10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1042+ words) The head of AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down and to be closely monitored. Dario Amodei wrote in an online essay that developing AI was not in question, but…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (692+ words) By David Stanway and Fransiska Nangoy SINGAPORE/JAKARTA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia is facing a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide readings currently the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (527+ words) The Chinese mission to Mars is on pace to launch in 2028, and it may beat the U.S. back to Earth with soil samples, even though the U.S. is already there. In an interview with state media, Chinese scientist Hou Zengqian has confirmed…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (241+ words) MADRID, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Sea temperatures around Spain reached record highs this summer, with multiple monitoring stations in the Mediterranean and off Spain's Atlantic coast registering their highest readings, the state port authority Puertos del Estado said on Friday. Last month,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (843+ words) Artificial intelligence researchers sent shockwaves through the global community this week by publicly acknowledging the possibility that their innovations could lead to humanity's extinction within the next 10 years. The term they use is p(doom) - representing the likelihood that creating…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (349+ words) (NewsNation) — Amid growing warnings from researchers that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity within the next decade, AI professor David Krueger says he believes that outcome is possible — and perhaps even more likely than current estimates suggest....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (587+ words) El Niño may sound exotic and complicated, a weather pattern that no one really understands, happening thousands of miles away. But its effects can reach all the way to your home, grocery cart and bank account, so it's important to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (476+ words) Four projects have been nominated in the environmental category in BBC Radio Devon's Make a Difference Awards. The Growing Well Garden in Bow, the Sampford Peverell Tree Wardens in mid-Devon, Shallowford Farm on Dartmoor, and Sustainable Hatherleigh are being recognised…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (160+ words) (NewsNation) — Human urine left at Everest Base Camp is enough to melt more than 150 tons of ice and snow, according to a new study. Researchers examined human activity on the Khumbu Glacier, where Everest Base Camp is located, during the…...