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Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

A few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago
Environment

2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor

Last month the global average temperature was 16.91 degrees Celsius, only 0.04 degrees below July 2023, according to C3S's monthly bulletin, although "the overall context hasn't changed, our climate continues to warm." ...

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor

Prior to Roskomnadzor's announcement that it had taken action, hundreds of Signal users reported glitches with the messenger app, a secure communications tool used by up to a million Russians to encrypt messages and conversations. ...

1 year ago

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Netflix's 'Borderless Fog' navigates murky issues of dark past

Edwin and Putri Marino have teamed up once again, eight years after teen drama 'Posesif', this time in a thriller that could raise some sticky issues from a dark past, albeit fictionalized.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

Examining robots through organic materials

Artist Antonius Kho examines the relationship between humans and robots through a series of artworks celebrating humanity and machinery amid digital and technology advances.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia's extinct 'Hobbit' people

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of this incomplete humerus—missing both of its ends—as well as two fossilized teeth from Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of Flores, where the volcano Mount Ebulobo looms over the landscape.

1 year ago
Culture

Bigger and better – CHAGEE returns to Singapore with new ‘Tea Bar’ concept

Tea lovers in Singapore rejoice! Popular international tea beverage brand CHAGEE makes its return to Singapore this Aug. 2 with the opening of its first Singapore store at orchardgateway, with two other outlets in Plaza Singapura and Raffles City expected to open in the near future.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon's tenuous atmosphere

By analyzing which forms of two elements, potassium and rubidium, were present in nine tiny soil samples from five Apollo missions, researchers determined that the lunar atmosphere was created and is sustained primarily by the effects of meteorites, large and small, striking the moon's surface.

1 year ago
People

Slow down to save the planet, says Japan's rock star Marxist philosopher Saito

Saito's core argument -- that capitalism is the root cause of climate change and we need to stop chasing growth to save the planet -- has struck a chord in the world's fourth-largest economy, especially among young people.

1 year ago
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Love and expectations collide in Visinema's 'Heartbreak Motel'

Director-writer Angga Dwimas Sasongko and lead actors Laura Basuki and Reza Rahadian talk about the daunting task of bringing Ika Natassa’s polarizing novel to the big screen.

1 year ago
Food

Australia launches landmark peanut allergy treatment for babies

Eligible babies will receive daily doses of peanut powder for two years to build up their tolerance, said officials announcing the initiative on Wednesday.

1 year ago
Environment premium

New capital Nusantara has long way to go

Bar the centrepiece presidential palace -- winged like the national emblem, the mythical Garuda bird -- Nusantara is a series of unfinished buildings and bumpy access tracks, shrouded by clouds of dust kicked up by trucks and excavators.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

‘Tiga Sisi’: Exploring everyday beauty with mixed media

Three female artists exhibit their works in ceramics, painting and printmaking using everyday items made from unconventional media.

1 year ago
People

'Just little kids': Taylor Swift's message after shocking UK stabbings

A 17-year-old male is in police custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the incident at the "Taylor Swift yoga and dance workshop" in Southport, north of Liverpool for children aged from six to 11 on Monday morning.

1 year ago
Entertainment

'Deadpool & Wolverine' opens to 'spectacular' $205 million

"The numbers are fantastic," said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. "These characters' popularity is growing, not slowing."

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Spacecraft to swing by Earth, Moon on path to Jupiter

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Juice probe blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to discover whether Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa are capable of hosting extra-terrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Video game makers see actors as AI 'data,' says union on strike

While many demands are the same, consent and compensation for actors, whose voices and movements are used by AI to build game characters, the latest talks are posing unique challenges, union negotiators says.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Justin Timberlake seeks to dismiss DUI case

On June 18, the 43-year-old entertainer had been pulled over in the town of Sag Harbor, about 160 kilometers east of New York City, after police observed his BMW drive through a stop sign and struggle to stay within street lanes.

1 year ago
Environment

Komodo dragons have teeth coated in iron to kill prey: Study

The researchers found iron-rich coatings most prominently on Komodo dragon teeth, although similar coverings were also found on the teeth of other living reptiles, including monitor lizards, crocodiles and alligators.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

Morocco and the imagination beyond

The land has bee inhabited since the beginning of history, yet its far-flung location conjures up tall tales and magical stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Blues legend John Mayall dead at 90

Mayall, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who was dubbed "the godfather of British blues," and whose open-door arrangement saw some of the greats in the genre hone their craft with him and his band, "passed away peacefully in his California home" on Monday, according to a statement posted on his Facebook page.

1 year ago
Environment

Whaling in Japan: Key things to know

Japan goes after Bryde's, minke and sei, and wants to expand the list to include fin whales, the second-largest animal species on the planet after the blue whale.

1 year ago
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‘Keluarga Cemara’ revisited: A musical revival

The latest artistic form of the Keluarga Cemara franchise, a musical, strengthened its position as a story that is relatable and endearing for everyone.

1 year ago
Environment

Greenland arrests anti-whaling activist on Japan warrant

His ship had just docked on Sunday in Nuuk to refuel on its way to "intercept" Japan's new whaling factory vessel in the North Pacific, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) said.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

Reflecting on 'Matahari Papua': Teater Koma's artistic continuum

Koma Teater played late founder Nano Riantiarno's last manuscript around what would have been his 75th birthday, telling a story of a Papuan tribe fighting a dragon's tyranny. 

1 year ago
Environment premium

‘Rising Tide’: Kadir van Lohuizen’s visuals on impacts of surging seas

Exhibition presenting pictures taken by Dutch photographer Kadir van Lohuizen shows the human impacts of rising sea levels.

1 year ago
Environment

In Belgian farmland, 'Saving Bambi' one dawn mission at a time

Operating across Belgium and neighboring Luxembourg, "Saving Bambi" said it rescued 834 fawns last year -- up from 353 the previous year.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Chinese scientists identify super moss able to 'survive' in Mars

When subjected to conditions that simulate the environment on Mars, the moss - Syntrichia Caninervis - was found to be able to withstand extreme dryness, ultra-low temperatures and radiation, the academy said in a research paper published in The Innovation journal last week.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

World's oldest cave painting in Sulawesi shows a pig and people

The researchers used a new scientific approach to determine the minimum age of the newly disclosed painting inside the Leang Karampuang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region of South Sulawesi province by using a laser to date a type of crystal called calcium carbonate that formed naturally on top of the painting.

1 year ago
Entertainment premium

In ‘Nightmares and Daydreams’, Joko Anwar brings scientific theories to scary stories

The director tests his taste in sci-fi horror subgenre with Netflix’s series 'Nightmares and Daydreams', consisting of seven episodes that gradually connect and intertwine. 

1 year ago
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