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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2023 Modern-day society relies intrinsically on automated systems and artificial intelligence. It is embedded into our daily routines and shows no signs of slowing, in fact use of robotic and automated assistance is ever-increasing. Such pervasive use of AI presents technologists and developers with two ethical dilemmas - how do we build robots that behave in line with our values and how to we stop them going rogue? One author suggests that one option which is not explored enough is to code more ... read more |
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UNESCO says US plans to rejoin body from JulyParis (AFP) June 12, 2023 The United States plans to rejoin UNESCO from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced on Monday. ... more  
Landmark US youth climate trial begins in MontanaWashington (AFP) June 12, 2023 The first ever constitutional climate trial in the United States opened Monday in Montana, brought by young activists suing the north-central state for violating their right to a "clean and healthful environment." ... more  
Earth had an 19-hour day for a billion yearsBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2023 It's tough accomplishing everything we want to get done in a day. But it would have been even more difficult had we lived earlier in Earth's history. Although we take the 24-hour day for granted, in ... more  
Geologists challenge conventional view of Earth's continental history and stabilityChampaign IL (SPX) Jun 12, 2023 The seemingly stable regions of the Earth's continental plates - the so-called stable cratons - have suffered repetitive deformation below their crust since their formation in the remote past, accor ... more |
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  Riverside Ukraine city left with mud and memories  
Thousands evacuated as Philippine volcano spews ash, rocksDaraga, Philippines (AFP) June 11, 2023 Thousands of people living near a Philippine volcano have taken shelter in evacuation centres as officials warned Sunday of health risks from ash and toxic gases spewing from the rumbling crater. ... more  
Three dead, thousands displaced following Cuba stormsHavana (AFP) June 13, 2023 Three people have died and thousands have been evacuated after heavy rains pummeled eastern and central Cuba in recent days, authorities said Monday. ... more |
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Vegetation Gradually Recovering in Quake-hit JiuzhaigouBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2023 Jiuzhaigou Valley of southwest Sichuan Province, China is a famous UNESCO natural heritage site that was hit by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in August 2017. Since then, things have improved and, on Ju ... more 
Pakistan orders mass evacuations ahead of cyclone landfallShah Bandar, Pakistan (AFP) June 12, 2023 Pakistan authorities on Monday began an evacuation effort to move 80,000 citizens out of the path of an approaching cyclone, which is expected to bring winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour. ... more  
Sidus to launch LizzieSat with Edge AI, hyperspectral and multispectral imagingCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 08, 2023 Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) will launch industry leading hyperspectral and multispectral imaging and Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its LizzieSat satellite on SpaceX Transporter missions beginn ... more  
White rhinos reintroduced to DR Congo national parkKinshasa (AFP) June 10, 2023 Sixteen southern white rhinoceroses have been released into DR Congo's Garamba national park, officials said on Saturday, reintroducing an endangered species that was decimated by poaching. ... more |
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  Thirsty Uruguayans launch quest to find underground water  
Toxic smoke dissipates over northeastern USWashington (AFP) June 9, 2023 Residents of the northeastern United States were breathing more easily Friday as smoke from Canadian fires gradually cleared after blanketing several cities in a noxious haze this week. ... more 
UN says Myanmar junta halts humanitarian access to cyclone survivorsBangkok (AFP) June 9, 2023 Myanmar's junta has suspended travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people in the cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Friday. ... more |
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Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found aliveBogot� (AFP) June 10, 2023 Missing for more than a month in the dense Amazon rainforest, four Indigenous children have been found alive in southern Colombia, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday, praising a "joy for the whole country." ... more  
Liquid shock absorbers in football helmets could reduce impact on brainsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 9, 2023 Liquid shock absorbers in a helmet could be one key to reducing the impact of concussions suffered while playing football, according to a paper published Friday by Stanford University researchers. ... more 
Seeing through eyes made of stoneBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 Ling Li, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $1.05 million over three years to lead a team studying the visual abilities of a unique underwater creature ... more  
Seaweed farming may help tackle global food insecurityMedford MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 To help solve hunger and malnutrition while also slowing climate change, some farmers could shift from land to sea, suggests a recent study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy a ... more |
  Remains of an extinct world of organisms discovered 
Unlocking early Earth chemistryTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 Billions of years ago, Earth was an extremely hostile planet with active volcanoes, a harsh atmosphere, and certainly no life! This prebiotic Earth, however, was filled with a wide array of abiotic ... more 
