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China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI
Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.
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‘Starwashing’: How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while engaging in environmentally damaging practices
Orbital data centers, space habitats, mining the Moon – despite taking place in space, the practices many companies are imagining will still affect the Earth.
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For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
Having health insurance or being eligible for care doesn’t guarantee that it is truly within reach.
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Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe
The most important thing for parents to know is that the order does not change which vaccines are available to children and is not based on any new data about vaccine safety.
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Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step – many don’t survive
The success of green roofs depends on more than just good intentions and engineering – they need long-term love and care.
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As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise
Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.
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Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers
For too many companies, the adoption of artificial intelligence has become an AI hunger game that spreads fear rather than engagement.
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How animals prepare for war
Humans aren’t the only ones to preempt conflict.
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Is this the world’s oldest image of a mind-altering plant?
A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously known.
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The Fly at 40: why Cronenberg’s grotesque classic remains his most affecting film
David Cronenberg’s The Fly remains a grotesque yet deeply moving tale of transformation, technology and what it means to lose your humanity.
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How to enjoy the solar eclipse safely
Eclipse glasses, a colander or two pieces of card can all help you watch the 12 August eclipse safely. Ordinary sunglasses cannot.
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Coalition would set Net Overseas Migration at about 180,000 – Bragg
Senator Bragg spoke about his views on housing, taxation, immigration and the economy in an address to the National Press Club