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Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community

"I'd be lying to say if I were surprised." The post Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

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Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community

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Polymarket Is Being Used for Massive Money Laundering

"In the regulated space, this kind of thing does not happen." The post Polymarket Is Being Used for Massive Money Laundering appeared first on Futurism.

3 hours ago

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Polymarket Is Being Used for Massive Money Laundering

Futurism

Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers

It's cruel, and increasingly usual. The post Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers appeared first on Futurism.

4 hours ago

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Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers

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Journalist Alarmed When His Waymo Barges Into Path of Presidential Motorcade

"I realized my vehicle was potentially obstructing the president of the United States." The post Journalist Alarmed When His Waymo Barges Into Path of Presidential Motorcade appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Journalist Alarmed When His Waymo Barges Into Path of Presidential Motorcade

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Scientists Say They’ve Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

The post Scientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica appeared first on Futurism.

6 hours ago

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Scientists Say They’ve Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

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Harvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar System

It's a first in scientific history. The post Harvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar System appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

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Harvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar System

WIRED Science

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth's rotation.

10 hours ago

WIRED Science

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

New York Times Science

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

11 hours ago

New York Times Science

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

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In a New Anthropic Lab, A.I. Turns to Biology

Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

In a New Anthropic Lab, A.I. Turns to Biology

Singularity HUB

How Would AI Actually Kill All Humans? Here Are the Top 5 Scenarios

There’s no shortage of fantastical possibilities, most involving the speculative concept of superintelligent AI. The post How Would AI Actually Kill All Humans? Here Are the Top 5 Scenarios appeared first on SingularityHub.

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How Would AI Actually Kill All Humans? Here Are the Top 5 Scenarios

New York Times Science

On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)

Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)

New York Times Science

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Singularity HUB

A Digital Cell Predicts Which Drugs Will Be Most Effective in Deadly Breast Cancer

The AI-powered virtual cell tailors treatments for breast cancer based on samples of each patient's tumor. The post A Digital Cell Predicts Which Drugs Will Be Most Effective in Deadly Breast Cancer appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

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A Digital Cell Predicts Which Drugs Will Be Most Effective in Deadly Breast Cancer

New York Times Science

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

WIRED Science

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why

A growing body of research is putting the ovary in a new light, not as an egg factory with an expiration date, but as an organ that shapes women’s health long after the fertile years have passed.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why

WIRED Science

Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

Nor’easters are usually a winter phenomenon. But this week’s storm is arriving earlier than usual, and it could take on some characteristics more typical of tropical systems.

2 days ago

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Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

WIRED Science

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

WIRED Science

Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History

No, it’s not aliens, but a phenomenon caused by magnetic activity that astronomers have never before been able to pin on a specific planet.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History