From chatbots to autonomous AI Agents 🤖
This practical walkthrough with Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) breaks down what makes modern agents different: they don't just respond-they reason, plan, act, observe, and adapt.
🔹 ReAct Framework: Reason → Act → Observe → Adjust
🔹 Agent Patterns: Sequential, Reactive, and Planning-based workflows
🔹 Build an Auto-Correcting Blog Writer with:
• Planner Agent for outlines
• Writer Agent for drafts
• Validation loops for self-correction
• Root Agent to orchestrate the entire workflow
The most interesting part? The agent reviews its own work, provides feedback, and retries until quality standards are met.
A great hands-on introduction to building production-ready AI agents with Google ADK, with future integration paths to MCP servers and external tools.
AI agents are quickly evolving from assistants into autonomous collaborators.
Did you know some plants do more than look beautiful? Certain herbs and flowers can help build a stronger, more pest-resistant garden — but let's be honest about how (and how much) they really work. 🌿
You'll see big claims online: "plant this and pests vanish!" The truth
is more nuanced — and more useful:
- FRENCH MARIGOLD — the strongest case here. Grown and worked into
the soil, they genuinely reduce root-knot nematodes. A companion-
planting classic for a reason.
- NASTURTIUM — a brilliant "trap crop." Aphids flock to it INSTEAD of
your vegetables, luring them away. (Bonus: the flowers and leaves are
edible.)
- BASIL, ROSEMARY, MINT, GARLIC, CHIVES — aromatic herbs whose strong
scents may modestly discourage a few pests nearby. Their bigger
contribution? When they flower, they pull in the beneficial insects
(ladybugs, hoverflies, lacewings) that actually hunt your pests.
(Tip: grow mint in a POT — it's a runaway spreader.)
- LAVENDER & CHIVES — gorgeous, pollinator-friendly, and
traditionally used to discourage moths and other pests.
- THE HONEST TRUTH:
No single plant is a magic pest shield. Tucking one marigold next to
your tomatoes won't force aphids to leave. What actually works is
DIVERSITY: a garden that mixes herbs, flowers, and vegetables creates
a balanced little ecosystem — one that attracts the predators and
pollinators that keep pests in check naturally.
Rows of a single crop are a buffet for pests. A diverse, layered
garden is a fortress that defends itself.
So plant the marigolds and the basil — but plant them as part of a
rich, varied garden, not as a magic spray substitute. That's the real
secret to growing strong with fewer chemicals.
Inom det offentliga finns en mängd avtal som rullar vidare år efter år - utan att någonsin ha annonserats.
När jag frågar hittar jag avtal som kan vara över 30 år gamla! Exempel: avtal fr. 1997-10-14. Aldrig annonserat. Bara förnyat, om och om igen. Alla rycker på axlarna.
Wetlands are nature's multifunctional ecosystems.
Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands is no longer optional – it is essential to securing the foundations of life on earth.
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A Hawthorn adds a touch of magic and a whole wealth of biodiversity to a city car park 🦋🪄
Ireland's, and indeed Britain's, native trees have magic and character. It is beyond me why authorities insist on planting generic, and often invasive, garbage trees like Sycamore and Himalayan Birch on our streets 🌳✨
This one Hawthorn, in it's ivy coat, supports up to 300 different species including about 150 species of insects 🐝
Just a few weeks ago it was bedecked in white blossoms and now thousands of berries are beginning to develop 🍒
Planting useless ornamentals deprives our cities of character and wildlife of the helping hand that they so desperately need 🪶💚
Protecting the planet is a shared mission.
From daily choices to global initiatives, UNEP helps you take part in tackling environmental challenges.
Explore how you, too, can make a difference: https://t.co/bXM0nSrqlq
"It’s hard to develop new things if you do not understand how the world works. And that’s really the goal of basic science; that’s its intrinsic value. I would argue that every modern medical advancement is directly tied to advances in basic science."
Paul Modrich explains that history has shown us knowledge is power – and knowledge comes from basic research. Scientists, now more than ever, are having to fight for funding because it requires long-term investment without immediate commercial return.
In 1989, through studies of bacterial viruses, Modrich showed how methyl groups attached to the DNA molecule act as signals for repairing incorrect replications of DNA. These discoveries have increased our understanding of how the living cell works, the causes of cancer and about ageing processes.
Modrich shares the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.