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As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to the consumption of 'wild meat'Wild meat consumption in Central and West Africa, a cultural staple, poses a significant risk for zoonotic disease transmission, including ...
“How to decide which employees AI should replace”: After 20% layoffs, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains his strategyCloudflare layoffs: Cloudflare has laid off over 1,100 employees, nearly 20% of its workforce, despite record revenue growth. CEO Matthew P...
Scientists found rare microscopic Ice Age giant residues on ancient tools in the Carolinas, and it changed what they knew about early American huntersArchaeologists in the Carolinas have found direct evidence of Ice Age hunters killing megafauna. Using advanced protein residue and microsc...
Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrinkMany familiar plants may disappear by 2100. Climate change is shrinking their habitats, putting species at high risk of extinction. Researc...
OpenAI avoided a costly court loss to Elon Musk, but neither side is unscathedOpenAI has won its legal battle with Elon Musk. This victory paves the way for a massive stock market debut. The trial revealed internal co...
Key moments in the Musk vs OpenAI trialA jury ruled Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI, rejecting his claims that CEOs Sam Altman and Greg Brockman broke their nonprofit agr...
A massive DNA discovery just rewrote everything we thought we knew about the Japanese peopleA groundbreaking DNA study has uncovered evidence of a third ancestral group contributing to Japan's population, originating from northeast...
Quote of the day by Sir David Attenborough: ‘We have come as far as we have because we are…’ – Natural historian’s take on why wisdom must guide humanity’s futureHuman intelligence brought progress but also risks. Sir David Attenborough highlights this. He stresses that wisdom, not just intelligence,...
New tree genus discovered in South America turns out to be a distant relative of tomatoes and potatoesAfter over two decades of study, scientists have officially named Daturodendron absconditum, a new genus of tree discovered in the Colombia...
Inside the Musk–OpenAI trial: Key moments from the billion-dollar legal battleElon Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging the AI company abandoned its nonprofit mission for profit. He claims he was misled about the shift to a...
ChatGPT OpenAI Elon Musk trial: From calling Artificial Intelligence firm charity to existential crisis, key takeaways from Tesla boss' testimonyElon Musk repeatedly described OpenAI as a charity and testified that Altman and Brockman reneged on an initial promise to keep the nonprof...
A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industryKaktovik, Alaska, a village near the Arctic Circle, is planning to restart polar bear tourism. The village, which hosted thousands of touri...
Nobel Prize winner in Physics, David Gross says humanity may not survive 50 years - here are his chilling reasonsOver 12,000 nuclear warheads remain active across the globe today. Nine nations hold the power to end civilization as we know it. And accor...
Suspect in Molotov attack at Sam Altman's California home set to appear in courtThe man accused of trying to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by throwing a Molotov cocktail at his San Francisco home is set to make an initial ...
These Tiny Fish Are Climbing Waterfalls And Scientists Are Still Figuring Out WhyBiologists in Brazil recently documented thousands of bumblebee catfish, Rhyacoglanis paranensis, climbing waterfalls in the Aquidauana Riv...
Why did Stephen Hawking warn the world against AI before his death? The answer is deeply chillingStephen Hawking warned years ago that the development of advanced artificial intelligence could pose a serious threat to humanity’s surviva...
The fight over a 'dangerous' ideology shaping AI debateElon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman have signed open letters warning that AI could make humanity extinct -- though they stand to benefit by a...
We're in the early stages of a mass extinction: StudyThe new study, published today in Science Advances, explains that we are suffering extremely elevated levels of species losses.
Scientists warn of Earth's sixth mass extinction eventSince 1500, more than 320 terrestrial vertebrates have become extinct. Populations of the remaining species show a 25 per cent average decl...
- Biodiversity loss will wipe out cures: Experts
The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands o...