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Robots: Lifesavers or Terminators?
(CNN)Machines are rapidly learning to think on their own, but will the robot revolution lead to a modern utopia — or an apocalypse?
Government officials say autonomous ...
Hacker who gave Isis ‘hitlist’ of US targets jailed for 20 years
Ardit Ferizi struggles to explain why he sent extremist group the details of hundreds of US government and military officials
A hacker who helped Islamic State by providing the names ...
The tech titans wont beat disease itll be the little people
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan may feel good about donating $3bn to medical research, but its a drop in the ocean
So, is $3bn a lot of money? Of course ...
Should I worry about chromium-6 in my drinking water?
(CNN)The Environmental Working Group reported Tuesday that dangerous levels of chromium-6 contaminate tap water consumed by millions of Americans. This is the carcinogenic chemical ...
Wife of ex-French president Jacques Chirac in hospital with ‘exhaustion’
Bernadette Chirac was admitted days after her husband was taken ill with a lung infection, the family says
The family of Jacques Chirac has said his wife Bernadette has also been hospitalised ...
The science is mounting giving babies peanuts and eggs cuts allergy risk
Researchers now have moderate certainty that infants should be given potential allergens from four months to help prevent severe reactions
In the 1970s, when we were in school, food ...
New Zealand kea, the world’s only alpine parrot, faces extinction
The intelligent, playful birds are under threat from non-native predators and also from farmers who see them as pests
The worlds only alpine parrot is at threat of extinction in New ...
Tim Farron: Lib Dems would raise taxes to fund NHS – BBC News
‘Hard truth’
Addressing party delegates in Brighton, on the final day of Lib Dem conference, Mr Farron will say more money is needed to put the health service on a sustainable ...
UN aid convoy hit by warplanes in Syria
(CNN)A United Nations convoy carrying life-saving aid to 78,000 people was struck by warplanes in Syria Monday, a UN spokesman said.
The strike prompted a reaction of visceral ...
Why education is key to helping refugee children around the world
Save the Children CEO Carolyn Miles (left) and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, at the Social Good Summit on Sunday, Sept. 18.Image: Mashable
When the harrowing ...
Beer goggles: study confirms (the obvious) that drinking removes shyness about sex
Drinking about a pint made it easier for volunteers especially women to view explicit sexual images and acted as a social lubricant
Scientists have confirmed what humans have known ...
Google Deepmind: Should patients trust company with their data? – BBC News