Bird flu is coming for humans. We can either get ready or court disaster
Bird flu has seen a resurgence in the U.S. this year, with California leading the pack. Since the Department of Agriculture detected the virus in dairy herds in March, more….
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Studies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNA
In a second study, Arev Sümer (also of the Max Planck Institute) and her colleagues found something very similar in the genomes of people who lived 49,500 to 41,000 years….
Humans Will Continue to Live in an Age of Incredible Food Waste
Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many forms must be transformed to get anything done.” Economies are just intricate systems….
Biden administration has no current plans to authorize a bird flu vaccine for humans
Biden administration officials said Wednesday they have no current plans to authorize a stockpiled bird flu vaccine, despite an escalating outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and at least 58….
AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”
Artisan CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack defended the campaign’s messaging in an interview with SFGate. “They are somewhat dystopian, but so is AI,” he told the outlet in a text message. “The….
What are the ethical issues related to pig organ transplants in humans?
In 2022, surgeons transplanted the first genetically engineered pig heart into a human. Fifty-seven-year-old David Bennett, a patient with heart failure, survived almost two months with a pig heart beating….
Humans in the Loop I Sunday on 60 Minutes
Humans in the Loop I Sunday on 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Lesley Stahl reports on the growing market of “humans in the loop” — workers around….
‘Joy’ Review: The Humans Behind I.V.F.
Thomasin McKenzie plays an unheralded pioneer of in vitro fertilization in a new biography.
H5N1 bird flu infects six more humans in California, Oregon
As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon….
Biden and Xi agree humans, not AI, should decide on nuclear weapon use | Joe Biden
Joe Biden met with Xi Jinping on Saturday afternoon, coming to the agreement that human beings and not artificial intelligence should make decisions over the use of nuclear weapons, according….