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Month: August 2025

Ecology

When crowds left, reefs came alive at Hanauma Bay

August 29, 2025 Phys Org

Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, a popular snorkeling destination that attracts nearly a million annual visitors, underwent a remarkable and rapid recovery when tourism ceased during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.This article was originally published on this […]

Ecology

Treetop tutorials: Orangutans learn how to build their beds by peering at others and a lot of practice

August 29, 2025 Phys Org

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest-building skills via observational social learning—by closely watching others and then practicing these complex constructions.This article was originally […]

Ecology

Have you seen these snakes in California? Why you shouldn’t kill them

August 29, 2025 Phys Org

California is home to 50 different species of snakes—including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Keep ‘Hope’ alive, activists say as wildlife agents prepare to kill a problem bear in California

August 29, 2025 Phys Org

With its luxury vacation homes dotted through alpine forests, its tens of thousands of tourists, and its huge concentration of the species Ursus americanus has long been at the center of California’s human-bear conflicts.This article […]

Computers

New method enables AI models to forget private and copyrighted data

August 29, 2025 Tech Xplore

A team of computer scientists at UC Riverside has developed a method to erase private and copyrighted data from artificial intelligence models—without needing access to the original training data.This article was originally published on this […]

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Education

Talking about sex isn’t always easy for teachers in South Africa. Here’s what they told us

August 28, 2025 Phys Org

Young people in rural Limpopo, the South African province bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, face high risks of HIV, unplanned pregnancy, and other societal challenges.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Telling the story of the Atlantic’s sargassum surge with 40 years of data

August 28, 2025 Phys Org

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have released a landmark review tracing four decades of changes in pelagic sargassum—free-floating brown seaweed that plays a vital role in the Atlantic Ocean ecosystem.This article […]

Education

Universities could bolster democracy by fostering students’ AI literacy

August 28, 2025 Phys Org

The fears are familiar: Artificial intelligence is going to eat our jobs, make our students weak and lazy and possibly destroy democracy for good measure.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

Frequent use of AI may hinder students’ academic performance

August 28, 2025 Phys Org

Marina Lepp, associate professor of informatics at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, together with co-author Joosep Kaimre, a recently graduated master’s student, examined in a research article the impact of artificial intelligence […]

Ecology

When trees can protect against avalanches: Tree height and species play key roles

August 28, 2025 Phys Org

Forests protect against avalanches, but not every forest is equally effective. Thanks to almost 50 years of observations at the Stillberg afforestation site, SLF researchers have now gained insight into how the avalanche protective function […]

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