
[LUM#23] Chickadees Everywhere
Published on: May 12 , 2026
This little ball of yellow and blue feathers fills the skies above our forests and our cities and…

[LUM#23] The Undergrowth Under Surveillance
Published on: May 5 , 2026
Between 2014 and 2024, the temperature in the understory of Guyana’s tropical forests has…

[LUM#23] The Fire Ecologist
Published on: April 28 , 2026
More frequent and intense wildfires in some areas—this is one of the most pressing consequences of…

[LUM#23] What if the Earth tips over?
Published on: April 22 , 2026
Since the 2000s, the theory of tipping points has been gaining ground in modeling…

LUM: UM’s Science and Society Magazine
Published on: April 2 , 2026
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the goal of keeping the global average temperature well…

[LUM#22] “Natacha, age 13: Can I use ChatGPT to do my homework?”
Published on: February 4 , 2025
Sunday night at 9 p.m., Natacha realizes she forgot to write the argumentative essay…

[LUM#22] AI’s insatiable appetite for energy: a blessing in disguise?
Published on: January 21 , 2025
The deployment of AI is contributing to the rapid growth of the ecological footprint of…

[LUM#22] Governing Data
Published on: January 14 , 2025
Artificial intelligence relies on the availability of data in sufficient quantity and quality…

[LUM#22] In Search of Lost Glaciers
Published on: December 17 , 2024
To study glaciers, geologists rely on satellite imagery. It’s a time-consuming process and…

[LUM#22] When AI Takes Over, Fake News Is Doomed
Published on: December 10 , 2024
COVID, vaccination, global warming… Scientific topics are everywhere in…

[LUM#22] I came, I saw, industry
Published on: December 3 , 2024
It is the year 2024 A.D. Every sector is dominated by artificial intelligence…

[LUM#22] Rock-Solid Predictions
Published on: November 26 , 2024
Reactor containment, cooling towers, spent fuel storage pools……

[LUM#22] Animal Intelligence
Published on: November 20 , 2024
The mechanisms of animal perception remain a mystery, and research into them is sometimes conducted at…

[LUM#22] Natural Creativity
Published on: November 12 , 2024
Can artificial intelligence be creative? According to researcher Charles…

[LUM#22] Toward Better-Protected Data
Published on: November 5 , 2024
While data is the raw material of artificial intelligence, it is sometimes…

[LUM#22] Symbolic AI, on the other hand, is based on human reasoning
Published on: October 29 , 2024
Logical and efficient, symbolic AI hasn’t had its final say in the face of machine learning, which…