The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska Friday is being rushed through without the diplomatic groundwork that could lead to a lasting peace for Ukraine. A veteran diplomat warns the Trump-Putin summit is unlikely to produce results (and is hauntingly similar to the history of the Hitler-Chamberlain meeting in Munich).
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This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
A former US ambassador and career diplomat says that history indicates that the possibilities for a lasting peace coming out of the Trump-Putin sum...
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NextGen Acela trains debut in two weeks with faster speeds & 82 more seats. But the launch comes as the U.S. rail faces political headwinds & budget cuts, according to the author of a book on the Boston to Washington D.C. Northeast Corridor.
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The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats – but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
The French-designed, American-manufactured NextGen arrives years late and in a moment when federally sponsored trains are fighting for their lives.
Mindfulness in schools is meant to help kids focus and feel less stressed, but how that is taught can look really different. Some schools offer just 5 lessons, while others go up to 44. And the focus varies too: some center on movement, others on kindness or building attention skills.
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Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning
Understanding the nuances of what mindfulness can look like in a classroom can help educators, parents and policymakers decide whether it belongs i...
Rogue waves aren’t just freak occurrences, according to an environmental engineer. They arise under the natural laws of the sea. After looking at the data, it turns out they are not mysterious, but somewhat simple.
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My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves’ form – here’s what we found
Researchers have used lab models to study how rogue waves form, but these don’t always transfer over to the natural world.
After Trump announced he’s sending the National Guard into D.C., a new survey shows 4 in 5 U.S. troops understand they must disobey illegal orders — though most get little training in the laws of war or human rights. https://buff.ly/Fwwmkla image
Data poisoning can corrupt #AI systems, potentially leading to dangerous outcomes like disrupting public transportation or enabling espionage. Researchers are developing defenses using blockchain and federated learning.
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How poisoned data can trick AI − and how to stop it
Data poisoning corrupts AI systems by teaching them with bad data. There’s no silver bullet to protect against it, but researchers are building d...
As Trump and Putin prepare to meet, Ukraine’s friends fear Trump will sell them out to Russia. But a long-time observer of Russian politics sees a potential opening for diplomatic progress after years of stalemate, with Trump having new leverage over Putin.
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Don’t write off the Putin-Trump summit just yet – its outcome might confound critics
Judging by much mainstream commentary, the meeting has little chance of resolving the war in Ukraine. But a few signs suggest that outcome is not f...
#Climate scientists say the Southwest’s decades-long megadrought may be here to stay. New research indicates human-caused warming appears to have locked a key climate cycle into a dry phase that should have ended years ago.
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Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that...
AI can “read” and summarize anything for you these days, but when students skip the book, they miss the thinking, growth and joy that come with reading it themselves. Is using ChatGPT worse than using the CliffsNotes?
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AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose
Even before generative AI went mainstream, fewer people were reading books.
For the 3rd straight year, Alaska’s “Suicide Basin” is overflowing an ice dam, sending water from melting glaciers rushing towards Juneau. An explanation of the rising risks of floods in mountain areas:
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau fo...
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