AI Experts Weigh in on Biden’s Executive Order   

President Joe Biden recently signed a sweeping executive order to promote the safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence

World Bank to Host Climate Loss and Damage Fund, Despite Concerns

Countries moved a step closer Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States

Is Global Warming Accelerating? Experts Can't Agree

One of modern climate science's pioneers is warning that the world isn't just steadily warming but is dangerously accelerating, according to a study that some other scientists call a bit overheated

Volunteer Medics Trying to Fill Health Care Gap for Migrants in Chicago

Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without a place to live

Cover Crops Help Climate, Environment; Most Farmers Reject Them

Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U

Colombia Hopes Sterilization, Transfer, Euthanasia Will Curb Hippos

Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other coun[..]

Vaping by US High School Students Dropped This Year, Report Says

Fewer high school students are vaping this year, the government reported Thursday

NASA Spacecraft Discovers Tiny Moon Around Asteroid

The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists

Toxic Haze Blankets India's New Delhi, World's Most Polluted City Again

A thick layer of toxic haze choked Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, and some schools were ordered closed as the air quality index plummeted to the severe category

Climate Crisis Is Generating Global Health Crisis, UN Agency Says

Climate change threatens to reverse decades of progress toward better health and well-being, particularly in the most vulnerable communities, according to a new report by the U

'AI' Named Collins Word of the Year

The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2023, the dictionary publisher said on Tuesday

Indonesian Court Jails CEO, Three Others, over Deadly Cough Syrup

An Indonesian court sentenced to jail on Wednesday the chief executive and three other officials of a company whose cough syrup has been linked to the death of more than 200 children, for violating drug safety laws, the company's lawyer said

British PM Rishi Sunak Hosts AI Summit in London

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is bringing together government officials, academics and tech moguls from around the world for a two-day AI Safety Summit Wednesday and Thursday at Bletchley Park, the once top-secret headquarters of World War II-er[..]

Disease Outbreaks Rise in Sudan as Health System Breaks Down

The World Health Organization warns that disease outbreaks, malnutrition and non-communicable diseases are rising in war-torn Sudan, with devastating consequences for millions of people forced to flee their homes in the face of escalating violence

Electric Vehicle 'Fast Charger' Seen as Game Changer

With White House funding to put more electric cars on the road, some states are using the money to build out their part of a fast-charging EV network