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- ▸Brain implants can synthesize speech in a voice resembling the user's own voice. — Science News
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Brain implants decode speech from thought
New brain-computer interfaces convert attempted speech into words using a voice resembling the user's own.
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Alabama lieutenant governor debate
Alabama lieutenant governor candidates debated data centers and utility rates in the first major-party statewide debate since 2010.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸The debate was the first major-party statewide office debate since 2010, when Republicans took control from Democrats. — Inside Climate News
- ▸State Rep. Phillip Ensler was among the candidates who participated in the debate. — Inside Climate News
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New Mexico geothermal project uses AI
New Mexico geothermal project used AI to reduce infrastructure costs by 75 percent and accelerate drilling by 35 percent.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸Project reduced surface infrastructure costs by 75 percent and sped drilling by 35 percent. — Reason
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Indonesia's worst wildfires in over a decade
Indonesia is battling its worst wildfires in over a decade, worsened by El Niño, closing more than 12,000 schools.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸Many fires were deliberately set to clear land for farming, including palm oil plantations. — PBS NewsHour Science
- ▸School principal Natanael Undas has been documenting the fires on social media. — PBS NewsHour Science
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Grand Canyon uranium mine arsenic contamination
Grand Canyon Trust analysis found three of four wells with arsenic above EPA standard are at a uranium mine site.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸Three of four wells with average arsenic levels above EPA safe drinking water standard are at the uranium mine site. — Inside Climate News