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Kenya's Court of Appeal has offered a fresh perspective on young offender sentencing, invoking neuroscience to justify a more lenient approach . Rodgers Simiyu Masinde, initially sentenced to 15 years for defilement, saw his term reduced after judges considered the role of 'hot cognition' in his actions . The court referenced the work of Robert Paul Abelson, who introduced the idea that human thinking is swayed by either an emotional state
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2 years ago Read more at BNN Breaking

study at Tel Aviv University (TAU) found that when humans are suddenly absent from the urban environment, the activity of the crows and ringneck parakeets that live in the area declines significantly . Conversely, the “graceful prinias” – small, insect-eating birds with long tails and short wings that are generally considered shy – increased their activity when there were fewer people around .
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2 years ago Read more at The Jerusalem Post

TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution . Francine Bennett is a founding member of the Ada Lovelace Insititute and currently serves as the organization’s interim Director . Prior to this, she worked in biotech, using AI to find medical treatments for rare diseases .
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2 years ago Read more at TechCrunch

NASA's Earth Observatory spotted the unusual formation off the coast of the Florida Keys on January 30, 2024 . They posted the photo as their Image of the Day .
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2 years ago Read more at Express

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a microporous covalent organic framework with dense donor–acceptor lattices . This approach employs toxic solvents and expensive noble-metal catalysts, and generates substantial waste from side reactions . In contrast, photocatalytic production of H 2 O 2 from oxygen and water offers an energy-efficient, mild and clean route . The research team led by Professor Jiang Donglin from the NUS Department of Chemistry has developed
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2 years ago Read more at SciTechDaily

a new study from an international team of scientists concluded that depleted aquifers are impacting countries around the world . Groundwater is vital to humanity’s survival on the planet, as it provides 99 percent of all liquid freshwater on Earth . This is the first global view into groundwater levels from ground-based data .
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2 years ago Read more at Popular Mechanics

We need to start putting it back together, says George Packer . If we want to reverse that process, we need to rebuild the networks of trust, he says . Putnam asked us to consider gold: Gold is important for many reasons: it is a precious metal; it has symbolic value .
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2 years ago Read more at The Atlantic

Brianna N. Mack and Teresa R. Martin conducted an online survey . The results show people associating themselves with certain political identities were more likely to have a liking for a certain genre of music than the rival political group .
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2 years ago Read more at WION

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2 years ago Read more at Business Insider

Great Zimbabwe University is unveiling the first Centre for Computational Intelligence and Actuarial Science in Sub-Saharan Africa . This initiative, a partnership with Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited, aims to foster innovative solutions across multiple disciplines, including insurance, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and social sciences . The project highlights the importance of university-industry partnerships in advancing educational and technological progress .
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2 years ago Read more at BNN Breaking