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Preview thumbnail for Climate change deniers’ new tactic to influence the future: “there is an attempt being made by them to deflect attention away from finding policy solutions to global warming towards promoting individual behaviour changes that affect people’s diets, travel choices and other personal behaviour” image
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Climate change deniers’ new tactic to influence the future: “there is an attempt being made by them to deflect attention away from finding policy solutions to global warming towards promoting individual behaviour changes that affect people’s diets, travel choices and other personal behaviour”
Preview thumbnail for AI allows paralyzed person to ‘handwrite’ with his mind - A volunteer paralyzed from the neck down imagined moving his arm to write each letter of the alphabet. The computer could read out the volunteer’s imagined sentences with roughly 95% accuracy at a speed of about 66 characters per minute. image
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AI allows paralyzed person to ‘handwrite’ with his mind - A volunteer paralyzed from the neck down imagined moving his arm to write each letter of the alphabet. The computer could read out the volunteer’s imagined sentences with roughly 95% accuracy at a speed of about 66 characters per minute.
Preview thumbnail for Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA's planet-hunting telescope image
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Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA's planet-hunting telescope
Preview thumbnail for The world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human rights expert has said. image
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The world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human rights expert has said.
Preview thumbnail for U.S. Navy pilots reportedly spotted UFOs over East Coast: The pilots who reported the aerial phenomena "speculated that the objects were part of some classified and extremely advanced drone program." image
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U.S. Navy pilots reportedly spotted UFOs over East Coast: The pilots who reported the aerial phenomena "speculated that the objects were part of some classified and extremely advanced drone program."
Preview thumbnail for Elon Musk says Neuralink machine that connects human brain to computers 'coming soon' - Entrepreneur say technology allowing humans to 'effectively merge with AI' is imminent image
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Elon Musk says Neuralink machine that connects human brain to computers 'coming soon' - Entrepreneur say technology allowing humans to 'effectively merge with AI' is imminent
Preview thumbnail for New Mexico is the third state to legally require 100% renewable electricity - The bill, which passed 43-22, requires the state (now one of the country’s top oil, gas, and coal producers) to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030 and 80% by 2040. By 2045, it must go entirely carbon-free. image
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New Mexico is the third state to legally require 100% renewable electricity - The bill, which passed 43-22, requires the state (now one of the country’s top oil, gas, and coal producers) to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030 and 80% by 2040. By 2045, it must go entirely carbon-free.
Preview thumbnail for The use of antibiotics in agriculture could have "devastating" consequences for humans, according to a research team at HSBC. Experts predict that antibiotic resistance could lead to 10 million deaths annually by 2050. image
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The use of antibiotics in agriculture could have "devastating" consequences for humans, according to a research team at HSBC. Experts predict that antibiotic resistance could lead to 10 million deaths annually by 2050.
Preview thumbnail for The Billion Tree Project In Pakistan Is A Success - About 730 million trees were regrown using various forestry measures for regeneration, and three hundred million seedlings were planted using about 40 different species in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. image
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The Billion Tree Project In Pakistan Is A Success - About 730 million trees were regrown using various forestry measures for regeneration, and three hundred million seedlings were planted using about 40 different species in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Preview thumbnail for Elon Musk has SpaceX, now Ray Dalio has OceanX — and he says it’s more exciting: OceanX “will enable explorers and researchers to explore the unseen ocean, map uncharted areas of the world, observe rare deep-sea creatures and pursue scientific and medical breakthroughs“ image
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Elon Musk has SpaceX, now Ray Dalio has OceanX — and he says it’s more exciting: OceanX “will enable explorers and researchers to explore the unseen ocean, map uncharted areas of the world, observe rare deep-sea creatures and pursue scientific and medical breakthroughs“
Preview thumbnail for Andrew Yang is running for President to save America from the robots - Yang outlines his radical policy agenda, which focuses on Universal Basic Income and includes a “freedom dividend.” image
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Andrew Yang is running for President to save America from the robots - Yang outlines his radical policy agenda, which focuses on Universal Basic Income and includes a “freedom dividend.”
Preview thumbnail for A new kind of doctor's office that doesn't take insurance and charges a monthly fee is 'popping up everywhere' — and that could change how we think about healthcare image
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A new kind of doctor's office that doesn't take insurance and charges a monthly fee is 'popping up everywhere' — and that could change how we think about healthcare