scientist, Physics, Sandia National Laboratories • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~9 min


How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains the construction tricks

Underwater construction is a complex and difficult task, but engineers have developed several ways to build underwater … mostly by not building underwater at all.

Ari Perez, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Quinnipiac University • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~9 min

The Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy

Campaigns used deepfakes to connect with voters rather than deception, and AI also helped them break through language barriers.

Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~8 min

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