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Abstract. Natural selection encodes learned information in the genome. Learned solutions may be tuned specifically to past challenges, failing in altered e

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Christopher Luxon says he is "constantly underwhelmed" at the slow adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology by Kiwi businesses.

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Abstract  This review summarizes recent research in Australia on: (i) climate and geophysical trends over the last few decades; (ii) projections for climate change in the 21st century; (iii) predicte...

Rapid improvements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are leading to new options to manage species of conservation concern, for example by developing “sm…

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