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18-Sep-2025

Afghanistan’s August 2025 earthquake reveals the cost of international isolation, UN scientists warn

United Nations University
Reports and Proceedings

On August 31, 2025, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, causing extensive destruction and claiming over 3,500 lives. The United Nations University (UNU) attributes the high death toll to Afghanistan's international isolation and gender-based restrictions. The earthquake revealed the urgent need for sustained investment in safer construction, disaster risk reduction, and the inclusion of women in education and healthcare to prevent future catastrophes.

17-Sep-2025

ChatGPT “thought on the fly” when put through Ancient Greek maths puzzle

University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SUMMARY: ChatGPT appeared to “think” for itself and behave like a student – improvising ideas, making mistakes, and even resisting guidance – in a University of Cambridge study that revived a 2,400-year-old maths puzzle first recorded by Plato. The researchers asked the chatbot to tackle the classic “doubling the square” problem, which lays claim to being the oldest documented maths education challenge in history. Despite knowing about Plato’s work from its training data, ChatGPT improvised its own solution to the problem, sometimes making mistakes along the way. The study suggests that while this highlights that Generative AI has limits as a maths education resource, it may also have something resembling a “zone of proximal development”: the potential to ‘learn’ and solve new – perhaps even unsolved – problems, with careful prompting and guidance.

Journal: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

17-Sep-2025

Gut infections often overlooked in men who have sex with men

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

It’s time to develop more effective ways to control and prevent sexually transmitted gut infections, urge the authors of an article appearing today in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology. Global emergence of several multidrug-resistant gut pathogens and the potential for crossover transmissions among different at-risk populations underscores the importance of prompt diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and the need to consider community-level education and testing.

Journal: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, American College of Gastroenterology

17-Sep-2025

Indian adolescents are mostly starting their periods at an earlier age than 25 years ago

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian adolescents are mostly starting their periods at an earlier age than 25 years ago - likely because of demographic factors such as improved education, and possibly even climate change.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

17-Sep-2025

Foster care study calls for better training, support

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new pilot study by University of Cincinnati researchers finds that foster caregivers across the U.S. need more accessible, ongoing and community-driven training.

Journal: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Funder: James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation

17-Sep-2025

Paperpal leads the way for academic AI; unveils end-to-end AI-powered research and writing solutions

Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Business Announcement

Paperpal, the leading AI research and writing assistant by Cactus Communications (CACTUS), unveils a transformative brand strategy, evolving from a writing tool to a complete AI research assistant. This new brand strategy emphasizes its commitment to equipping the academic community with trusted tools for clear, confident, and ethical writing in an era where AI is reshaping education and publishing.

16-Sep-2025

Charting a sustainable path: Economic and social drivers of carbon emissions in West Java

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University

In a pioneering study that combines economic and social analysis with environmental insights, researchers are examining the determinants of carbon emissions in West Java, Indonesia. The study, titled "Assessing Economic and Social Determinants of Carbon Emissions Towards Sustainable Development in West Java, Indonesia," is led by Prof. Robert Kurniawan from the Department of Statistical Computing at Polytechnic Statistics STIS and the Department of Population and Environmental Education at the Faculty of Post-Graduate, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia. This research offers a detailed examination of how economic and social factors influence carbon emissions, providing valuable insights for sustainable development.

Journal: Carbon Research