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Overtourism is reshaping communities in Europe – could Australia be next?
Protestors are pushing back against the ‘touristification’ of their towns and cities which they fear are being designed and ...
Antarctic research is in decline, and the timing couldn’t be worse
Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife ...
Homes are more than walls and a roof, especially for Indigenous people. It’s time housing policy reflects that
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to live in subpar housing than the rest of the population. But ...
Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?
According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...
Your say: week beginning June 30
Ditching payroll tax, government failures on poverty, and is ‘Jewish lobby’ really a fair term to use? An edited selection of ...
Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ
Roland Barthes’ notion that the author is dead has been incredibly influential, though it was not as original or ...
More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death
Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?
Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms
The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.
Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language
Despite seeming like a universal language – and sometimes they do function that way – emojis can be at once more vague, and ...
Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to ...
Laura Collado Brunete
Laura Collado es Investigadora Titular en el Instituto IMDEA Energía, donde está a cargo de la línea de investigación de foto (termo)catalisis dentro la Unidad de Procesos Fotoactivados. Obtuvo su doc ...
Inteligencia artificial, ¿comida rápida intelectual?
El aprendizaje no es solo un proceso cognitivo, también es profundamente social y la IA, aunque pueda simular respuestas, no es capaz de replicar la empatía y la complejidad de una conexión humana rea ...