The Vietnamese octogenarian fighting for Agent Orange victimsHanoi (AFP) June 12, 2023 As a young woman, Tran To Nga was a war correspondent, a prisoner and an activist. Now, at 81, she is waging a court battle against US chemical firms to win justice for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. ... more |
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Large fish kill washes up on shore of Texas Gulf CoastWashington DC (UPI) Jun 11, 2023 Thousands of dead fish have washed up on Texas' Gulf Coast over the weekend due to what officials have called a low dissolved oxygen event. ... more 
Drought hits Bishkek, where taps are running dryBishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) June 12, 2023 For the past month, Bishkek resident Kanychai Bakirova has lived with her family of 11, including young children, in a home with only a trickle of water running from the tap. ... more 
Canadian Prairies farmers try to adapt to a warming worldDavidson, Canada (AFP) June 13, 2023 Following repeated droughts, Canadian farmers are trying to adapt to a new era in agriculture marked by a warming world - including by trapping snow in their fields, planting heat-resistant crops and seeding earlier in the season. ... more 
'Failure not an option' for jungle commandos in Colombian children rescueBogota (AFP) June 12, 2023 Indigenous volunteers working alongside the army were a winning combination in the rescue of four children lost in the jungle for 40 days, but Colombian commandos, among the most seasoned in the world, also played a key role. ... more |
 
Scientists puzzled by killer whale boat attacks off SpainBarbate, Spain (AFP) June 12, 2023 Groups of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast of Spain in recent years in "terrifying" behaviour that has baffled scientists. ... more  
HawkEye 360's Cluster 7 begins operation in record timeHerndon VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading defense technology company for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, reports that its Cluster 7 satellites have begun operation. This latest sate ... more  
Rwanda leaps forward in its journey to build a robust and vibrant space innovation ecosystemKigali, Rwanda (SPX) Jun 08, 2023 The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) and the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) recently hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop in Rwanda in support of the space agency's drive to har ... more  
Fires intensify in Canada, could last 'all summer'Montreal (AFP) June 10, 2023 New and intensifying fires are forcing the evacuation of thousands across Canada as the country battled out-of-control blazes that a provincial minister warned on Saturday could last "all summer." ... more |
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With bows and spears, Indigenous 'warriors' defend the AmazonJavari, Brazil (AFP) June 9, 2023 In a remote pocket of the Brazilian Amazon under siege from illegal fishermen, poachers, loggers and drug traffickers, Indigenous people have taken it upon themselves to defend the land and its resources. ... more 
Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash columnJakarta (AFP) June 9, 2023 Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, belching a column of ash more than three kilometres into the sky, officials said. ... more 
South Africa, India and Australia shared similar volcanic activity billions of years agoJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 Cratons are pieces of ancient continents that formed several billions of years ago. Their study provides a window as to how processes within and on the surface of Earth operated in the past. Cratons ... more 
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano near 'breaking point'Rome (AFP) June 9, 2023 Half a million people live on a sprawling volcano in Italy - and the risk of an eruption has never been greater, according to a study published Friday. ... more |
'AI doctor' better at predicting patient outcomes, including deathWashington (AFP) June 7, 2023 Artificial intelligence has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors' licensing exams. ... more 
Water gradually receding in flooded Ukraine regions: officialsKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 9, 2023 Water levels in parts of southern Ukraine that were flooded after the destruction of a Russian-held dam were beginning to fall, officials said Friday. ... more 
Rwanda's Kagame orders major military purgeKigali (AFP) June 7, 2023 Rwandan President Paul Kagame has embarked on a major shakeup of the country's military, with a round of dismissals announced Wednesday after the appointment of a new defence minister, army chief and head of internal security. ... more 
Fourteen die in Kazakhstan forest fires: officialAstana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 10, 2023 Fourteen people have died in major forest fires in northeastern Kazakhstan, the emergency situations ministry said on Saturday, the Central Asian country's highest such toll in years. ... more |
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China jails human rights lawyer for state subversionBeijing (AFP) June 8, 2023 China jailed a human rights lawyer for three and a half years for state subversion, his family said Thursday, in the latest blow to the country's embattled civil society under President Xi Jinping. ... more 
In Cyprus no-man's land, owls come to the rescue of farmersDeneia, Cyprus (AFP) June 11, 2023 Standing amid ears of wheat growing tall in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, farmer Christodoulos Christodoulou can rest easy. ... more 
Pirarucu: Amazon's giant air-breathing fish in poachers' sightsJavari, Brazil (AFP) June 10, 2023 A fish larger than a man, tasty as well as beautiful, the freshwater pirarucu is a favorite with poachers in a lawless part of the Amazon jungle where Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet. ... more 
Ukraine's Zelensky visits flooded region; 8 deaths reportedWashington DC (UPI) Jun 8, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday visited the southern Kherson region devastated by the Kakhovka dam collapse as the first deaths were reported amid warnings of landmines swept out of position by floodwaters. ... more |
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