Ticks that transmit Lyme disease, for example, are dramatically expanding their range in the northern United States. Bats are also on the move, and with them diseases that they transmit,…
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Twitter API: Why users are upset about the platform’s latest change
The season of Twitter shakeups isn’t over yet. The social media platform has announced it will eliminate free API access for third-party developers. While the concept of an “API restriction”…
After Twitter users voted to oust Elon Musk as CEO, he wants to change how polls work
New York CNN — When Elon Musk polled Twitter users about whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account, he quickly followed through on the majority’s wish to do so.…
The New Chat Bots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them?
This month, Jeremy Howard, an artificial intelligence researcher, introduced an online chat bot called ChatGPT to his 7-year-old daughter. It had been released a few days earlier by OpenAI, one…
In New Mexico, Trying to Capitalize on Natural Beauty as Climate Change Disrupts It
The Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon fires started in April, after the U.S. Forest Service conducted what was supposed to have been a controlled burn to thin the dense undergrowth.…
Study: West African Floods 80 Times More Likely by Climate Change
Heavy rains that led to recent deadly floods in Nigeria and neighboring countries were made about 80 times more likely by human caused climate change, scientists said Wednesday. The floods,…
An Inflation-Driven Midterm Will Not Change Biden’s Economic Focus
Inflation and the economy dominated voters’ concerns on Election Day, yet they did not culminate in the kind of political drubbing of President Biden and his party that many had…
At COP27, World Leaders Urge Faster Action on Climate Change
SHARM EL SHEIKH — World leaders gathered Monday to wrestle with the crisis of climate change, amid a sea of other pressing challenges that threaten to set back already inadequate…
As Other Global Crises Collide, Nations Converge to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON — World leaders will gather in Egypt next week to confront climate change at a moment of colliding crises: a war in Europe that has upended energy markets, rising…