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This word was rejected by geologists. But it’s already taken over the world.
Washington Post· 7 hours agoWhat do you call the current time period — when we humans are warming the atmosphere, acidifying the oceans, altering the land and leaving a literal mark on the planet? Not ...
AI Is Not An Existential Threat, But Humans Using AI Are
Forbes· 2 days agoAfter a few months, business school professors, economists, and management consultants seemed to...
Researcher Estimates 99.9 Percent Chance AI Will Destroy Humankind
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 days agoVery few AI experts agree on just how likely it is that an AI will destroy humankind. In a survey...
Planet Overheating, Ban Fossil Fuel Ads: UN Chief
International Business Times· 5 days agoHumans are as dangerous to the planet as the meteorite that drove dinosaurs to extinction, the UN chief said Wednesday, as scientists announced the last...
The Megafauna Mystery: Scientists Discover New Clues to What Happened to North America’s Largest...
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoFifty thousand years ago, North America was home to megafauna like mammoths and saber-toothed...
Woolly rhinos went extinct partially because of humans
Cosmos· 3 days agoDebate has raged among palaeontologists for decades as to whether the now extinct Ice Age megafauna of the late Pleistocene (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) disappeared because of ...
The 'Useless' Appendix Is More Fascinating Than We Thought
Medscape· 12 hours agoWhen doctors and patients consider the appendix, it's often with urgency. Thus, despite recent...
More OpenAI researchers slam company on safety, call for ‘right to warn’ to avert ‘human extinction’
VentureBeat· 6 days ago“We also understand the serious risks posed by these technologies,” the letter, titled “Right to Warn,” states: “These risks range from the further entrenchment of existing inequalities, to ...
Nationally renowned environmental expert draws hundreds to Lakeside
Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJun. 9—SAYBROOK — Months of hard work and organization came to a conclusion on Friday evening when nationally renowned environmental advocate Doug Tallamy spoke to an estimated 400 people at ...
Should We Kill Some Wild Creatures to Protect Others?
The New Yorker· 7 hours agoThe spotted owl’s fastidiousness produced one of the great environmental conflicts of the twentieth century. Last fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a plan to try to save the ...