Science

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year – Authentic – Reflects Growing Concerns Over AI’s Ability to Deceive and Dehumanize 0
- Culture, Science
- November 30, 2023
When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was “authentic,” it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Even then, the dictionary publisher was late to the game. In a lexicographic form of Christmas creep, Collins English Dictionary announced its 2023 word of the year, “AI,” on
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Condemned to Die by British Judges, Baby Indi Gregory’s Life Support Has Been Removed 0
- International, Family, Featured, Science
- November 17, 2023
Indi Gregory, a critically ill 8-month-old baby girl from Derbyshire, England, was taken off life support over the weekend. Her family announced her overnight passing on Monday. Diagnosed with a rare degenerative mitochondrial disease, Indi had won the hearts of the British and global public. Her parents, the Vatican’s pediatric hospital, and even the Italian
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Why This COVID-Critical Pediatrics Professor Lost Her Job 12
- Science, Featured, Health
- November 8, 2023
Dr. Renata Moon, former clinical associate professor of medicine and critic of the COVID-19 vaccines, was recently dismissed from Washington State University (WSU) for her views on the vaccine. This loss of employment was shocking, particularly given Dr. Moon’s role as a founding volunteer of the university’s medical school. “I was on the school’s first
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Having Babies Is Profoundly Immoral. We Should Move Towards Extinction, Say Bioethicists 8
- Philosophy, Science
- November 7, 2023
The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness
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Alerting Ourselves To Death 2
- Featured, Science
- November 2, 2023
I was driving home from a cello lesson when I thought to myself, It is very hazy outside today. I didn’t think much more of it until about an hour later when my phone notified me of an air quality alert for my county. The air had elevated particulate matter levels that fall within the “unhealthy
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Are Electric Vehicles Worse for the Environment Than Gasoline-Powered Vehicles?2
- Science
- November 1, 2023
Electric vehicles require enormous damage to the environment just to produce their batteries — 250 tons of mining is required for a single battery, according to Real Clear Energy. Switching to electric cars would require a radical expansion of mining across the world, and the minerals for the car batteries will be refined mainly using the
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