Science, Technology and Innovation
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Star dune: Scientists solve mystery behind Earth’s largest desert sands
Star dunes – or pyramid dunes – are named after their distinctive shapes and reach hundreds of metres in height.…
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Where are all the exomoons? The hunt for worlds orbiting alien planets
Now, we might finally be about to find these elusive objects. Jonathan O’Callaghan New Scientist YEARS ago, when David Kipping lived…
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UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output
The UK’s 40-year-old fusion reactor achieved a world record for energy output in its final runs before being shut down…
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Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark
The temperature records keep on coming Michael Le Page New Scientist This January was the hottest on record, at 1.7°C…
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What can the EU learn from Asia about AI regulations?
Could it set the standard for more competitive practices in other places, such as the European Union? David Hutt Deutsche…
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CHIPS and Science Act programs are writing a new story about the Rust Belt
The U.S. is beginning to roll out striking instances of place-based industrial policy—a good amount of it focused on federal investment in heartland…
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AI, Latest Trends and Future Prospects: What’s the Way Forward?
Artificial intelligence (AI) boasts a rich and complex history that dates back to 1956, marked by a series of ebbs…
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Are we letting big tech outsource our humanity?
We’ve long been in a “mirror world” of hyper-reality, in which those old stalwarts of truth and reason have been…
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How internet anonymity allows toxic trolls to express their ‘true’ psychopathic tendencies
In short: Psychologists have found that internet trolls are more likely to have latent psychopathic and sadistic traits. A study has…
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Deepfakes, sexbots cannot be ignored by AI laws, expert says
With deepfake pornography and sex robots on the rise, a legal expert said the sex and intimacy industry should be…
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EU states approve landmark AI rules
The EU’s new rules are said to be the most comprehensive on governing the use and safety of AI. Deutsche…
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You Probably Didn’t Realize These Popular Companies Also Make Military Hardware
The United States defense market alone is estimated at 617.29 billion, while the global defense market size is expected to…
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Mining the depths: Norway’s deep-sea exploitation could put it in environmental and legal murky waters
Now it is leading into another area, leveraging its long legacy of offshore oil and gas production into developing deep-sea…
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The US must balance climate justice challenges in the era of artificial intelligence
Among several takeaways, it revealed that the U.S. is warming faster than the rest of the world from human-induced climate change, and…
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American STEM Education Needs an Overhaul
In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams wrote, “I must study politics and war, that our sons may have…
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The Promise and Peril of AI in the Power Grid
Today, the power sector is on the cusp of a technological revolution; Ismael Arciniegas Rueda Henri van Soest Hye Min Park The…
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