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AI CEOs Say AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Are Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This
"Essentially, it is a misdirection of public attention away from what matters towards that which suits their narrative and business model."
5,000 Wild New Species Discovered in Region That Ocean Mining Will Soon Devastate
The underwater Clarion-Clipperton Zone is a hotbed of undiscovered animal life, and experts say it will soon be devastated by mining efforts.
Look at This Yummy Woolly Mammoth Meatball Scientists Made for Us
They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity
Superintelligent AI is "likely" to cause an existential catastrophe for humanity, according to a new paper, but we don't have to wait to rein in algorithms.
The Most Mysterious Animals in the World Are Heading Toward Extinction, Scientists Say
More than half of “data-deficient” species may be on the brink of dying out, reports a new study.
US Wildlife Officials Declare 23 Species Extinct
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the extinctions on Wednesday, which included the iconic ivory-billed woodpecker.
A Warning Sign of a Mass Extinction Event Is on the Rise, Scientists Say
Toxic microbial blooms thrived during the Great Dying, the most severe extinction in Earth's history, and they are proliferating again due to human activity.
Belize’s Manatee Man Is Trying to Save the Lovable ‘Sea Cows’ From Cruise Ships
“Just like tourism numbers go up, the manatee's death rate follows behind.”
Mouse Thought to Be Extinct for 150 Years Found Alive on an Island
The last descendants of a once widespread species survive as a remote population in Shark Bay, Western Australia, a new study reveals.
90% of Sharks Were Mysteriously Wiped Out and Never Recovered, Scientists Find
"They made it through the asteroid impacts, they've made it through global warming, global cooling, and all sorts of things. And yet this event that we didn't know about wiped out 90 percent of them."
I Went Searching for Giant ‘Extinct’ Crocs in Singapore. They’re Very Much Alive.
Crocodiles play an important role in Singapore’s ecosystem and hold an interesting key to its past.
Scientists Transport Shark Sperm Across U.S. in Unprecedented Study
Scientists conducted the largest effort to artificially inseminate sharks, an experiment that produced the first shark hatchlings ever fertilized by cold-stored semen.