As far back as 1980, the American philosopher John Searle distinguished between strong and weak AI. Weak AIs are merely useful machines or programs that help us solve problems, whereas strong AIs would have genuine intelligence. A strong AI would…
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The hardest part of creating conscious AI might be convincing ourselves it's real
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Dinosaur 'mummies' help scientists visualize the fleshy details of these ancient animals
Dinosaur “mummies” couldn’t have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst Ranch in east-central Wyoming, followed by University of Chicago undergraduates on a field trip linked to my Dinosaur Science course.
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Most Cambodia & Laos tree cover loss in 2024 happened inside protected areas
More than half of Cambodia and Laos’ tree cover loss in 2024 was recorded inside protected areas, Mongabay’s Gerald Flynn reports. The findings were a result of Mongabay’s analysis of satellite data published by the Global Land Analysis…
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Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains
A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine has now been rescinded by Richmond council in London, but the incident has prompted many discussions about whether coffee discarded…
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World’s first nuclear clock to probe fine-structure constant change
A team of researchers in Austria has recently demonstrated that the world’s first nuclear clock could help answer whether the fine-structure constant changes over time.
The scientists from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien),…
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Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October—a call to make cities more sustainable—a new international study published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the global construction sector’s carbon footprint is on track to…
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NZ's first marine reserve is turning 50. The lessons from its recovery are invaluable
New Zealand’s first legislated marine reserve, established 50 years ago around Te Hāwere-a-Maki/Goat Island north of Auckland, was also among the very first in the world.
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Domestic violence behind child stunting in Rwanda
Child stunting in Rwanda is not just a matter of living standards and access to food. When there is domestic violence, children are affected and do not grow as they should, according to a thesis at the University of Gothenburg.
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Fish stocks off icy Heard Island bounced back when illegal fishing stopped and sustainable fishing continued
In the middle of the southern Indian Ocean lies a vast underwater volcanic ridge known as the Kerguelen Plateau. At its center sits Australia’s most remote territory: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. These icy outposts about 4,100km southwest…
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