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18th February 2022
NASA predicts sea level rises to 2150
NASA has published its latest Sea Level Rise Technical Report, an update of the 2017 edition, which includes projections for sea level rise through to the year 2150. The agency warns that sea levels may rise as much over the next 30 years as during the previous hundred.
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17th February 2022
AI may be "slightly conscious"
The Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of OpenAI, one of the leading research labs for artificial intelligence, has suggested that the latest generation of neural networks are large enough to be "slightly conscious".
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16th February 2022
New report argues for ownership of the Moon
The Adam Smith Institute has published a new report on property rights in space. It suggests dividing the Moon into regions and privatising it, which the institute believes could help end global poverty.
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14th February 2022
Koalas are now endangered
The Australian government has changed the conservation status of the koala from vulnerable to endangered, due to its rapidly shrinking habitats and climate change.
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9th February 2022
Major breakthrough in fusion energy
The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 has been reported today at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, UK, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds, more than double the previous record.
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