From PBS Terra. If global warming mean what it says it means, then why did the US get hit with such a powerful winter storm? Weathered’s Maiya May explains how cold Arctic air coming south is, counterintuitively, affected by a warming Arctic. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local…
From Kyle Hill. A new book by long-time AI researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argues that superintelligence must stop. Now. It’s a conclusion that they didn’t want to come to, but the stakes are just too high.This is an essay in support of their argument against artificial superintelligence, the reasons why “If Anyone Builds…
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From PBS Eons. To try everything Brilliant has to offer, visit https://brilliant.org/eons Ancient weeds began mimicking early crops again and again over the course of the agricultural revolution, as ancient farmers made similar mistakes in different places at different times.And it turns out, some of our closest plant friends today actually started out as uninvited…
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