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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

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Published: Despite public perceptions, mining is set to play a vital role in the planet’s transition to a sustainable future. Loop software makes use of geological maps that have been constructed from field data. Geology, maths, physics, chemistry and biology are all sciences that will be leading this research.

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Instead of just being the backdrop from which data are collected, strengthening or capitalising on the relationships between people and the places where they might engage in citizen science can play a central role in increasing interest in public research participation. How exactly can programmes do this?

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Deducing how Antarctica will respond to climate change

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Collating all these data will form a strong foundation of evidence, allowing us to learn more about past climates and the future of our own. In this case, the team studies sediments deposited on the seafloor Sediment core — a long, vertical sample of sediment H istorians look to the past to help understand our present and future.

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

There’s a public Prompt Repository that so far has several hundred curated prompts. But in Version 14—following several years of work—we’ve dramatically broadened and deepened the computable data we have about biological organisms. We’ve also added libraries for areas such as business and public policy simulation.)

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