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Hazardous Cargo Crossing sign (public domain)

Transportation February 22, 2023

Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US

by Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in…

Chattahoochee RiverLands December 30, 2024

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

Science and Technology December 30, 2024

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

by Michael Timothy Bennett, Australian National University and Elija Perrier, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just…

Business December 30, 2024

Retailers that make it harder to return stuff face backlash from their customers

by Huseyn Abdulla, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one…

Science and Technology December 30, 2024

Language AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents

by John Licato, University of South Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and human reasoning…

Opinion December 30, 2024

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Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US