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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (697+ words) NEW YORK – The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a…...
Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (366+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research…...
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (591+ words) WASHINGTON – Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus....
What to know about Europe’s push to compete in space
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (886+ words) The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers officials, astronauts, researchers and industry leaders from about 120 countries to discuss the future of the space industry and pursue potential business deals. Here’s what to know about Europe’s efforts to compete…...
In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (1185+ words) It's an idyllic setting in North Carolina's Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch for miles, country roads wend through stands of pines and thousands of bird watchers converge to witness the spring migration. But it's what’s…...
Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...
Indonesia searches for boat that went missing near Anak Krakatau volcano
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (307+ words) JAKARTA – Indonesian rescuers searched for eight people who went missing at sea while heading the island of Anak Krakatau to report on a volcanic eruption, officials said Wednesday. He said the last message from the boat was received by relatives…...
Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (789+ words) Alex Turnbull And John Leicester CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC – For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain....
Hawaii residents told to expect tropical storm conditions as Hurricane Lowell passes to the west
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (435+ words) The Miami-based center issued the warning and a hurricane watch for Kauai and Niihau as Lowell was forecast to pass the islands to the west late Monday while traveling north. Forecasters said rainfall totals of 6-10 inches (15-25 centimeters), with maximum totals…...
Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (362+ words) The continuous, 25-hour eruption of Anak Krakatau that produced a fountain of lava and a boom heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away ended Sunday, the country's Geological Agency said. But it remained active Monday with moderate, intermittent eruptions, dark ash emissions and…...