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How do we stop ‘robot evolution’ from spiraling out of control? 2 essential articles on the future of robotics and AI

Frontiers

Robotics and AI have quickly outgrown as tropes of science fiction and are almost ubiquitous in our daily lives, even if we don’t realize it. Now, Frontiers highlights just some of the latest top articles in this fascinating field. Another topic you might mention is evolutionary robotics. Article link: [link].

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American cultural narratives of the Arctic could undergird climate change denial

Vermont Law

Vachula examines how public images and discourse of the Arctic may affect climate change skepticism in a recently published article in. The mental distance was illustrated in the projection of the Arctic environment in science fiction films. Media, Culture & Society. By Richard S.

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Rural Drivers vs. Disinformation: Three Facts about Electric Vehicles to Set the Record Straight

Union of Concerned Scientists

False claims about EV demand, reliability, and performance are circulating widely, making it more challenging for rural drivers to separate fact from fiction as they consider purchasing an electric vehicle. Disinformation and misconceptions about electric vehicles are a major reason for this lag.

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The enduring mystery of the solar corona

Physics World

In fact, almost one article about the solar corona has been published per day since 1943. Alfvén went on to win the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on MHD, which film enthusiasts might remember as the power behind the fictional submarine-propulsion system in the movie The Hunt for Red October.

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Guest Essay: When People Have To Choose Health Or Jobs, Everyone Loses - The View From Rachel Carson’s Homestead In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

When she was a teenager, West Penn Power built a coal power plant in Springdale In the famous opening of her book “Silent Spring ,” Carson describes a fictional, bucolic hamlet, a literary echo of the Springdale she knew as a girl. Carson would later recall the stench from the glue factory next to Springdale’s train station.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.8.21

PA Environment Daily

Click Here for background. -- November 8 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- All Articles & NewsClips In Nov. 8 PA Environment Digest By Topic [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Air Quality Action Day Alert For Liberty-Clairton, Allegheny County; Susquehanna Valley For Monday, Nov. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.