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Phys.org / How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, each reader of this article could have multiple AI apps operating on the very device displaying this piece.

Dec 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / It's been 25 years since America decided to save the Everglades: Where do we stand?

The 20th century was horrible for the Everglades. The broad shallow river, one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet, was labeled wasteland and ruthlessly dammed, carved into parcels, dried out and diverted into near ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Children face punishment because of unaffordable school uniforms, new poll reveals

Thousands of children are being unfairly punished and excluded from education activities because their families cannot afford expensive school uniforms, according to new research conducted by Dr. Matt Barnes, senior lecturer ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / One big beautiful bill act complicates state health care affordability efforts

As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Report calls on the UK banking industry to consider interventions that 'design out' economic abuse

Researchers have published the findings of a new study that brought together victim–survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the U.K. banking industry.

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Inequality alone doesn't cause civil unrest—but internet access adds the crucial spark

The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent weeks, the richest 10% of the global population now receive 53% of all income and own a staggering ...

Dec 20, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Populism as a departure from neoliberalism in Hungary and Israel

At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, write the authors of a new article from Polity, neoliberalism was "consolidated as the only legitimate form of doing politics." But in the wake of the 2008 financial ...

Dec 19, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new technology, ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Public seed banks can fast-track corn quality research

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign corn breeders know profitability is about more than yield. By tweaking kernel composition, they can tailor corn for lucrative biotech applications, industrial products, overseas markets, ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Uninhabited Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for critically endangered iguana

Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana.

Dec 18, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Ponzi schemes and financial bubbles: Lessons from history

Many investors are asking themselves if we are living in an AI bubble; others have gone beyond that and are simply asking themselves, until when? Yet the bubble keeps growing, fueled by that perilous sentiment of "fear of ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Environmental, social and governance requirements impacting agriculture, study argues

"We need your data." The message is repeated in emails and requests to Danish farmers. Not from the EU, but from dairies, slaughterhouses, banks, and other partners. Climate metrics, biodiversity, animal welfare; everything ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Biology