Slash-and-burn agriculture is blamed for destroying rainforests, but a study of 18,000 forest patches found community rules can limit clearing and allow trees to return
Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forestlands sustainable Slash-and-burn agriculture is blamed for destroying rainforests, but a study of 18,000 forest patches found that community rules can limit clearing and allow trees to…
Despite Trump crackdown, Americans turn to Chinese AI as cheaper models challenge ChatGPT and Claude
China’s artificial intelligence (AI) models are growing in popularity in the United States, despite the Trump administration’s tougher stance on Chinese technology. Many Americans are abandoning popular American AI tools, such as Chat GPT…
Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Trojan Horse: What really happened after Afghanistan’s opium ban
The war was fought over land, over inheritance, and over a woman who was said to have launched a thousand ships towards Troy. Opium caused two wars, one in 1839 and another in 1856, but they were not the wars the name suggested. After the Qing government…
Morgan Hill shooting: Multiple people shot in Hale Avenue area, California reported; first details
one shooting The incident reportedly occurred in the area of Hale Avenue in Morgan Hill. californiaSunday, July 26. Scanner Report Several people were shot after reports of a “riot” in the area. A shooting has been reported in Morgan Hill,…
Typhoon Nol: Cribs blown away, 800,000 people flee: Typhoon Nol hits China; horrific visual effects emerge
Chinese authorities launched disaster relief measures and relocated more than 800,000 people in Guangdong Typhoon Nol made landfall in China’s southern Guangdong province early Sunday, pummeling several provinces with strong winds and heavy rains,…
Trump’s Bitcoin push faces investor skepticism as cryptocurrency ownership declines and Bitcoin price plummets
Even after U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong support and looser cryptocurrency rules, many Americans are still not investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to an agency. New report from the Urban Institute. The report found that only…
Who is Zanny Minton Beddoes? Elon Musk calls The Economist editor a ‘traitor to the West’ after lengthy interview
Elon Musk Days after interviewing The Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes, she called him a “traitor.” While the July 23 interview began with Musk’s AI predictions of food abundance in 2036, it became more heated as Bedos questioned…
Researchers used artificial intelligence to study more than 116,000 bird song recordings from more than 3,000 species and found that despite their wide variety, bird songs around the world are made up of just eight basic acoustic building blocks
According to research, birdsong is shaped by both evolution and environment. (natural TTL) Birds’ sounds may vary, but scientists have now discovered that many of their songs are made up of the same basic sound patterns. A new global study has…
Sarah Duffy’s friend reveals what she said about husband days before murder: ‘Don’t think he was going to really hurt me’
a friend of Oklahoma influencer Sarah Duffy Following her murder, she memorialized her in a Facebook post, revealing that Sarah had said weeks earlier that she didn’t think her husband would ever hurt her. Sarah shot dead by estranged husband…
Scientists have found that Japanese horseshoe bats living in crowded colonies get around noisy sonar problems by gradually changing their echolocation calls to match each other’s frequencies
If many bats emit similar sound waves at the same time, their signals may overlap. (National Geographic photo) Bats rely on echolocation to move in the dark and hunt insects. They emit high-pitched sound waves that bounce off nearby objects and return as…