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Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political decline which, according to the scientific literature, coincided with repeated episodes of intense drought.

Ebooks have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favorite: a survey of Australian publishers after last Christmas reported print books made up a comfortable majority of sales (ebooks were 4–18%…

In a wave of new ads, brands like Heineken, Polaroid and Cadbury have started hating on artificial intelligence (AI), celebrating their work as “human-made.”

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These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun’s behavior and shaping the space environment throughout the solar system.

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Researchers say today’s AI platforms often default to common biases and stereotypes when prompted to generate images of people, including athletes.

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When migration is in the news, it is often cast in negative terms, but it has many benefits for host countries, from economic growth to critical support for systems like Social Security that support aging populations. That’s according to a…