News & Research

Cities have a new agenda, but what about the people?

Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development conference concluded in Quito with yet another global agreement — the New Urban Agenda.

October 26, 2016
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Category: Environment

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Fake News and the National Security State

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In this week’s episode of The Geopolitical Report with Kurt Nimmo, we examine a recent revelation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on a Pentagon psychological operation in Iraq following

October 9, 2016
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Category: Media

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There May Be A Loophole in the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Scientists have formulated a mathematical theorem which shows that the Second Law of Thermodynamics may, at least, have a loophole. The finding may provide the foundation for future discoveries that may allow us to power devices remotely.

October 25, 2016
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Category: Science

A New Kind of Judge? AI Lawyer Correctly Predicts Outcomes of Human Rights Cases

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The AI was able to correctly predict the outcomes of 584 cases at a 79 percent rate of accuracy, though it had trouble understanding the subtleties of some cases. While this AI won't be judging cases of its own any time soon, the technology could be used to rapidly identify patterns in cases that lead to specific outcomes.

October 25, 2016
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Category: Science

Experts State Robots Will Take Over Additional 850,000 Jobs By 2030

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850,000 public sector jobs in the UK are at risk of being lost by 2030 due to automation, and more than 1.3 million administrative jobs in the public sector have a 77% probability of being automated. This is good news for fiscal policy makers who wish to cut costs – the government can save up to £12 billion in public sector wages by 2030.

October 26, 2016
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Technology

Pentagon Demands Repayment of Bonuses From Cash-Strapped Veterans

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Former Iraq War vet, Mike Prysner, says the money spent by the DoD on bonuses for National Guardsmen is a pittance when compared to the billions wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan