News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it any time now. Finding life ...

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AI’s impact on humanity is a global experiment, and the stakes are high. We’ve let the genie out of the bottle, and there’s no putting it back. But there’s still time to guide AI ...

Peter Vickers receives funding from Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (RPG-2021-274). Henry Taylor receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account ...

Kumbh Mela is considered the biggest gathering of humanity in the world. (ABC News: Meghna Bali) Over 400 million people are expected to head to Uttar Pradesh for the festival. (ABC News ...

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Using scientific literature, the study offers a theory of the rise and fall of civilizations, concluding that humanity is on the brink of the next “giant leap” in evolution, should progress not be ...

More than 400 million people expected at Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu sacred event will be world's largest gathering of humanity Hindus believe taking dip in sacred river during kumbh brings salvation ...

This later led to me having ChatGPT outline how it perceived humanity over 5,000, 10,000 and 50,000 years of evolution. I also had it come up with ways humans might change if left isolated on ...

It has taken two years of consideration, discussion and debate, but the agreement necessary to draft an international treaty to prevent and punish Crimes Against Humanity has finally been reached ...

The tweet included a graph of expected population fluctuations for key nations between 2018 and 2100, with the caption: “Population collapse is humanity’s greatest threat… Elon Musk.” Musk replied ...