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Senegal’s ruling alliance has split: will political turmoil follow?
The idea of a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ is a myth that best serves idealists.
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From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy
Latinos were the first Coloradans, and yet they are portrayed by the administration as intruders in an era of immigration enforcement.
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Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?
Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
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Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution – as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape
Leo XIV released his first encyclical on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the 1891 papal document on the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.
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How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives
When people harness the logic of natural selection, they can often find efficient and effective ways to solve complex problems.
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Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.
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The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?
Even though annual precipitation is rising nationally, the landscape is drying out more rapidly. That’s changing the water cycle.
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California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash and 3-year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well
Salmon have faced a boom-bust cycle for years. Making their recovery last longer will require some big changes, including how hatcheries produce fish.
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How states’ moves to call abortion drugs ‘controlled substances’ can make childbirth more dangerous and interfere with legal, safe and necessary healthcare
Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several conditions unrelated to childbirth.
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Your bank’s AI just blocked your payment – what can you do?
AI is now the machine deciding whether your payment goes through. And when it makes a mistake, the system isn’t designed to tell you why.
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Black detainees twice as likely as white detainees to be strip-searched in police custody – new study
Even after accounting for other factors, black detainees remained more than twice as likely to be strip-searched as their white counterparts.
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The 1994 World Cup helped rescue ‘the beautiful game’ from mediocrity. On its return to the US, expect more of that beauty
Global soccer was in the doldrums in the early 1990s – with poor ethics and boring defensive tactics. Then FIFA set about changing the game.