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This Navy veteran is protecting Black people from AI harm: 'AI is built on representation'

Jameeka Green Aaron has turned her sights on ensuring that artificial intelligence works in favor of the people using it, not against it.

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Pineapple leaves transform from agricultural waste to crime-fighting fingerprint powder

Once the pineapple leaf-based nanoparticles had adsorbed copper, they could be ground into a powder that forensic investigators can use to dust for invisible fingerprints.

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Search and rescue dogs are getting a boost from AI: 'Locates victims 10 times faster'

The working pups won’t be out of a job any time soon, but they might get even better at their life-saving work.

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Europe's largest 3D-printed neighborhood completed in Denmark: 'One apartment per day'

The student housing development provides 36 apartments, each with a kitchen, study area, lounge, bathroom, and a bedroom with a double bed.

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California's first 3D-printed neighborhood is nearly complete. The concrete homes are bulletproof and fire-resistant

The homes are so weather-resistant, they can even withstand ballistic testing. “They’re bulletproof,” the builders say.

This climate solution is sitting in America's trash — and it has bipartisan support

Even as the Trump administration rolls back key climate and environmental protections, senators from both parties reintroduced legislation to simplify food expiration labels — one longtime driver of unnecessary waste.

This cookbook is all about the climate impact of the foods you love: 'Serving up science on a plate'

Author Mark Easter has written more than 50 scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses.

Composite panels made with Australian reishi fungi and biomass waste. Kumar Biswajit Debnath/UTS

These fire-resistant 'mushroom blocks' could be the construction material of the future

Because mycelium grows by binding itself to whatever it feeds on, it naturally forms a kind of living glue.

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