Photo: Leon Neil / Staff (Getty Images) About three weeks after Blake’s sudden exit Artificial intelligence ethics Timnit Gabru, Google More details are coming out about the shady new set of policies designed for its research team. After reviewing internal communications and talking to researchers affected by the rule change, …
Read More »Astronomers now find cosmic ‘super highways’ for faster travel through the solar system
Invisible structures created by the gravitational interaction in the solar system have formed the “space superhighway” network, astronomers have discovered. These channels enable rapid travel of objects through space, and can be used for our own space exploration purposes, as well as for the study of comets and asteroids. Using …
Read More »An astronomer has explored the universe for a possible message from its creator
The universe is a mysterious place. We don’t know why it is, and there are so many unanswered questions about how it is. But what if it was created on purpose by an intelligent entity? Is there a way we can find it? In 2005, a pair of physicists proposed …
Read More »Controversial 7-million-year-old skull, not as human as we thought
The question of whether the Tou-million-year-old primate, nicknamed ‘Toumai’, walked on two-four legs has sparked drama among paleontologists – with a perishable woman. Since the discovery of Sahalenthropus tecdensis The first relic, dating back to 2001, has always been cited as our ancient known hominin ancestor. Preliminary analysis suggests that …
Read More »Were dinosaurs dying before asteroids hit? The new study adds to the discussion
Life on earth is a delicate thing. One of the pathways it takes is asteroids and balms, the most influential group of land animals on our planet. If it weren’t for the 10-kilometer-wide meteorite that spanned Earth about a million years ago, dinosaurs would be able to maintain their dominance …
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