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Dartmouth College

Private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, founded in 1769.

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scienceOne report1 publisher

Higher temperatures cut carbon exudation from the roots of two common tree species

Higher temperatures drove down how much carbon the roots of two common tree species exude, a Dartmouth-led New Phytologist study found. Lead author Thomas Muratore expects exudation to fall wherever temperatures rise and soil nitrogen does not.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
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Hype gap−10
Incentives
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Confidence45
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Dartmouth's inquiry into its own provost tests whether campus AI rules reach the top

Dartmouth College is investigating AI use in provost Santiago Schnell's writing after a detector scored his essay on AI cheating 100% AI-written. In his apology he names disclosure as the rule he broke, and a college can apply that rule to its provost and its students alike.

Publishers:entrepreneur.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
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Hype gap+30
Incentives
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Confidence40
securityOne report1 publisher

Researchers map 88 deepfake abuse sites to Cloudflare, Google, Namecheap, WordPress and Proton

Dartmouth and Lancaster researchers tie 88 non-consensual deepfake sites to five mainstream web providers led by Cloudflare, Google and Namecheap. The sites surfaced in keyword searches and every provider already bans illegal use, so the gap the study points to is enforcement.

Publishers:404media.co

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
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Confidence60
scienceOne report1 publisher

Forty years of satellite images show shrubs spreading inside northeastern alpine zones

Dartmouth and Appalachian Mountain Club researchers found significant vegetation gains in 69% of alpine zones between the Adirondacks and the Gaspe. The growth runs fastest on wind-sheltered slopes, where ground surveys will have to settle whether rare flowering plants are losing out.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+5
Incentives
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Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

Four decades of EU land protection show no effect on vegetation cover or night lights

Prakash Mishra and his co-authors measured the causal effect of EU land protection over four decades and found nothing on vegetation cover or nighttime lights, and he traces the result to who chose the parcels.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence50
productOne report1 publisher

The founder of a deepfake-detection firm verifies his wife's calls with a safeword

Two detection chief executives describe their own products as probabilities rather than verdicts. That is the constraint to design around before a score is allowed to fail a student or close an account.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives72
Confidence58
investOne report1 publisher

A former Fed advisor's case against running QT at one speed

Andrew Levin argues that a portfolio holding roughly 30% of Treasury notes and bonds and over 40% of agency MBS needs case-specific runoff, not a uniform exit.

Reality

Evidence24
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+32
Incentives48
Confidence27