Research published in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development analyzed interviews with more than 300 Chinese hotel interns to examine how perceptions of hotel work affect whether graduates pursue a career in the industry. The findings suggest that negative perception...
Ask a chemist to name the strongest single bond in organic chemistry, and they'll likely say carbon-fluorine. It's that bond, repeated dozens of times over, that gives per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) their nickname: forever chemicals. Manufacturers prize PFAS for the same reason regu...
AI systems are increasingly good at producing coherent answers. That creates a less obvious failure mode: the answer can be clear, detailed, and persuasive before the real problem has been identified. The model may optimize a proxy while the underlying reality stays unchanged.
The south-western village of Pomas was hardest hit, with hundreds of homes damaged and fifteen people taken to hospital.
After repairs to Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture, officials employed a technique known as hikiya to move the structure more than two metres To chants of “so-re, so-re”, about 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull a 360-tonne castle keep a little more than two ...
AI systems are increasingly being developed to recognize emotions by analyzing facial expressions, voices, body language and other physiological signals. Although the scientific validity of many of these systems remains contested, they are already being tested in health care and security settings.