Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money
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Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money
Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, limiting their appeal to farmers. No longer.
Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing https://buff.ly/FZ46kdy
SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia
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SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia
Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government...
A NOAA hurricane researcher explains how forecasters knew where #HurricaneMelissa, with 185 mph sustained winds, was headed, which gave thousands extra time to evacuate. https://buff.ly/5Mpq8wp
Fed lowers interest rates as it struggles to assess state of US economy without key government data https://buff.ly/VXgf1U1
Not all of our ancestors sat at the top of the food chain. AI analysis of bite marks on 1.8-million-year-old bones from Tanzania suggests Homo habilis wasn’t an early apex hunter after all, but preyed on by leopards. The finding challenges long-held ideas about which Homo species first made tools — and raises new questions about our earliest ancestors.
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AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter
Paleoanthropologists have thought that Homo habilis was the first stone-tool maker and meat-eater in our genus. But new research suggests H. habili...
The Trump administration cut federal programs meant to strengthen the U.S. power grid — funding that would’ve boosted monitoring, resilience against outages and cyberattacks and backup power. A sustainability scholar explains how these cuts could leave Americans in the dark more often and cost taxpayers more in the long run:
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Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts
Many of the canceled grants were investments in the science and infrastructure necessary to keep the lights on in coming years, especially when the...
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Solar storms have disrupted technology for over a century. In one scary 1967 incident, the US military feared the Soviets had knocked out their radar before scientists confirmed the Sun was to blame. As our power grids and satellites grow more interconnected, an environmental historian urges officials to understand these events to protect modern systems.
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Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future
From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped human history.
#AI has quickly become a big part of everyday life with people using it for simple things like recipes and email drafts to budgeting help. More than 70% of ChatGPT use is for personal use, not work.
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AI chatbots are becoming everyday tools for mundane tasks, use data shows
Workplace productivity and educational challenges get the headlines, but it turns out that ChatGPT and its ilk are more likely to be used for house...
Philadelphia’s Art Museum just rebranded for the Instagram age. A new name, new logo and a more playful vibe, all aimed at engaging younger, digital-first audiences.
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How the Philadelphia Art Museum is reinventing itself for the Instagram age
Philly’s premier art museum drops a preposition, revives a griffin and introduces a cheeky new nickname that may make longtime patrons bristle.
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