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thecooldown.com > green-business > disturbed-shopper-outrage-baffling-toy

Photo of unopened children's toys sparks debate online: 'That is bizarre"

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (344+ words) "I don't understand what I'm looking at." It's not uncommon for Reddit users to call out excessive packaging or toys that promote overconsumption, but one post on r/Anticonsumption depicted a matryoshka of all those ills. It wasn't clear exactly…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > teen-students-startup-pahal-plastic-waste

Students create innovative startup after noticing problem during lunch break: 'It came with a lot of meetings, crying sessions, and fights"

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (325+ words) "In the beginning, we were still discovering how to build a business." Four teenage students in Ghaziabad are the masterminds behind Pahal, a startup that replaces single-use plastic with more sustainable alternatives, the Better India reported. The young entrepreneurs involved…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > asthma-pollution-children-milwaukee-study

Researchers discover overlooked factor increasing kids' risk of asthma: 'Even on short-term time scales"

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (438+ words) The burden is more pronounced in some communities than others. Milwaukee schoolchildren face twice the asthma burden as their peers nationwide, but one group of researchers is investigating the role of pollution and possible solutions. Researchers from UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > ai-social-work-england-scotland-warning

Social workers report 'hallucinations' found in AI transcriptions of accounts from children: 'All these words … have not been said"

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (415+ words) AI errors have also appeared in other sensitive contexts. Artificial intelligence systems are being used to record and summarize conversations between social workers and children in councils across England and Scotland, as reported by the Guardian. But social workers told…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > air-pollutants-pollution-exposure-children-brain-development-study

Researchers raise alarm on overlooked hazard impacting child brain development: 'All of us are exposed"

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (382+ words) Understanding that relationship better is crucial to learn how to keep young children and teenagers safe as they grow up. A new study completed at Oregon Health and Science University uncovered disturbing impacts of air pollutants on children's developing brains....

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thecooldown.com > green-business > fossil-fuels-sacrifice-zones-children-health

Researchers issue warning on major health risk affecting millions of children: 'Sacrifice zones"

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who wants to live near a dirty fuel operation, even if they otherwise support gas, oil, and coal projects. However, a first-of-its-kind report discovered that millions of children live within potential "sacrifice zones."" Amnesty…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > ai-in-schools-education-brookings-study

New report makes disturbing discovery about new technology use in schools: 'The damages it has already caused are daunting"

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (411+ words) Despite its rapid adoption, artificial intelligence remains an incredibly new technology " and a new study suggests AI has already negatively affected schoolchildren." Among myriad concerns about premature adoption of AI tools and systems, its potential use in the classroom is…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > youth-students-vaping-england-schools-teachers-survey

Schools issue urgent warning about 'public health emergency' increasingly disrupting children's education: 'It may be too late to reverse"

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (441+ words) "I often worry that the full effects are unlikely to be known for many years." Just as youth vaping is a major issue in the U.S., it's become a huge problem across the pond in England. A BBC report highlighted how…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > detect-ai-professor-personalized-oral-exams

NYU professor shares unexpected results after using AI-powered exams to test students: 'How learning is supposed to work"

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (429+ words) "Fight fire with fire." Accessible artificial intelligence tools have made once-daunting assignments as simple as crafting the correct prompt, but, as Business Insider recently reported, a clever professor constructed an elaborate means to detect AI " with AI. The advent of…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > vape-rules-uk-government-disposable-waste

Officials announce plans to crack down on illegal items flooding across borders: 'Disrupt criminal networks"

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (463+ words) "That's going to make a real difference." The U.K. government is ready to clear the air and the streets with new vape rules that promise to rid the market of illegal sellers once and for all. As the BBC reported, the…...

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