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'Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act!' is the theme of this year’s National Endangered Species Day. (Image: Shutterstock)National Endangered Species Day 2023: The day intends to spread awareness about vulnerable…

Two weeks into the Writers Guild of America strike, hopes for a quick resolution are low, but determination among picketing writers is high. The WGA went on strike in 1960, 1981, 1988 and 2007. Yet as a sea of writers pound the pavement…

A video shared on Facebook claims to show coffins prepared for “mass extinction.”  Verdict: False  There is no evidence for the claim. The video actually shows burial vaults produced by a company that makes funeral products. Fact Check: …

One of the tech CEOs who signed a letter calling for a six-month pause on AI labs training powerful systems warned that such technology threatens "human extinction.""As stated by many, including these model's developers, the risk is human…

The world’s first woolly mammoth meatball, made using the extinct giant’s DNA, has been unveiled at Nemo Science museum in Amsterdam. The unusual delicacy was created as part of…

The global fashion industry is grappling with a crisis fueled by high inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. France's pret-a-porter sector is no exception. Even as French luxury labels such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton continue to…

Technology executives, prominent venture capitalists and founders including OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman raced this weekend to keep alive companies caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.Friday's dramatic failure of the bank,…

Garry Tan, president at Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator, said the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US is an 'extinction level event' for startups and will set startups and innovation back by 10 years or more. Y Combinator,…

Some of Australia’s most popular beaches are slowly washing away, with urgent action required to save the seaside suburbs. Across South Australia, beaches are losing their shorelines to the ocean, but Henley Beach is the latest to slowly…

Improve Article Save Article Like Article Improve Article Save Article An alien visits Earth one day. Each alien accomplishes one of the following four actions every day, with equal likelihood: Kill himself Do nothing Divide into two…