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An open letter came out asking for a ban on building artificial intelligence systems that are “superintelligent.” The ban should stay in place until most scientists agree that these technologies can be made safely and in a way that the public agrees with. The letter was put out by a
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A new trailer for the documentary film The Age of Disclosure has a big surprise. In it, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio admits something amazing to the director, Dan Farah. Rubio says, "We've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear
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This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released almost 11 hours of video footage they described as “full raw” surveillance from a camera near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell on the night before he was found dead. The DOJ said the release was meant to stop conspiracy theories
TECHNOLOGY
Scientists in China are turning bees into “cyborgs” by putting tiny brain controllers inside them. These devices let the scientists control where the bees fly. These part-insect, part-machine bees might be used in the military or to help find people after disasters like earthquakes. Professor Zhao Jieliang, who works at
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Scientists from Penn State are using special detectors attached to balloons to study cosmic rays in Antarctica. These detectors listen for radio waves created when particles from space hit the Earth. But during their research, the scientists picked up some strange signals coming from under the ice—something they weren’
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Nebraska just became the sixth U.S. state to ban lab-grown meat. On Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen signed a law called LB246. This law makes it illegal to make, sell, advertise, or distribute lab-grown meat in Nebraska. Senator Barry DeKay introduced the bill for Gov. Pillen. “When I stood in
TECHNOLOGY
On the website starwarsweb.net, a cartoon image of Yoda is shown next to the words: “Like these games you will.” The site lists several Star Wars video games, including Star Wars Battlefront 2 for Xbox, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for Xbox 360, and Star Wars: The Clone
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A former U.S. government official who worked for President George H. W. Bush says the government secretly spent years building an underground "city" where rich and powerful people can hide if a major disaster or "near-extinction event" happens. Her name is Catherine Austin Fitts, and
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Jesse Michels interviews Joe McMoneagle, a former CIA officer renowned for his involvement in the agency's Stargate Project—a program dedicated to exploring psychic phenomena, notably remote viewing. McMoneagle shares his experiences of using remote viewing to gather intelligence during his CIA tenure. He recounts a specific session
SPACE
NASA says there's now a 1 in 32 chance (or 3.1%) that a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032—enough to destroy a whole city. On February 7, NASA raised the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in seven years from 1.2% to 2.
TECHNOLOGY
Scientists at the University of Oxford have reached a huge milestone in quantum computing by creating a scalable quantum supercomputer that can perform quantum teleportation. This breakthrough tackles a big challenge in quantum computing called the scalability problem. The researchers believe their discovery could help bring this next-generation technology to
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Google updated its artificial intelligence (AI) rules on Tuesday, removing a promise not to use AI in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A deleted part of the old guidelines had also committed Google to avoiding AI for surveillance, weapons, or technology meant to harm people.