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View from a bank office toward a coastal warehouse district with rising tide approaching, loan officer silhouette and blurred monitors in foreground, overcast light, subtle tech-like reflections implying AI analysis.
Written by on December 12, 2025

How AI Knows Which Loans Are Too Risky for a Changing Climate

Planet Earth . Science Features

Imagine walking into a bank for a business loan, only to have your application rejected—not because of your credit score, but because artificial intelligence determined your coastal warehouse faces unacceptable flooding risks in fifteen years. This scenario isn’t science fiction. Financial institutions are increasingly deploying AI systems that analyze climate data, satellite imagery, and predictive models to evaluate whether properties, businesses, and entire communities represent sound investments in our rapidly changing world. Platforms like RadCred are leading this transformation.
These…

Adult patient entering an fMRI scanner with a semi-transparent glowing brain overlay and subtle molecular spheres, clinical MRI suite softly blurred in the background.
Written by on November 12, 2025

What Delta-9 THC Actually Does to Your Brain (According to Brain Scans)

Health . Science Features

Picture yourself walking into a doctor’s office twenty years ago and asking to see what cannabis does to your brain in real-time. You’d likely have been shown the door. Today, sophisticated brain imaging technology has transformed this impossibility into cutting-edge neuroscience, revealing precisely how Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol—the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis—interacts with the intricate landscape of our neural circuitry.
Delta-9 THC neuroimaging represents a fascinating convergence of ancient plant medicine and modern technology. Using tools like …

Written by on August 15, 2021

How Luminous Is the Sun?

Planet Earth

More often than not, people randomly blurt out questions like “how bright is the sun” or “how many lumens is the sun” out of sheer curiosity.
However, for a fair amount of people, this is another way to ask, “how much light does a lumen represent?” For the longest time, we have been introduced to various specifications for lamps, flashlights, indoor lighting, LED lights, and the like.
In fact, the list is growing longer and longer as time passes by. Of course, we tend to compare these with the sun at some point, and none of these could ever compare…