How Artificial Intelligence Could Widen Gap Between Rich & Poor Nations
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 08 (IPS) – New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionize production...
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Chain of Alaskan islands might really be one monster volcano
Six volcanic islands in the Aleutian archipelago may be linked together in one massive caldera hiding underwater.
Earth spent 500 million years creating and eating dead continents
For more than a billion years, Earth covered itself in new continents. New research shows that those continents were quickly swallowed up again but...
Nazi ‘Enigma’ machine found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea
Divers trying to remove old fishing nets from the Baltic sea have accidentally stumbled on a Nazi code-making “Enigma” machine.
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
“Jiuzhang” would be the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing some tasks 100 trillion times faster than the world’s fastest...
Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record
Last month was even hotter than previous record-breaking Novembers.
Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast 
Elaborate Viking ship burial may have held a king or queen
Archaeologists have uncovered a 62-foot-long (19 meters) Viking ship that dates back more than 1,000 years and likely held remains of a king or...
Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India 
Microwave pulses caused bizarre ‘Havana syndrome,’ report suggests
A string of unexplained illnesses in Cuba, China and elsewhere was likely caused by directed, pulsed radio frequency energy, according to a government report.
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now