During the winter half-year of 2023/2024, western Europe experienced a series of damaging storms. These storms led to disruptions and the associated precipitation caused exacerbated flood risks…
Topline The type of artificial intelligence that powers systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini will not be able to reach human levels of intelligence, Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun told the Financial Times in an interview published Wednesday, giving an insight into how the tech giant plans to develop the technology moving forward just
The state of Michigan reported its first human case of H5N1, commonly called the bird flu, on Wednesday according to a press release from Michigan Health and Human Services. It’s just the third human case ever detected in the U.S. and the second of the current outbreak that has alarmed public health officials who are…Read…
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office is investigating eight extrajudicial killings reported to have taken place during the country’s most recent state of emergency, after rights groups warned authorities were not taking steps to prevent abuses…
Hyderabad: Though the Telangana forest department appears to wholeheartedly support oil palm cultivation inside forests, according to Praveen Bhargav, a former member of the National Board for Wildlife, and managing trustee of Wildlife First, a conservation advocacy NGO, the Statement of Objects of the RoFR Act records that recognized rights of traditional forest dwellers includes…
Humanitas has tapped actors/writers June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer as host of this year’s Humanitas Prizes event, which will take place on Thursday, September 12 (three days before the Emmy Awards) at Avalon Hollywood. “As writers, actors, and comedians June and Paul work tirelessly to champion stories and the people creating them,” said Humanitas…
The classic anime series Gundam examines the traumatic experience of war, particularly the unalterable effect it has on those young soldiers forced to participate in the horrors of fighting for their life while taking the lives of others using weapons of inhuman strength and devastation. Which clearly makes it the perfect fit for a bit…
Human induced climate change caused storm-related rainfall in Ireland and the UK last autumn and winter to be 20% heavier, than it otherwise would have been, and ten times more…