In this file photo taken on June 27, 2022, a worker walks along a path at Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Google’s parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts globally on January 20, 2023, citing a changing “economic reality”, becoming the latest US tech giant to …
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China’s new rules on AI-generated content
A child visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. China put into force this week its newest regulations on artificial intelligence-generated content, a watered-downed version of stricter draft rules that seek to keep the country in the AI race while maintaining firm censorship on …
Read More »DOST to potential Balik Scientists: PH offers many opportunities
(Photo courtesy of DOST) MANILA – Filipino scientists abroad are encouraged to go back as there are many opportunities for them to contribute to the country, an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday. “There are many aspects where our Balik Scientists have been helping us in filling …
Read More »Marine life protection vowed amid dolphin decline in Tañon Strait
IN DANGER. A lone spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) plies the waters of Tañon Strait. An official of Negros Oriental on Tuesday (Aug. 22, 2023) vowed to step up efforts to safeguard the marine ecosystem in Bais Bay and its surrounding regions following reports of a decline in dolphin sightings in …
Read More »Is plastic-free plastic even possible?
In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at well-meaning but complicated efforts to create and certify plastic-free plastic and where things stand with the federal government’s two-billion-trees pledge. Also: Another way to look at the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This …
Read More »Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon
Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space program. Country’s 1st moon mission in 47 years fails ahead of planned …
Read More »Not so solitary predators? Great white shark duo appear to be travelling together
Jekyll and Simon keep showing up in all the same places — which is weird, because they are great white sharks. The apex predators are widely believed to be solitary creatures, not dependent on family networks or group dynamics to navigate the oceans. Jekyll and Simon have followed a surprisingly …
Read More »A Pacific marine heat wave has arrived in B.C. waters. Here’s what it means for ocean life
A warm water mass that has been heating up the Pacific for months has arrived in B.C. waters — raising alarms about what impact the temperatures could have on marine life native to the coast. A warm water mass that started heating up in May has been pushed towards the …
Read More »Our oceans are the warmest in recorded history. This is why it’s so concerning
How are our oceans being affected by rising global temperatures? From the threat of a disruption to a vital ocean circulation, to La Niña and El Niños, to the poles, we take a look at how they are changing. ‘What happens in the oceans doesn’t stay in the oceans,’ says …
Read More »Birds Canada calls on British Columbians to help ID dead seabirds amid marine heat wave
A marine heat wave off the Pacific coast has scientists worried about mass deaths. Scientists worried warmer waters will cause mass deaths due to starvation. It’s a different kind of bird watching. Birds Canada is asking British Columbians to help monitor dead seabirds found on shorelines to help scientists better …
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