Science

For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

A new instrument known as CHARIS was able to isolate light reflecting from an exoplanet — a fairly difficult feat, given that these planets are dimmer than the stars they…

November 15, 2016
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The Pentagon Knows Climate Change is Real. Will Donald Trump Ignore the Science?

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Pentagon-commissioned reports have concluded the effects of climate change over the next 20 years could result in global catastrophe that leads to millions of deaths from war and natural disasters.…

November 15, 2016
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AI Is Being Taught to Solve Problems the Same Way Living Organisms Do

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In two new experiments, researchers have effectively trained Google's DeepMind AI system to interact with its environment in order to solve problems. The same teaching method could be used to…

November 15, 2016
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The Future of Extremism: Artificial Intelligence and Synthetic Biology Will Transform Terrorism

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There weren’t many people who had heard of bioterrorism before 9/11. But shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, a wave of anthrax mailings diverted the attention of the public towards a new…

November 14, 2016
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20 Million Lives Have Been Saved by the Measles Vaccine Since 2000

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From 2000 to 2015, coverage of the first dose of measles-containing vaccine increased from 72% to 85% and measles incidence went down from 146 to 50 cases per 1 million…

November 14, 2016
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By 2030, Hospitals May Be a Thing of the Past

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Predictions from the co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Future Council, Melanie Walker, say we'll soon enter a post-hospital world due to advances in personalized medicine, health monitoring, and nanotechnology.…

November 14, 2016
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For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

The Pentagon Knows Climate Change is Real. Will Donald Trump Ignore the Science?

AI Is Being Taught to Solve Problems the Same Way Living Organisms Do

The Future of Extremism: Artificial Intelligence and Synthetic Biology Will Transform Terrorism

20 Million Lives Have Been Saved by the Measles Vaccine Since 2000

By 2030, Hospitals May Be a Thing of the Past

Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Mad…

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on A…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Man…

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying t…

Environment

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Mann on Trump's Dismantling of Key Climate…

Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food…

Overdevelopment and Climate Change Collide in Catastrophic Flood

Justice

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the…

Extrajudicial killings from Barack Obama to Donald Trump

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI

The New COINTELPRO? Meet the Activist the FBI Labeled a…

Media

CBS Censorship: Bari Weiss Pulls "60 Minutes" Exposé on…

The state of the free press in the US is……

Media Ignore Government Influence on Facebook’s Plan to Fight Government…

Democracy in Crisis: The Future of Journalism

Philosophy

Good vs. Evil: A Matter of Conscience

Grades and Test Scores Don’t Matter. A Love of Learning…

Great Quotations on the Mysteries of Time

The Illusionist

Politics

Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says…

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI…

How Did Epstein Get Rich? The New York Times Investigates…

AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating

Science

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth

The Future Of Sharing Means You’ll Never Have To Buy…

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned…

What If We Could Literally Rewrite the Human Genome?