Discovery and Exploration Reading List - JSCC Pioneer Con 2024

In recent years, journalists and environmentalists have pointed urgently to the melting Arctic as a leading indicator of the growing effects of climate change. While climate change has unleashed profound transformations in the region, most commentators distort these changes by calling them unprecedented. In reality, the landscapes of the North American Arctic--as well as relations among scientists, Inuit, and federal governments-- are products of the region's colonial past. And even as policy analysts, activists, and scholars alike clamor about the future of our world's northern rim, too few truly understand its history.

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence--from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom   "This study argues that [artificial intelligence] is neither artificial nor particularly intelligent. . . . A fascinating history of the data on which machine-learning systems are trained."--New Yorker  

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Diabetes and Obesity is a book series that brings updated reviews to readers interested in advances in the development of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of two metabolic diseases - diabetes and obesity.

Stem Cells: The Beginning of Regenerative Medicine deals with the significance of stem cells for the manufacture of regenerative medicines along with the techniques and approaches involved. It comprises future perspective of stem cells and tissue engineering together with the opportunities and challenges associated with it. It provides the reader with fundamental knowledge of stem cell technology in order to better understand its application in the production of regenerative medicines, the use of these regenerative medicines for kidney and to deal with the challenges associated with the application of stem cells.