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Millions of people worldwide are exposed via soil and water to arsenic, whether naturally occurring or related to pollution. Chronic exposure is linked to the formation of cancer stem cells.
Andy Warhol in Milan, Italy, January 1987.
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Adolescent brains are especially vulnerable to risk-taking and social pressure. But there are steps parents can take to steer their teen away from dangerous social media stunts.
The successful courting of Honduras is the latest example of China’s influence in Latin America.
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Generative AI can seem like magic, which makes it both enticing and frightening. Scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms.
Sargassum seaweed started washing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in mid-March 2023.
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Scientists are predicting a record sargassum bloom in 2023. It’s already starting to wash up on beaches in Florida and the Caribbean and cause a stink.
Thousands of teddy bears with candles on display at a protest in Brussels in February 2023 represented abducted Ukrainian children.
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The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.
Un movimiento en marcha.
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Miles de manifestantes han llegado a Lima en medio de violentos enfrentamientos con la policía. El movimiento de protesta podría estar inspirándose en movilizaciones anteriores en la vecina Bolivia.
A movement on the march.
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Thousands of demonstrators have descended on Lima amid violent clashes with police. The protest movement could be taking cues from earlier mobilizations in neighboring Bolivia.
Hand in glove: former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro presiding over the inauguration of General Edson Leal Pujol as chief of the army in 2019.
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Ahora que los sistemas de IA pueden generar imágenes realistas y prosa convincente, ¿los trabajadores creativos están en peligro o a punto de aumentar su productividad? No está claro.
Could AI be your next colleague – or replacement?
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Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or poised for productivity gains? A panel of experts says it’s not so clear-cut.
Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Dendrobium orchids are familiar to most people in bouquets, but they are in high demand in China for use in traditional medicines. Can Beijing find ways to grow these threatened plants sustainably?
Digital technologies like drones are being heavily promoted to address the threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Peru now has its sixth president in just five years. An expert on Latin American politics explores the country’s political instability and what happens next.