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On The Annihilation Risk From AI
The debate on the risk connected with the development of superintelligent systems has been going on for a while now, and in the last few years it has intensified considerably - especially since large ...
Earth Sciences
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Inconsistency Of EV Battery Pack Performance Remains A Challenge
Electric cars are currently limited in utility, which means continued government subsidies and high cost, because battery technology has not changed in the last 35 years. When everything else in a tec...
Life Sciences
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Heel-Toe Mobility Separated Humans From Lesser Primates
We take thousands of steps each day and we never think about the evolutionary and cultural advantage it represents. We may have been able to travel farther for exploration, and obtain food, thank...
Medicine
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Tariffs Have Been Good For U.S. Whiskey Drinkers
Alcohol is a legitimate class 1 carcinogen but if you are going to roll the dice with cancer, tariffs have made it more affordable. In 2018, the Trump administration began to place retaliatory ta...
Physical Sciences
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Epidemiology: Microplastics Cause Lung Cancer
A new paper links lung cancer to microplastics; the tiny particles you can't detect without an electron microscope. Before you rush to the paper to see the plausible biological mechanism they found, y...
Social Sciences
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Why Does Anyone Still Get Married?
The story of marriage’s declining fortunes has been gathering momentum for a while now. Divorce is commonplace, romcoms keep disappointing, and according to the 2021 census, the majority of adults in ...
