Antarctica: Scientists have discovered nanoplastics, including tire wear particles, in Antarctic soil for the first time, raising concerns that microscopic plastic pollution can travel through the atmosphere to the most remote places on Earth
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July 9, 2026
Nanoplastics found in Antarctic soil for first time, indicating long-distance atmospheric transport Scientists have detected nanoplastics in Antarctic soil for the first time. This provides new evidence that tiny plastic particles can travel through the…
Weizenbaum: The computer scientist who created the world’s first chatbot in the 1960s spent his life warning that artificial intelligence should never replace humans, and the reasons will shock you
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July 9, 2026
Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “trigger powerful delusional thinking in normal people” Joseph Weisenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiments led him to…
Hormuz miscalculated? Trump in hot water over Iran closing strait
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March 13, 2026
The Trump administration has greatly underestimated the possibility of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. military strike, leaving Washington scrambling to contain the economic fallout as the conflict disrupts one of the…