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Carbon dioxide hits highest sustained rate ever recorded as greenhouse gases creep toward

Science & EnvironmentApril 6, 2023

Climate scientists have made one thing clear: Staving off the worst impacts of global temperature rise requires widespread and immediate...

Tornadoes and climate change: How a warming world may affect tornado season

Science & EnvironmentApril 5, 2023

More than 1,000 tornadoes occur nationwide in an average year, with April, May and June typically the peak months for...

Virgin Orbit: Richard Branson’s rocket firm files for bankruptcy

Science & EnvironmentApril 4, 2023

This is not the end for Virgin Orbit. Quite a few space companies have gone through Chapter 11, only to re-emerge a few months...

AI image generator Midjourney bans deepfakes of China’s Xi Jinping ‘to minimize drama’

Science & EnvironmentApril 2, 2023

Midjourney, an AI image generator that creates realistic deepfakes, has been scrutinized recently for having a policy showing deference to China's communist government.The company...

Plants emit a

Science & EnvironmentMarch 31, 2023

Plant owners know just how difficult it can be to figure out what they need, especially when leaves start browning...

Virgin Orbit: Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company lays off 85% of staff

Science & EnvironmentMarch 31, 2023

Virgin Orbit will cease operations for the foreseeable future, according to media reports. Source link

Crazy shapeshifting drone inspired by dragons forces itself around objects

Science & EnvironmentMarch 29, 2023

Graduate students at the University of Tokyo have outdone themselves and are changing the way we look at drones with their newest invention. They...

Fake photos of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket go viral, highlighting the power and peril of AI

Science & EnvironmentMarch 28, 2023

It was a cold wind that blew through St. Peters Square at the Vatican over the weekend, but that didn't...

Artificial intelligence ‘godfather’ on AI possibly wiping out humanity: ‘It’s not inconceivable’

Science & EnvironmentMarch 25, 2023

Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist who has been called "the godfather of artificial intelligence", says it is "not inconceivable" that AI may develop to...

Have we found the ‘animal origin’ of Covid?

Science & EnvironmentMarch 25, 2023

Having found and downloaded the codes on a genetic database called GISAID, where scientists share this kind of information, she and her colleagues set...