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New tools often have a way of stoking grand claims about their impact. When the camera came along, painters said that art was done for. Do you recognize it?
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If science is forced to continually retreat in the face of political pressure, our future is bleak.
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In reality, CBDCs are just a way for the government to protect its privileged position and keep a tighter grip on people's money.
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Thwaites Glacier, also called 'Doomsday Glacier' because it could raise sea level by several feet, is said to be 'hanging on by its fingernails.'
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In a new report, a Congressional panel said that West Point, a well-known military school in upstate New York, should think about taking down a plaque that honors the Ku Klux Klan.
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In 1979, to get six Americans out of Iran without being caught, you would need a bold plan, fake names, and an epic Hollywood cover story.
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Although the epidemic is not yet gone, we have become accustomed to its inconveniences. What will be the next disaster? Is there a bubonic plague strain that is resistant to antibiotics? The end of the world as we know it? Is there a mass ejection from the coronary arteries? Will the next disaster be natural, such as a big volcanic eruption similar to Tambora in 1815, which we haven't seen in over two centuries? Will it be a man-made disaster, such as nuclear war or a cyberattack? In our efforts to avert such disasters, can we accidentally slip into a new sort of AI-enabled totalitarianism?
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It's like a little magnetic "nom, nom."
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Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan's SELENE lunar orbiter.
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To solve the mysteries of black holes, a human should just venture into one.
New tools often have a way of stoking grand claims about their impact. When the camera came along, painters said that art was done for. Do you recognize it?
